Ride to remember -- Karachi to Kumrat Valley -- SOLONELY... GS 150 aka PANTHER

[adnan69]

Zabardast bro nice start

[shoaib_ahmad_khan]

brave effort brother. waiting for your thread

[maazasim]

Good going, Ghutna shahee hogaya ho tu aagai barhain

[fkhan234]

I have been to Al Imran Family hotel. Its a nice hotel built on arabic style. I have a query though. why didnt you take mianwali-talagang route to go to chakwal? Isn't that shortest? I usually take mianwali-talagang route when traveling from DGK (My hometown) to Islamabad.

[shanimalik1]

I have been to Al Imran Family hotel. Its a nice hotel built on arabic style. I have a query though. why didnt you take mianwali-talagang route to go to chakwal? Isn't that shortest? I usually take mianwali-talagang route when traveling from DGK (My hometown) to Islamabad.

@fkhan234 indeed that hotel is one of its kind. My village (Sethi) is around 1 hour drive from Khushab. If would chose that Mianwal - Talagang road so I had to go all the way to talagang, then chakwal then Kalakahar and then Sethi. So going from Khushab side was more convenient and specially that Khata Saghral, I really wanted to do that

[shanimalik1]

So here we are again.
I'll skip those days I have spent in Chakwal.

Day 4

Chakwal to Mardan (Around 230 Kms)
Chakwal - Pindigheb - Fateh Jang - Attock - Nowsehra - Mardan

There is not much to share about this leg as I just wanted to cover this as fast as I could. But zaruri nahe ke jesa ap socho wesa hi ho, pehli dafa ka safar tha mera chakwal se age ki taraf. Khubsurat raste, road ke dono taraf haryali. Shayad iski qadar Lahore or Islamabad ke bashindon ko na ho, but jab banjar sindh men se ride kerte hue punjab ki sar sabz zameen pe chalo to jo feeling ati hai woh bayan nahe ki ja sakti. Kher baki sab to thek tha lekin ATTOCK men jo hua woh kuch alag hi tha. Attock ke pahar ke bare men bohut kuch sun rakha tha is lye mene wohi rasta chuna apne safar ke lye. Per kia pata tha ke age kia manzar hoga, aik curfew sa manzar tha, bohut sari army check posts, bharpooor checking mano ke mera hi intezar ker rahe the sare fouji sahiban us din. Bus unka mujhe rokna, sawalon ka dher lagana or saman ki talashi kerne ki guzarish kerna yeh sab mujhe thora thora terrorist wali feeling dene lag gaya tha. Lekin thanks to my permanent address on my ID card main bach gaya or mujhe saman nahe kholna parha. Kher unki aik gari ko follow kerte hue us khubsurat pahar ka safar shuru kia or isi dukh main safar kat gaya ke mujhe pictures khenchna to bilkul allow nahe. Nowshera se seedhe hath jane ka google dewi ne order kia or hum dakhil ho gaye khubsurat wadyon ke jahan men.

thori edit zayda hogayi

Mardan Charsi TIKKA and night stay
Mardan shuru hote hi aik bara sa board dekha CHARSI TIKKA, bhook bhi bharpoor lagi thi or jagah bhi shandar thi to bus ghus gaye tikke ke charaspan se lutf andoz hone. Masla yeh tha ke woh thora nahe milta tha to 1kg lena parha, or jesa socha tha wohi hua. Men woh pura hi kha gaya kuch thora hi bucha jo sath wale table pe bethe payare payare buzurgon ko de dia on their will.
Mardan ke baad the MALAKAND ke pahar. Jo men din men kerna chahta tha jesa ke mujhe bataya gaya tha to mene chup ker ke PANTHER ko aik hotel ke kitchen men park kia or sharafat se so gaya.

Mardan tak pictures ka kota thora kam hi tha or jo tha woh phir kabhi.

Pictures, soothing scenery and amazing journey starts from Day 5th.

