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I person work aggregate travelogues connected Team-BHP, truthful I thought I'd stock my publication present arsenic well.
I had my ain bucket-list of places I wanted to sojourn 1 day. Since I'm based successful Kashmir from 2 years truthful trying to tackle the database arsenic overmuch arsenic I can.
SO It went like...
Day 1 (12-OCT-2024)
Woke up early, completed my greeting rituals, packed essentials, and hopped connected my Tokyo (Name of my V-storm SX). Although I was a spot late, inactive good since I encountered lone 6-7 vehicles until Sinthan Pass (riding from Kishtwar) and the state was exhilarating!
I didn't halt astatine Sinthan Pass, arsenic I'd been determination galore times before, Instead rode downhill towards Daksum, wherever I stopped for breakfast. Nun-Chai and an ovum omelette there, past continued towards Anantnag/Islamabad (Anantnag is besides known arsenic Islamabad among locals, its humanities name)
Visited Ancient Martand Surya Temple Anantnag
Having booked Zostel Pahalgam anterior I reached astir 14:00.
After checking successful and freshening up, went to communal country and met a fewer chap travellers (most of whom were solo travellers) and past I headed to Aru Valley with different solo buddy connected his rented scooty.
We reached Aru, wherever determination was a ample assemblage astatine the base, bought apples from a section vendor and hiked to a little crowded spot, wherever we enjoyed the apples and met a household of nomads and negotiated a woody to instrumentality pictures with the children ? 3 packets of biscuits for a fewer photos!
returning to the hostel had an astonishing diner clip with the hosts and chap travellers
Day 2 (13-OCT-2024)
Started aboriginal from the hostel and acceptable my navigation to Margan Pass. I downloaded offline maps, which became a saviour later. I rode connected the aforesaid way until Vailoo (Kokernag), past took a near crook towards Margan.
Rode crossed respective villages, receiving thumbs-ups and smiles from the locals. Network sum disappeared aft a fewer miles, leaving maine unsocial with Tokyo and the beauteous mountains. The roads were decent until I began climbing Margan Pass, wherever roadwork was successful advancement with fewer breached patches and caller tarmac successful patches. After climbing 12-15 hairpin bends, I yet reached Margan. Surprisingly determination was cipher astatine the pass, truthful I rode further to partially constructed JKTDC huts.
Dropped my riding gear, changed into mean apparel with a fleece jacket, and past saw a Himalayan 411 approaching from Marwah Valley., A mates connected the motorcycle had been traveling for implicit a period successful Himachal and Kashmir truthful we teamed up and started hiking towards Chaurnag Lakes (one of the easiest alpine water treks successful J&K, with a 6-7 km circuit trek).
Met a radical of 5 section guys from Kashmir, who were besides attempting the trek for the archetypal time.
It was 3 PM erstwhile we reached the 3rd lake, truthful I decided to caput back. While descending, I saw a fewer tourists which was good but lone aft a fewer steps one saw immoderate bare nutrient packets and a integrative h2o vessel that weren't determination earlier. I was disappointed to spot the litter and thought astir hiking backmost to those radical with the trash, but lone settled for shouting a fewer abusive words (and it was intensely arsenic good and loud, one anticipation they person heard the words) owed to the timing arsenic one was spot acold distant from my spot and mode backmost determination was inactive 5-5:30 hrs with ascent to Sinthan Pass truthful I collected the trash and headed backmost to Margan Pass, changed into my riding gear, and reached location astir 20:30.
