It is an old trip; and now after this score of years recalled the memories to share it with our respectable group members. We had no smart phones then so no random clicks during the visit.
Days:
May 12, 2013 ~ May 20, 2013
Mode of transport:
Public
Trip summary
Day 1: Via NATCO from Karachi to Rawalpindi
Day 2: Rawalpindi to Peshawar via Hi-ace services run from Pir Wadai, RWP (Night at Peshawar)
Day 3: Explored Peshawar (Night at Peshawar)
Day 4: Peshawar to Drosh (Chitral) via public Hi-ace from Peshawar
Thru taxi from Drosh to Bhumberat (Kalash valley) (Night at Bhumberat)
Day 5: Attended Chilumjusht festival at Kalash (Night at Bhumberat)
Day 6: Kalash to Upper Dir thru rented land cruiser
Hi-ace from Upper Dir to Dargai Night at Baghderi (A village in Malakand Agency)
Day 7: Malakand to Takht-e-Bai, then to Cherat, Nowshera (Night at Bakhtai village)
Day 8: Villages of Bakhtai, Kotli Kalan, & Salehkhana (Night at Bakhtai village)
Day 9: Peshawar to Karachi via Madina coach
Details:
As we left the very next after the General elections 2013, due to discontent of some political party over the results, somewhere in Sindh, the highway was blocked at night. Over some misunderstanding to give us way, few protesters smashed our vehicle's windows. Luckily no one was hurt. After negotiations by the elders of the bus with the protesters, they gave us a safe passage from within the nearby village on motorbikes. However, the cool wind due to the shattered glass till Rawalpindi engraved that night in our minds.
Despite the factor that Lowari tunnel used to be opened for transport on alternate days from 4:30 PM till morning made us stay 2 nights (The same night and the very next) at Peshwar. So we decided to explore Peshawar.
Founded in 1952, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar is a public university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Founded in 1913 Islamia College Peshawar is the renown college of Pakistan. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah had visited this College in 1936, 1945 and 1948.
Lush green grounds of Islamia College, Peshawar
Islamia College, Peshawar
The university/college premise comprises of lush green grounds along with water canals. There are also shops of Peshawari chapal, tailor, clothes along with cafeterias of different eateries within the college premise. (In below picture, in black, our host at Peshwar, Mr. Sajid Khattak)
Students during boxing practice session
Buddhist remains inside the premise of Peshawar University
The real "Nisar Charsi" at Namak Mandi Peshwar. One must try its 'Dunba Karahi'.
Waiting for tea
Somewhere in upper Dir, where the hi-ace stopped for lunch
Tourist Inn, our hotel of stay. The place was buzzing with tourists due to the festival therefore after searching three hotels, we found a room after much effort with the help of a police fellow who became friends' with us at Peshwar when we were buying tickets from Qissa Khawani bazar at Peshawar for Chitral. That police fellow Mr. Wali was from Ayun (A village at one hour distance from Bhumberat). Mr. Wali accompanied us to Bhumberat and after finding a room for us, went backwards to his village.
Our hotel's beautiful lawn
As our trip towards Bhumberat started in the taxi at 8:30 PM so we had neither any idea of the road nor was anything visible except the dark mountains under the milky stars and sound of falling water for a very long time untill we reached Bhumberat after almost 1.5 ~ 2 Hrs. of drive. We could not calculate the beauty of our hotel or Kalash during night as it was almost zero visibility due to dark.
A basic breakfast was available at the hotel but the flour was very good.
Govt. Primary School, Bhumberat, Kalash
Shopping at the village of Bhumberat
Exploring Bhumberat
Plantation field
River alongside the village
Wooden bridge over the river
My Timbs and Sunnto, together 
View of Tirich Mir mountain in the back.
Natural refrigerator
Burial grounds of Kalasha people
Wooden carved statutes placed on the graves; Kalasha people used to fix such statutes on all graves in the past however tourists used to sneak out of Kalash along with these that refrain the area natives from installing the same.
Kalasha people leave their deceased in open wooden coffins on the burial grounds. Thereafter the corpses are consumed by organisms.
The only proper grave in the burial grounds of Kalash is of Jordi Federico Magraner. Mr. Magraner, a Catalan Zoologist and Cryptologist, had lived in Kalash since 1990, was killed on August 02, 2002 by insurgents. In the impossibility to repatriate his body to his family in Europe, Magraner was buried in Kalash. More than 20 goats were sacrificed as part of the Kalasha tradition to honor his affection for the locals.
And the Spring festival kicks off
We left Kalash the other morning for Malakand. Reached Dargai, Malakand at around 8:00 PM.
Our host and a childhood friend at Baghderi village in Malakand, Qari Irshad Khattak.
Green fields of Baghderi village.
Ruins of Takht-e-Bai
On returning towards Peshawar we went to the ruins of Takht-e-Bai. It is a UNESCO heritage site not much far from Dargai. Easily accessible from the main highway on Xinchi rickshaw too.
These ruins are well preserved unlike those at Mohenjodaro, Bhambore, or Ranikot.
We were young then so could carry heavy backpacks 
To beat the heat, had 'Gur ka sharbat', a popular drink of KPK, at Charsadda bus stop. From here we took hi-ace to reach Cherat, Nowshera (My home town) .
Enjoyed boiled red beans and white channa with vinegar and tamarind sauce (Another dish commonly found in KPK)
Cherat is a hill station dating from the 1860. Used then by British now is home to the elite Special Services Group (SSG) of Pakistan Army.
A small water fall in the village.
Suunto Ambit 
Coal mines at the Cherat Hills
Flora of Cherat
Lady bird
The next morning we reached Peshawar, took Madina Coach and started our journey at 8:00 AM back to Karachi. Reached Karachi safely at around 9:00 AM the other morning.