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[shanimalik1]

Good going, Ghutna shahee hogaya ho tu aagai barhain

HAHA g janab ghutne to 3 din lye or barh gaye agey. By the way THANKS

[shanimalik1]

Thanks bro. Much appreciated

[shanimalik1]

Pictures hi pictures SIR. I am confused that what should I upload here with this thread. Have bundle of them. I'll share with you all definitely.

[shanimalik1]

Day 5

Mardan to Bahrain Swat (Around 170 KmS)
Mardan - Malakand - Batkhela - Mingora - Malam Jabba - Mingora - Madyan - Bahrain

Lets start with a picture this time

First tunnel for my trip. That was a different experince

Left early in the morning because I planned to cover Malam Jabba, Mingora and Bahrain. Bahrain was my pre planned destination for night stay. Kyon ke us ke baad aik alag adventure ne shuru hona tha jise main miss nahe kerna chahta tha.

As said earlier I heard alot about Malakand, that paved mountain was on top my list. Atleast tab tak to top of the list tha jab tak mene age ka safar nahe kiya tha.

Is jagah ki ya kisi bhi jagah ki khubsurti koi bhi camera justify nahe ker sakta.

Manzil pe pohunchne ki cha na hoti to shyd aik hafta men idher hi pictures leta rehta.

Moving forward I reached BATKHELA.
Kehte hain ke ASIA ka sab se bara bazar Batkhela men hai. Jo yeh kehte hain woh sahi kehte hain, maine to yeh sochna shuru ker dya tha ke kahin main bhatak to nahe gaya. Kahin google meri phirki to nahe le raha. Lekin nahe woh thi aik ghazab ki market rush se bhari hui her chez available road ke dono atraf uper uper tak bhari hui dukanen.

Batkhela se nikle or pohunch gaye MINGORA, ab yeh safar shandar tha kia nazare the, ab ja ke feel ho raha tha ke Bhai ab shuru hua he trip. Sawat river was riding with me along side of the road, mostly on the left side. Aik alag hi race thi meri us darya ke sath. Mingora se darya janab right side pe agaye. Matlab WOW.

Yeh to banti thi.

Kher mingora ko completely avoid kerta hua main charh gaya us raste jo mujhe MALAM JABBA le ke ja raha tha. Lekin raste main pata chala ke bhai shb MALAM JABBA jane ka koi faida nahe. Kyon ke jab baraf parhti hai tab hi us jagah ka charm hota hai wena woh sirf aik resort hai. Lekin hum ne manni hai kabhi kisi ki, track was outstanding jise chorne ko mere zameer ne to ijazat nahe di. Dhoka ho jata us track ke sath

Track dekh rahe ho. Yeh tedhe medhe raste or woh payara khoobsurat jungle.

Thanks to that bluetooth wali selfie stick. Uska remote mera camera man tha samjh lo.

Malam Jabba tak to nahe per adhe se zayda rasta cover zarur kia or meri mulaqat hui Lahore ke jane mane traveller Ali Ahmed Tahir or Mubarak Shah Sahab se. (K2 Kings Lahore)

Kia log the yar. Will always remember them

Hamara agey ka safar or manzil aik hi thi, lekin hamara chalne ka tarika bilkul alag tha. Kher phir bhi mene unke sath chalne ka faisla ker liya, kehte hen na aik se bhale do, do se bhale teen. Lekin yeh sirf kaha ja sakta he ke main ne agey ka safar unke sath kia, kyon ke jitna woh aram se chalte the us se thora sa zayda main tez chalta tha. I know its not good but still road kahan khatam hote hain.

Scene kuch aisa tha

Is park ki bhi alag hi baat thi. Darya ke bilkul sath, gardo ghubaar, kachra or gandagi se door. Saaf suthra mahol saaf suthre log.

Mingora se bharain kab aya atleast mujhe to pata nahe chala kyon ke road was full of curves. SEXY curves. Important baat to bhool gaya BHAHIIIIII ghazab ki sardi thi, tobaaaaa.

raat ko sab se pehle meri isi pe nazar parhi jo ke cheekh cheekh ke keh raha tha ke BHAYA so jao aram kerlo kyon ke kal jo hoga woh pehla nahe hua hoga kabhi,

That's strange. I can feel every thing as that all happens yesterday.

