MOHAMMAD JAMIL

While you are in Gilgit-Baltistan, one of the must places worth seeing is valley of Astore, home to the famous Deosai National Park. Astore is one of the ten districts of GB with a moderate climate during summer, and extreme cold during winter.While in Gilgit City, friends planned to visit  Deosai Plains and the Archmaester who planned this trip from scratch was our dear friend Wazir Waqar alias Baba/Baby, and Waqar being a native of Astore acted as the best tour guide.  Deosai plains is accessible either by Astore or Skardu and we chose to travel by Astore. Our journey began on 2nd day of Eid and we departed early in the morning at 6:00am from Gilgit city. The excitement was at peak for it was the first time we were travelling to Astore-Deosai except for Waqar. Our Wolfpack included me, Waqar , Junaid, Ubaid and the legendary Zahid aka Barfaani Cheetah (Snow Leopard). The funny thing is that Zahid hails from Astore too, but this was his first visit to this beautiful distr...

As the Eid- ul - Fitr  2017 vacations approached close, I had two options; either visit home or take a tour to the North. Hardly getting a week's  vacation from the dreaded House Job, I decided that  the  prudent  choice to beat the heat of Lahore and the exhaustion of endless medicine duties would be a visit to the exuberant valleys of  Gilgit  and  Hunza .  We contemplated about either flying to  Gilgit  or travelling by road, but the best way to devour the natural scenery is by road and thus began our journey to  Gilgit  and  Hunza . Our first stop was for lunch at Naran and this little valley was flooded with tourists as usual. After an hour's drive from Naran, awaits the majestic  Lulusar  lake.   Lulusar Lake The next stop is the  well-known   Babusar  Top at an elevation of 13,690ft. We stopped for almost an hour at this place, clicked a few snaps and started o...