Karakorum Hiway - Day 13

Our tire needs to be fixed again. The air pressure tank is so big. With the bumpy and in- construction-process road, a fixing tire shackle is valuable for those travelling by car.


Waiting for the tire fixing, Nong Nat is surrounded by the local villagers. The children is on their way to home. Normally we are the one who take the local photos but now it's time that we have to pay back because one guy is having a mobile phone with the camera. So he takes our photo and also asks to take photo with Nat too. :-)


Our first stop for today is at the rock carving at Chilas before driving through the Babusar Pass (4,200 meters). It takes about 3 hrs for 43 kilometers. Not another clear day but windy and cold.

On the Barbusar Pass, red mountain with the snow.



At the top, the view has me speechless - around with mountains. But I only take a few pictures since it is so cold and windy. And finally we see a lot of snow falling on the way down.



Our car has to cross that small wooden bridge!! My goodness!!

Babusar Pass or Babusar Top (el. 4173 m./13,691 ft.) is a mountain pass at the north of the 150 km. (93 miles) long Kaghan Valley connecting it via the Thak Nala with the Indus Valley. It is the highest point in Kaghan Valley.

The Kaghan Valley is at its best during summer (months ranging from May to September). In May the maximum temperature is 11 C (52 F) and the minimum temperature is 3 C (37 F). From the middle of July up to the end of September the road beyond Naran is open right up to Babusar Pass. However, movement is restricted during the monsoon and winter seasons. The Kaghan area can reached by road via the towns of Balakot, Abbottabad and Mansehra.

Stay overnight at Naran.