From faisalabad to babusar top duding eid holidays

Road Trips / Vacations / Hiking / Trekking

asattar1995 (asattar1995) 2016-07-11 11:25:28 +0500 #21

I reached Naran first, at 3 pm. Went straight to River View Hotel which was recommended to me by a family friend. Met with the owner, Mr.Ishfaque. He is a thorough gentleman and the hotel was available for families only. I booked 02 rooms for three nights. The rates were 2000/= per night for Ramadan and 8000/= per night for Eid days. The facilities in the hotel they are providing worth more than the rates. It is there peak business time and the rates were less than we expected.
The Cell Number of Mr.Ishfaque is 0333 5748799.

Me and the kids got very excited to be in Naran and be in this fine hotel.

asattar1995 (asattar1995) 2016-07-11 11:27:33 +0500 #22

Mr. Ishfaque ( The owner ) 0333 5748799

asattar1995 (asattar1995) 2016-07-11 11:32:21 +0500 #23

Parking of the Hotel River View.

asattar1995 (asattar1995) 2016-07-11 11:41:56 +0500 #24

River Kunhar view from the hotel terrace.
As WAPDA was not available in whole Naran due to damage of transmition lines . Generators were used to provide electricity. The supply was from 6:30 pm to 2:00 am, un-interupted.
Kholta huwa Hot water was also available from 5:00 am to 11:00 am.

asattar1995 (asattar1995) 2016-07-11 14:28:12 +0500 #25

Just as we checked in, rain started in Naran. My friend was late, actually rain caught him on the way. And it was HAIL STORM. I stood in front of TV under a shelter to guide my friend to the hotel as his cell was not responding. The STORM washed me all. Strong breeze made it colder. All the garmi of Faisalabad washed away.

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omar4494 (omar4494) 2016-07-11 14:47:11 +0500 #26

@ asattar1995, plz speed up the posting. Its pretty slow. By the way nice narration and pictures. :thumbup:

jklodhi (jklodhi) 2016-07-11 16:33:20 +0500 #27

Gr8 . I plan to visit in august IA.

asattar1995 (asattar1995) 2016-07-12 06:55:08 +0500 #28

After rain stopped, we took some somosas and home made tea.

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asattar1995 (asattar1995) 2016-07-12 06:57:35 +0500 #29

Dinner was at...........

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asattar1995 (asattar1995) 2016-07-12 07:00:47 +0500 #30

It was cold and windy that night. A fountain in the restaurant was fabulous. After dinner we stayed awake till 1am and then to beds as we had to travel to Babusartop on our own rides the next day.

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asattar1995 (asattar1995) 2016-07-12 10:30:39 +0500 #31

oooopppsssss

asattar1995 (asattar1995) 2016-07-12 10:48:49 +0500 #32

Woke up at 6, Today was Eid. Offered prayer at Naran Jamia Mosque. The Khateeb delivered just like Moulana Tariq Jameel Sb. If I would not have known that Moulana Sb is in Faisalabad, I would have believed that he is Moulana Sb as other tourists did. Upon inquiring, we came to know that he is Shagird-e-Khas of Moulana Sb. It was a great joy and utter satisfaction which came after 25 years to offer Eid prayer under such circumstances. The Dua was a tipical of Moulana Sb. His name is Moulana Habibullah.
There were at least 15000 people offering prayer. And the roads were full with heads after the prayer. People have come from far areas on trucks also.

asattar1995 (asattar1995) 2016-07-12 11:17:32 +0500 #33

Pictures in post#31 relates to the landsliding we faced just after 3 ~ 4 Kms from Naran. I tried to cross the area on my car but it got hit twice from underneath. This did not seem good for cars to me. A truck was stuck badly which can be seen. Actually it broke, I felt sorry for the owner. Our Plan-A was ruined which was to have breakfast at Batakundi beside river bank. So we drove back to Naran.
Plan-B, was to have breakfast at Naran, park our rides, hire jeeps and head for Babusartop.
We had a desi nashta of Nan-Channay, Halwa puri and Lassi. Hired 02 jeeps for 6000/= each and started our travel at 12 pm.
Even jeeps felt trouble to cross that detour. The other jeep got trouble and we changed that at Batakundi.

asattar1995 (asattar1995) 2016-07-12 11:30:46 +0500 #34

The roaring Kunhar

asattar1995 (asattar1995) 2016-07-12 11:35:36 +0500 #35

The walls of ice.

asattar1995 (asattar1995) 2016-07-12 11:40:12 +0500 #36

Approching Batakundi.

It has 06 hotels to stay. Lalazar track also starts from here. Refreshment area beside Kunhar is good. We stopped for fueling only.

asattar1995 (asattar1995) 2016-07-12 11:43:59 +0500 #37

Near Jhalkand.

asattar1995 (asattar1995) 2016-07-12 11:48:24 +0500 #38

Stayed for 30 minutes at Jhalkand. The river was crystal clear here. Put our feet in the freezing water for a while. Waited for the other jeep to arrive and then started again.

asattar1995 (asattar1995) 2016-07-12 11:52:20 +0500 #39

First sight of Lulusar Lake. Its around 1.5 Km in length. BLUE WATER !!!!!!
Amazing and mesmerizing.

asattar1995 (asattar1995) 2016-07-12 13:05:11 +0500 #40

Travel continued towards Babusartop. Saw many cars getting heat up at the final steep climbs. Now I think that failure of Plan_A was blessing in disguise for us.

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