PAKISTAN BEAUTIFUL PLACES

Archeological explorations have revealed impressive ruins of a 4,500-year old urban civilization in Pakistan's Indus River valley. The reason for the collapse of this highly developed culture is unknown. A major theory is that it was crushed by successive invasions (circa 2000 B.C. and 1400 B.C.) of Aryans, Indo-European warrior tribes from the Caucasus region in what is now Russia.

A TRAVEL FROM CHILLAS TO THAILAND

We started our journey from Lahore . We left for Rawalpindi on 19 th of July 1997 at midnight. We left for Chilas ( the distance of Chilas from Rawalpindi is about 475 km ) from Pir Wadahi bus stop at 11:30 a.m. by NATCO (Northern Area Transport Company) and reached Chilas at 2:00 a.m. of 21 st July. Chilas, though only a small bazaar town, was ,an important junction on the ancient trade route. From here the jeep track leads over the Babusar Pass to the Kaghan valley . This rough route is passable only in the summer, but until the KKH was opened this was the main route from Pakistan to the Northern Areas. There was no electricity in the hotel where we stayed. It was a hot and humid night. We passed that night on the roof of the hotel. Although the same atmosphere was on the roof but the roar of River Indus and moonlight had a releasing and soothing effect. Since we were very tired so we asleep as soon as we lay down.

''Ansoo Lake'' and ''sat sri mala''

Description:

"Ansoo" and "Sat Sri Mala" lakes were discovered just two years back. You can see few photos of these lakes at some general stors in Naran. One has to go through camping and trekking to reach these destinations.

ABBOTTABAD

Abbottabad, a popular summer resort in the midst of spacious valleys, is surrounded by green hills and located at a distance of 116 km from Rawalpindi and 217 km from Peshawar.