Deosai and Babusar in a VW Beetle? Are you mad? Yes

[rebel]

Right then...Day 7 began, as always...rather early... we hopped in and she was soon purring along

The views were magnificent...as we closed to chillam...and beyond that...deosai...

[Huxaifa]

FAST ki ladli

[rebel]

The views soon became absolutely to die for...

The road from astore to chilam is one of amazing beauty...lush green moutains on either side and ofcourse, a river and many streams...

naturally we werent allowed to photograph at chilam checkpost...but we had to stop here for entry...as we did at tens of otehr spots:P
We got out of the car, surely it would take only a minute...but to our annoyance, the guard seemed highly unimpressed by the car...They insisted she wouldnt make it...we insisted she would...they insisted its snowing up there...we insisted thats what we are going for:P (although that scared us deep down inside)...they insisted that their very own "dhai tonne" truck was stuck up there...its all marshy he said...u will get stuck... we said we would turn back from the point where it got bad...

reluctantly the guard let us go...not too happy and barely managing to hide the smug smile he kept in store to show us on our return...we couldnt of course, care less..we got the permission...we would go before they thought of something else! with little luck wished on any of our stops for the first time..we departed yet again with a rather silent crowd watching by...

[rebel]

@huxaifa...u know her? FASTian?? batch?

[khanrocks]

Keep it coming .....

[rebel]

We barely got moving, and as soon as i clicked my seat belt in, we arrived HERE!!!!

[dms664]

they insisted that their very own "dhai tonne" truck was stuck up there...its all marshy he said...u will get stuck... we said we would turn back from the point where it got bad...

LOL

he was referring to 2.5 tonner military truck

[rebel]

We got super cheap tickets and were on our way once again!!

The road soon turned bad...and ket getting worse still...a little further along the way, the road was nothing but mud tracks that had dried...there were jeep tire tracks on the side and a bug hump in the middle...a hump our lil bug readily kissed regularly...so driving while wasnt too steep or too inclined, it was all a test of dodge that stone or dodge that pile of dirt and every now and then...the car would hit...well nothing...it made a loud clank on a seemingly straight patch...while popular opinion was that the road angle made ride height even lower and car was now hitting the smallest of stones, i like to believe it was a setup to scare us from making it to deosai and make us run off... cuz hey...what fun is it if theres a comon belief and no one disagrees?? right??

[rebel]

Determined not to be outsmarted by THEM...we powered on...rig the road under our bug will they?? well vl show them!!!

and so we carried on...

[Storm]

@storm...u all have another chance...how about we go meet up with the VW club of Nepal?? we got an invite remember?

Something is in the works already. Something very similar to what you just mentioned.

[rebel]

and then...out of the corner all of a sudden, appeared a glimmer...

which got better...

and better!!!!

We had made it!!! the bug, was in deosai national park at the plain itself right next to the mighty and much elusive, sheosar lake..

there was a slight problem though..the ground really was marshy...break the momentum, and u will dig in:P.... so we continued on...it cant get worse....right??

[rebel]

and actually it didnt:Pso we stopped at a nice spot...and started firing away with the camera...

[rebel]

The weather however had other plans...and decided that we had enough...and wanted to head back...

We did not challenge it and decided we were savvy with getting outsmarted by ordinary rain...

so we headed back...and i hopped right out for a quick photo every 100 metres or so:P...something that would cost me the next 2 days as i would lay in bed...

[saqibsandhu1]

Unbelievable :s
u have made a Great effort Guys
Just superb !!!!!!!!

[rebel]

We saw the golden marmot...aka "tarshoon"

and the yellow bird...which we settled for as the yellow bird...

[rebel]

We stopped very little here forth as the rain was making the already boggy ground slushy too...so theres few pics from the outside of this region...

The rain soon increased...and here, i would like to thank Mr. Nasir Sheikh for getting us such amazing VW parts from canada and of course romano, for storing them till we can find time to stop lazing around and go over and complain about the prices...The wipers i got thanks to both of you performed BRILLIANTLY here and made driving sooo much more easier!! we could actually see out the window!!! Oh and ofcourse!! Doc Asad for arranging a beautiful and clean windscreen for my bug!!

[veitnam]

:):):) great job .... welldon:):):)

[rebel]

We carried along the dirt road a little more...

Till we got to THIS!!!

[rebel]

Once on metalled roads, we could take our time with the pictures..and so we did!!!

[rebel]

And we came across this beautiful semi frozen waterfall/glacier thing!!!