BIG DAY TOMORROW C YA

[adnan69]

bohut khoob bhiya

[nagar1]

Yar aap ne batakhela bazar se ek cheez miss krdi ha wo ha wahan ka Kabli pulao. men apne office k friends k sath March 2017 men gya tha aur kia zabardast pulao tha aur presentation and the whole package was toooo good. Its name is Hameed afghani Kabli Pulao A memory from there (My firends having a go at the Pulao-I m behind the camera)

[aghaabbas]

Nice Trip.. waiting for more details & pictures'

[arsal396]

aaala

agay ki story??

[pwuser151749873652]

Dear riding a motorcycle is fun when someone is young like you...

[shanimalik1]

Dear riding a motorcycle is fun when someone is young like you...

Indeed SIR. But I think age dosent matter when you have passion like this.

[shanimalik1]

DAY 6

Bahrain to Kalam
Bahrain - Kalam - Mahodand Lake - Kalam

Sorry yar lambi nend ho gai. Jagha hi aisi thi kia karen. Us hotel ke jis room men main main ganey sunne ka to mera dil kia nahe kyon ke kamre ke sath behte hue darya ka woh zaburdast music aik alag hi sakoon de raha tha. Woh wali feeling nahe hoti ke han thats where I wanted to be. I spend most of my time sitting in that small tiny miny balcony of my room. Alag hi sakoon tha.

Yeh tha woh million stars hotel jahan hum ne qayam kia tha us raat. Parking was available that was the best part for me actually.

Yeh bed mere size ke hisab se thora chota tha. To that guy from the hotel had some thing more comfortable for me.

After I was done with this room. We went out to start our journey towards KALAM. Meri excitement thori zayda hi thi kyon ke ab yahan ke baad road nahe thi. Sirf off road or sirf off road. Lekin jane se pehle aik picture to banti thi.

Is darya se bht si baten ki sari raat mene,

Nashta done, packing done. Its time for OFF ROAD

Bahrain se thora hi age se off road shuru ho jata he. us pe chalte chalte. Jhuley letey hue ata he KALAM. Kalam kuch jaldi hi phnch gaya the men, to bagher ruke, us rush se bharey bazar se nikalte hue main phncha USHU forest ke barey barey qad awar darakhton ke darmayan. That was amazing I cant describe that view, that feeling, that fresh air in words or in pictures. Actually no one can I believe.

Khubsoorati on its peak

Ab us jungle ko cross kerte hue men phncha Mahodan lake. UFFFFFH what a place to visit. Niche yeh khubsurat ghana jungle, sath thanda yakh pani saaf shafaf thanda yakh pani. Or ooper saaaf or payara asmaaan, cotton ki tarah ke badal, or buland o bala baraf se dhake hue pahar. Aik alag hi manzar tha banda apna ghar hi bana le. Lekin us sardi men to wahan ke log bhi karobar band ker ke chale gaye the to ham kia ghar banate. Kher aik hi dhaaabaaa tha jis ne hamen wahan ki soghat, mashoor o maroof machli offer ki (Trout Fish). Kia machi thi yar, ghazab ki garam thi or ajab si mazdar.

Mubarak Shah with expensive food, we had so far

JAB TAK MACHI BAN RAHI HAI AO JAGAH DIKHAUN

Self captured selfie haha.

Pahar se girte pathar.

Track to enjoy

Yeh bhi banti thi. Bluetooth ko sahi utilize kia hena?

