Sep 2-4&10-14 2011: Kaghan Valley; A trip to 12 Lakes & Preparation trek of Miranjani

[Ducati]

@aesiege

Great travel report thus far, enjoyed reading your commentry and also looking at the pics, looking forward to the rest of the trip. Thanks for sharing

[aesiege]

After this we turned on the other side of the hill which was on our left and Murree was no more visible.

And after 2,3 minutes drive we were welcomed by another huge traffic jam at Lower Topa :S

[aesiege]

baba jee shot is an artistic pic..........

Thx Raheel bhai

[aesiege]

@aesiege

Great travel report thus far, enjoyed reading your commentry and also looking at the pics, looking forward to the rest of the trip. Thanks for sharing

Thx a lot

Stay tuned as lots of pics are coming

[ranasherdil]

@aiesage... quality is very good... but speed is too slow...

[aesiege]

This is Kohala road on which we were standing still with no movement whatsoever for almost half hour.

Our target was to go on the road bending towards right in front then take a u-turn upwards and come back to HBL visible in the middle of the pic.

We could see the traffic stuck on that road as well which was leading to Jheka Gali.

[aesiege]

@aiesage... quality is very good... but speed is too slow...

Thx a lot for liking the pics bro

I know speed is slow and it may remain like that till Nathia Gali trip though i will do my best to post as quickly as possible.

For Kaghan Valley trip, i will have 3 more contributors who will inshallah either post themselves or atleast i will have ready images so then it will be much better inflow of pics

[aesiege]

Murree was again visible from Jheka Gali road but now we were travelling at snail's speed and helplessly watching the ill-disciplined driving of our fellow travellers who were trying to make 4 lanes in the space of 2

[aesiege]

It took us 1 hr & 45 min to cross 3 km patch till Jheka Gali.

A relief on way to Kuldana

[aesiege]

We reached Kuldana makeshift bridge in exactly 2 hrs from Lower Topa traffic jam area. The bridge was being used for single crossing and we were lucky that our lane was moving when we reached near the bridge

[aesiege]

Long queues of vehicles waiting on the other side of the bridge for their turn.

[aesiege]

[aesiege]

[aesiege]

Finally a usual clean road patch which was so rare today

[aesiege]

The last couple of hours were so tiring that now i was in no hurry to reach Nathia Gali.

Instead we kept on moving on slow pace as driving on open road was giving immense joy and i wanted to enjoy the views around me

Now is the time for beautiful evening views of Galiyat on our way till Changla Gali where we stayed for around 20 min before moving ahead.

[farooq05]

We reached Kuldana makeshift bridge in exactly 2 hrs from Lower Topa traffic jam area. The bridge was being used for single crossing and we were lucky that our lane was moving when we reached near the bridge

0090A by Sabrite, on Flickr

why they placed the bridge?

[aesiege]

[aesiege]

why they placed the bridge?

The road was damaged due to rains or landslide and this was temporary arrangement to keep the traffic flowing.

[aesiege]

[aesiege]