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

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A panoramic view of the second lake of Sat Sar Mala series

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Fairy Lake changing colours

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They hardly come out of snow but when they do ..... they are the most colourful stones in the world

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In a matter of minutes, weather was changing so was the scene at the lake

Cloud cover on and no more reflections

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Another panoramic view from the bank of second lake of Sat Sar Mala series

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And another panorama

2nd lake of Sat Sar Mala

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Crystal clear water and a world of colourful reflections

All natural and intact

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Check the cloud buildup in the background

2nd Lake of Sat Sar Mala continues to hypnotize us

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Water running down in the valley from 2nd lake of Sat Sar Mala

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Situation getting a bit dramatic with this giant raining cloud chasing us

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The rain threat made us move again but this time only myself and Shah ji.

Hassan and Umair (Molvi) decided to stay at second lake of Sat Sar Mala series.

The route ahead goes towards the right bank of this lake which gives u opportunity to see another shade of this wonderful lake

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Our guide leading the way

The way to third lake of Sat Sar Mala series is through the slope of stones ahead.

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Its all blue now on Sat Sar Mala

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Crossing underneath a big stone to reach the base of stony slope and almost on the opposite bank of 2nd lake of Sat Sar Mala series.

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Our guide Pervaiz waiting for us on other side of the lake at the base of the slope which will lead to the 3rd lake of Sat Sar Mala series

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New task waiting for stone climbers

The last climb was quite steep which took us to 2nd lake of Sat Sar Mala.

But from here onwards, we will do 3 more such climbs but on big and small stones while the first one was on grass.

The water is coming down from upper lakes.

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We wanted to wait for Hassan and Umair to join us but they were taking too much time to reach the 2nd lake so we left the camera and other bag at the side of the lake and moved on.

While we were near the opposite side of the lake, we saw them reaching 2nd lake finally.

Hassan started his session after a breather

2nd Lake of Sat Sar Mala series

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Tracking the trekkers

Top one is guide, then is me and then Shah ji

By this time, we were already through the stony climb and now was again a grassy slope before 3rd lake of Sat Sar Mala series.