Jab tak machli ban rahi hai is jagah ka sun lo. Yeh aik alag hi chasma hai jo Mahodand jate hue right side pe ata hai. We met some locals at this spot, they were calling this Ab e Shifa. As a long long time ago there was a saint passing by and his condition was serious, He asked for water from several places but no one helped him. Then reaching this point he asked for water from the CREATOR of this whole universe, and this happens. Its still coming out from there as it was. ALLAH DE WALI

Yeh tha woh ALLAH ka banda, yeh na hota to kia hota

KUCH JHALAK DIKHATA HUN US JAGAH KI

Woh dooooor baraf. What a view

Yeh jheel ke aas paas ka ilaka

Jagah kuch aisi thi ke nikalte nikalte time laga dya or shaaam ho gayi, hum to PANTHER ke sath nikal gaye urhte urhte. Lekin us urhne urhne pe ham ne apna saman gira dya. By saman I mean sara ka sara saman, pesey, camera, kapre. docs or sab kuch, Mujhe pata he yeh nahe likhna chaye lekin mujhe pata nahe chala ke saman gir gaya hai Q ke woh sara saman mere modified carrier se bandha hua tha. Or us samet niche gir gaya. Thora agey jaa key feel hua or main ruka lekin itni der main jo do LAHORI jawan piche the unhon ne saman utha lia tha. Kher KALAM aker hotel dhundha or VVIP stay kia.

When ever I stop any where to wait for champs. That what I do

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Bluetooth Selfie ZINDABAD

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Kal milte hain

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[shanimalik1]

DAY 7

KALAM - UTRAR - BADWAI PASS (Utrar Pass) - KUMRAT VALLEY - DIR - TIMERGARA - CHAKDARA - MINGORA (Around 340Kms)

I have alot to write for this day. But I will only share picture for this leg. With small descriptions.

I can never forget this part of my trip. That was amazing actually alot more then that

Woh niche doooor jo ghar dikh rahe hen woh KALAM se niaklne ke aik baad aik choti si abadi ati he. Is bulandi se yeh nazara UFFFFFFh

That track was full of surprises. After every curve there was something new, some thing more challenging. I was having alot alot alot of fun, that was more important.

yahan aaaker PANTHER ko aram dena meri majburi thi. PANTHER garam ho chuka tha itni bulandi charh charh ke. Ghalti meri thi I was pushing that machine more then its limits. And believe me dhoka nahe dya isne mujhe no matter what happens.

Intezar kerne ka iklota faida. Sirf aik is jagah pe aaker mene ise use kia. TRAILBLAZERS OF PAKISTAN

After reaching on TOP

Yeh tedhe medhe raste yeh khubsurat wadyan

Yeh hen raste. Jitna mene is jagah ko intezar kerte enjoy kia shayad hi kisi or jagah ko kia ho

Another

Uper to aaa gaye. Ab niche jana aik wakhra challenge hai

Yeh to banti thi

Mat pucho ke yahan pohunchne ke lye kese raston se guzra hun men. Lekin woh kehte he na WORTH IT

Reached KUMRAT and its desi murgha time. PARTYYYYYYYYYY

This will lead you to somewhere so beautiful

KUMRAT VALLEY (Part of it)

I planned to take this picture once I will reach my destination.

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ITS ALL DONE NOW TIME TO GO BACK

After spending memorable few hours in Kumrat Valley we left that place and planned to ride as much as we can for a night stay.

We started riding all the way from KUMRAT and planned to hold our horses in MINGORA. As my LAHORI buddies had enough for the day already.

Just a quick check up. Sawat Suzuki Motors. One of the gift from their side. Thanks you.

Finally

I CANT FORGET THOSE DAYS EVER IN MY LIFE

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Thanks to all of those who supported me. And thank you for reading this thread. It feels good when you share some thing with some one having same passion and point of interest.

That was 2016 I was on road on 2017 once again for 20 day but this time I was not alone I had my friends with me. I will share that TRIP with you all one day IN SHA ALLAH

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TILL THEN SAYONARA

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[adnan69]

Zabardast enjoyed a lot reading your lines it took us with you
Great thing is that i am also thinking to surf these areas on two wheelers
will take your guidance in this regards
thanks @shanimalik1 for such a wonderful experience sharing

[shanimalik1]

Zabardast enjoyed a lot reading your lines it took us with you
Great thing is that i am also thinking to surf these areas on two wheelers
will take your guidance in this regards
thanks @shanimalik1 for such a wonderful experience sharing

Thank you @adnan69. Really appreciate your feedback. Wish you best of luck for you trip, you must attempt that.
That will be the best experience for you