More Sharda

After the morning trek I had digested my breakfast and came back to my room. Then I started up a conversation with a local who told me about the rich history of the place. I was thoroughly impressed with his knowledge and the wonderful historical perspective with which I saw that place then. I will put in more info about the place soon.

Sharda

After breakfast I took a walk around Sharda and just took in the beauty of the whole valley. At some points I could not take pictures because of security reasons (there being sensitive military installations).

Back to Sharda

We did not stay for long at Kel. We left about a half hour before dusk. By the time we got to Sharda it was night and time for dinner.


The jeep got stuck in the mud. So we had to improvise and try all sorts or rolling and rocking and pushing and pulling and shoving and digging. We finally did get out though.



You can find one of these anywhere and anytime in Pakistan. No matter what the terrain. This dude was so impatient that he wouldn't stop to let us pass and that's how we got stuck in the mud.

My cousin's got his fingers in his ears because the bus' (we call it a dhol) engine kept misfiring like anything. In the dead silence and depth of the valley it sounded like a canon going off.



All the stops that we made were because of this dude. So I finally took the snap I had been wanting to. When you gotta go, you gotta go - but not as much as this guy!

Kel

Kel could have been a city or town. But it's more like an army camp. There's this big base you can't go into or take pictures of. The only place we could take pictures was on a small dirt road.


So this is all I can show you people of Kel. Both pictures are opposite each other.

Sharda

Sharda was an amazingly beautiful place. But we had to leave for Kel and I didn't have much time to explore it at this time. So i saved the pictures for the return part.


The jeep crossing the bridge that led us to our Guest House



The bridge looked flimsy so we all got off and crossed the bridge on foot. It turned out that the bridge wasn't so flimsy after all.