Trip to Banjausa and Toli Peer (AJK)

[minex]

i can well understand that fiat uno must have been a excelent and suitable companian to have with you..on those type of journeys... UNO must have been the leader out of the 4 cars

guess what there is sumthing which is even 15-20% better than uno in trips like these... i tried to reach you this weekend..for having a 1 to one comparison of the two cars... but found you missing...

intersted for it next week? lemme know

[aliqadri]

@Spectra: & @ jawafz:

Excellent pics / scenery / trip

Pls can u answer followings to win (Free 10-days trip @ Scyachin Glacier )

1- Route with Milage i.e. can u go through Manga Dam / mir pur .... ?
2-road condition
3-total distance (1-way only) from Mangla or otherwise tell me from where you went ?
4-Other Suggestion Please

I am quite interested in such places .... so please help me to plan a good trip for this place

Thanx,

Dr. MAQ

[spectra]

[spectra]

@Libra
It would be nice to have u near us. We will visit u during your 2 months stay.

@Minex
I will love to go again, for sure. About this weekend, sure, no problem.

Uno leaded the way, all other cars needed dhakka to reach the rest house, this baby went flying
Balakot is very far. Kahuta route is best to reach there.

@Aliqadri

Boss one way distance is around 100Kms to the Lake but road from rawlakot onward to Banjausa is horrible, as bad as u can imagine. Time it takes one way is 3-1/2 hours to 4 hours depending upon weather (These are conservative estimates with frequent stops for enjoyment)
Route most suited is Kahuta Rwalakot. Better roads and minimum distances

[spectra]

Some more pics

Landsliding happening in front of us. Cuore got hit by a small rock on the roof as well. no major damage done.

Blinding rain on our way from Rawlakot to Kahuta. Non stop downpour caused floods on the road but it was enjoyable for sure

@userid this is how i guessed that u guys left late because when we crossed that place in picture with the truck, water level was not that much

Just before rain started at landslide place, this is the view on the side

Thats me at Toli Pir top, all exhausted

[jawafz]

@ Dr. MAQ
There is another way to reach rawalakot & that is through muree. But I have never been from there so don't know about it. Most of the traffic use road from murree. Rest, spectra has already explained. One should be careful in rainy season because of land sliding. Few small rocks hit almost all of our cars while we were coming back in rain from rawalakot to rawalpindi. No major damage was caused. Also, the vehicle should also be strong & trust worthy.
If someone is planning to go with family in these rainy days, think again. But for "Charaas" it will be adventure.

[spectra]

@minex
we all got these sleeping bags at one of our official castaway in lahore
made good use of them.
these are available at selected places. nadeemiqbal can guide u better.
also, u know i like peugeot 205 more than UNO but was not able to find a suitable one

[PavementPounder]

@ spectra n @ userid

Awesum pics of a gr8 location.........(Y)

P.S. No bugs pics plz...........my cockroach gets excited.....

[spectra]

i must thank one of our fellow pakwheeler "santroGX"
he introduced me to this place and gave inspiration for this visit.
Thank you doctor sahab. it was a memorable trip for all of us.

[portage1]

@spectra bhai
Nice pictures nice pose, I just talked to Hollywood movie agent he might have a spot for you to work in a movies. Yaar bhai what about naan kabob pictures

[spectra]

@portage
tomorrow i will show u a picture of tikkas we ate
cant post pic from mobile.
thanx for hollywood offer, i would rather prefer driving a porsche then acting

[userid]

@pavmentpounder
thanx buddy

@spectra
u r very intelligent, we left at 4:21 pm

here are some more pics

[levin]

spectra:
why did nt you ask me if i like to go too,, maybe follow you in my rolla?. btw, this is nice lil car you bought.. congrats.

[nightsurfer]

Beautiful! i cant even imagine such beauty in my deams. I have fell in love with these places. Great pics @spectra. Such serene nature, InshaAllah if Allah permits I am going there next summer.

[hash4u]

extremely beautiful ...thumbs up (Y)
Adil how much did u charge to teach photography to Saqib bhai ?
nice pictures by the way @spectra and @userid
1) did u check the earthquake forcast before leaving ?
2) how much weight can be lost with hiking ?

[portage1]

@ levin
the reason they din'nt ask you there is no Mcdonalds there .

[portage1]

Saqib bhai that packet of Gold leaf got you tired not the hiking, better brush your teeth before you go home other wise you and libra will be living there after you both get kicked out of your house from your main Boss.

[Qaisrani]

ur UNO is looking very beautifull.
nice pics and great tour

[beeberg]

saqib bhai nice trip brother.

just to see the scenes i am really enjoying.

thanks for sharing it all with us.

[ahsanmq]

@spectra

saqib bhai jaldi see complete guide line mail kareen mujhee mybe next ka programme ban jay hamara