To heavens and beyond, Mega trip : From karachi to Kashmir,swat and murree

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ism1 (ism1) 2014-07-21 07:40:28 +0500 #121

shaddy890;4458789:

so after Shafiq came back , asar's azaan started and again he went for namaaz , when he came back , it was time for hisaab kitaabwhen we booked the jeep , the dealing was done for 4 days and it was decided that even if we use it only 1 day and leave it, the rent would be paid in full. we used the jeep only 3 days so requested shafiq if 1 day's rent could be forgiven , he refused and said he even travelled till night time with us although jeeps only travel till 8. hearing this we agreed and were ready to pay rent of 4 daythe rent which we agreed with shafiq's ustaad was 2100. which means 8400 for the rent and deduction of 1200 for fuel so net payable = 7200 , and we had thought on giving him full 8000 with 800 being his tip/inaam. But now suddenly shafiq turns back on the commitment , he said 2200 me baat hui thee. hamare lie baat 100 rupe ki nahi balke zubaan ki thee. during all 3 days we respected him like a friend and not a driver , we treated him like the 7th member of our group. when-ever we had food , we made him sit with us and told him to eat whatever he wants.. he had no contacts in neelum for accomodation so we even let him sleep with us in our room , who even does that??? But how he treated us in return at the very last moments was very saddening. Ab wo hushyar to hum us say baray, we paid him like he wanted and deserved , with 2200 per day , total rent sums upto 8800 less 1200 means net payable 7600 . we paid him 0 tip . achay khasay 8000 milrahay the usay per laalach..shafiq , while raising his invalid and unethical points during the argument :P
( @arsalabbasi , the answer u wanted to know brother )

Gadha nikla

ism1 (ism1) 2014-07-21 07:42:22 +0500 #122

Goood keep it up.......... jaldi se SWAT pohanchao ab

Xoofi (Xoofi) 2014-07-21 08:07:06 +0500 #123

Finally Kashmir chapter is nearing end

maddy890 (maddy890) 2014-07-23 07:53:43 +0500 #124

Couldn't think of a better name

maddy890 (maddy890) 2014-07-23 07:56:54 +0500 #125

I'm his brother

maddy890 (maddy890) 2014-07-23 08:48:49 +0500 #126

Couldn't find a better name

Xoofi (Xoofi) 2014-07-24 11:03:41 +0500 #127

Yar agay chal le mere bhai swat ajao ab

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arsalabbasi (arsalabbasi) 2014-07-25 07:03:55 +0500 #128

I Think after Eid & PApers you will upload Furthers We were enjoing your thread & you make a Brake

shaddy890 (shaddy890) 2014-07-25 13:15:50 +0500 #129

Really sorry guys , i made my account through fb and for the past 3 or 4 days the connect with fb option of PW was not working and i couldnt login to my account , hence , couldnt post. sorry for the inconvenience.

shaddy890 (shaddy890) 2014-07-25 16:21:52 +0500 #130

--- DAY 6 ---

I woke up early to arrange a ride for today's trip to pir chinasi , was walking at the balcony of the hotel and checking out posters of beautiful places placed on the wall. When suddenly i saw a picture of shounter lake had the watermark of our legend pakwheeler A.Mobeen bhai ( @aesiege ), the pic was probably stolen/taken from another senior pakwheeler Mr.Aqeel Baig's ( @baigaqeel ) website paktravelism. I ran to the room to get the camera to capture a pic of this poster

shaddy890 (shaddy890) 2014-07-25 16:35:28 +0500 #131

Me and shoaib went for the vehicle-search while i told others to get ready in the meantime. Went here and there , couldnt find any carry dabba .. then went towards the main adda and into a rent a car shop. Got a bolan for pir chinaasi for Rs.3200 which was higher then i had expected. I gave him the time of 10.30 am .

Then after getting ready and having breakfast , Went to the rent-a-car shop, the bolan had arrived but the driver wasnt agreeing to leave untill he could talk to the shop owner who wasnt there and his friend was taking care of the shop. After a time waste of 45 minutes the shop owner came and we departed for pir chinaasi at 11.30.

Pics on the way :

A beautiful mosque

PC Hotel Muzaffarabad

The road going down towards Muzzaffarabad

Muzaffarabad city

shaddy890 (shaddy890) 2014-07-25 16:48:51 +0500 #132

It took 2 hours to reach.

The Pir's shrine

the vieww

shaddy890 (shaddy890) 2014-07-25 16:55:17 +0500 #133

Today we were all very dull, maybe it was because it was a very hot day , or maybe we were tired after the hectic neelum valley trip that we completed in just 3 days.

Meanwhile some more pics :

The 2 accountants of this tour , Me and Danish did all the expenditure recorrding and calculatingg

Xoofi (Xoofi) 2014-07-25 17:02:49 +0500 #134

Shukar agay chalay.. nice updates

shaddy890 (shaddy890) 2014-07-25 17:06:48 +0500 #135

shaddy890 (shaddy890) 2014-07-25 17:11:51 +0500 #136

If anyone is planning a trip for muzaffarabad just for pir chinaasi , I would recommend it ONLY if the weather is cloudy .. coming on a sunny day is not advised , as it is hot at the top.

pics while returning :

Our ride for today

Beautiful view of Muzaffarabad city

pretty road

shaddy890 (shaddy890) 2014-07-25 17:16:35 +0500 #137

I forgot to mention that the restaurant that we went to in muzaffarabad last night in the hunt of fastfood , didn?t have much good options and we had bar-b-que . So today we were again craving badly for fastfood, specially zinger burger .. so shoaib contacted his friend who belonged to muzaffarabad and he told us a fastfood resturaunt (Mr.Cod), on the way back from Pir chinaasi , we headed there !! it was constructed on the top of the river bank and had good views

pics at Mr.Cod :

please dont ask about the taste. because i dont remember apparently because we were so hungry that we were not eating , but 'thoos-ing' . i alone ate 2 and a half zingers so you can guess how hungry we were

shaddy890 (shaddy890) 2014-07-25 17:25:53 +0500 #138

After the tummy-fill up , headed back to the starting point, stopped the car outside skyways , paid the driver and bid him farewell , first purchased tickets of 6.30 pm for RWP then went to the hotel.

while i was purchasing tickets at the counter , i was randomly looking here and there when my eyes caught a sight of this beautiful sticker inside the counter , immediately took out the camera from my pocket, and click !

such amazing lines

shaddy890 (shaddy890) 2014-07-25 17:28:23 +0500 #139

Then went to the hotel and packed up . At the balcony, met a group which was also from Karachi , they had come after visiting swat and now were gonna visit neelum and for us it was the opposite . They weren’t having much info about neelum so gave them all necessary information that they needed and answered their queries so that they don’t face any problem . Then after good-byes went to the skyways and boarded the coaster.

shaddy890 (shaddy890) 2014-07-25 17:33:28 +0500 #140

So finally it was time to say Good-bye to kashmir , my long lasting love. The dream that i was carrying with myself for the past 1.5 years to see neelum valley with my own eyes had now finally become a reality :') . Although the tyre punctures in neelum disturbed the trip a bit and the horror ride from taobutt to kel gave some new and amazing experiences , but all in all it was amazing . 'All's well that ends well' chalo jee swat chalen ( @xoofi bhai thanks for so much patience )

reached pindi at 11pm

--- END OF DAY 6 ---