Naran Excursion May '10 (Lot of pics)

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The roads to Naran were open I came to know, so I decided to make this trip and spend some times off the Punjab's heat. I left Islamabad on my Coure at 7:15am, made about three stops till I reached the beautiful Naran valley.

I'll share the pics along with commentary(H)

The weather was somewhat hot upto Kaghan, but after that here was a sudden change in the wind temperature:

Much of the road has been rebuilt, as compared to what I witnessed on my August '08 visit. However, the road still gets blocked at some places and then gets cleared in some time, though you might have to wait for upto 45 minutes.

The steel bridge on way to Naran, the old one was destructed by the earthquake.

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The under construction part of the road:

A natural spring of water some 15km away from Naran:

A view of the mineral mountain just before Naran:

[affan555]

nice.
more pics plz

[7thgear]

On reaching Naran the weather was just awesome:

I took lodging in the Lalazar Hotel Naran, the fare was quite economical, a room cost Rs1500, two days/nights.
A view of Naran from top of the hotel:

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Since it is the almost the beginning of the season, there are not many tourists in Naran these days so the roads and hotels are not crowded.

Next day was planned for a visit to the famous Lake Saif ul Muluk. I came to know that Jeep takes you half the way after which you have the option either to hire a horse of enjoy walking up all the way.

I took the horse

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Riding a horse on a terrain like this is an experience of its kind, you must experience it at least once, I had great adventurous time.

The Jeep drive is about thirty minutes+thirty minutes of riding the horse back+an additional twenty minutes of walk as the end journey to the lake is not possible on the horse because of lose gravel at some places.

Some pics I took during the twenty minute walk journey:

This looks great, right?

Another beautiful view:

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Just five minutes from the lake and you get to see a breathtaking beautiful view:
Tell me its not just me

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The Jeep was parked in the area as I have encircled, the Jeep is not visible in the pic, this is how much you travel on the horse, including the walking journey:

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Zoomed view of the lake from a distance of five minutes walk:

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Thats it, I'm here:

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The great thing about visiting the lake in this season is that you get to see totally different colours of and around the lake as compared to the regular season, plus presence of mighty glaciers around the lake covering the mountains further add to the charm.

Notice the reflection of mountains:

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I strolled around and took some amazing pics, you be the judge:

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Some of the lake water is still frozen:

[awajid]

we really app your pics and effort you did, i hope you have had great enjoy. one question u didnt tell how many persons you were.?
thanks

[7thgear]

I went with my family, 2 persons

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There are some amazing pics to come, but I'll leave that till tomorrow coz I have to upload them. Keep tuned to the thread.

[Dark_Walker]

Keep Coming..

[luckybilal]

Awesome pictures dear.

[awais_400]

Very well done.. Keep it up.

[7thgear]

^Thanks. I'll begin with more pics..