tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16720153116452297652024-03-05T19:54:36.850-08:00NATURE IS AT ITS BESTZabeehBaltihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06973369199230433771noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672015311645229765.post-1538483056758426302012-10-30T22:23:00.000-07:002012-10-30T22:33:41.841-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN BALTISTAN</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Baltistan is the most beautiful area of Pakistan which is situated in the extreme north with bordering India and China. Though Baltistan has divided into to parts hold by the two most lethal rivals of the world Pakistan and India. Major part of the Baltistan is controlling by Pakistan and the rest of Baltistan is captured by India.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In both the sections across the LOC the region is so beautiful the nature is at its best in these areas where we find every kind of refreshment for our souls. we can see the majestic mountain regions, the landscape of the area attracts people to get into the beauty for the pleasure which their eyes had never seen before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Skardu</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The capital of Pakistan held Baltistan the base camp for the mountaineers and climbers to the worlds highest mountains. Visitors all around the globe comes to skardu via flight from Islamabad and after that they start their journey towards K2 and other mountains of the area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In skardu many tourist attractions which are.........</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Shangrilla</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Kachora Lake</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Satpara Lake</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Deosai Plateau</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Buddhas monument</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Burghe Pass</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Kharpocho Fort </span></li>
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ZabeehBaltihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06973369199230433771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672015311645229765.post-74773899201325014312012-08-08T03:57:00.002-07:002012-10-30T10:17:19.187-07:00Burghe La Skardu<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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~ <span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>BURGHE - LA (SKARDU) ~</i></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>INFORMA<span style="font-size: x-large;">TION *</span></i></span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="font-size: small;">These <span style="font-size: small;">are northern areas of <span style="font-size: small;">PAKISTAN </span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt;">This
trek is new, recently opened for foreigners. It’s the most beautiful
and fascinating area of Gilgit-Baltistan, without breathtaking sceneries
all around. Natural Beauty can be seen on its peak with all kind and
colors of wild flowers, greenery, lakes and Mountain Rivers flowing down
to different valleys.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt;">Yogurt,
milk and butter milk are in abundance in Deosai as villagers camp here
with cattle’s during the whole summer season. The charm is so great that
once you visit this fascinating area, you will feel like visiting this
trek again and again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt;">This is an easy trek and highly recommended for those wanting explore natural beauty.</span></div>
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ZabeehBaltihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06973369199230433771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672015311645229765.post-21764178778532607392012-07-19T01:56:00.000-07:002012-10-30T10:21:09.063-07:00HISTORY OF SKARDU (BALTISTAN)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">INFORMATI<span style="font-size: x-large;">ON *</span></span></i></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></i></span><span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><i><b>Skardu</b> <span style="color: #666666;">(Urdu: <span lang="und-Arab" style="font-family: 'Urdu Typesetting','Jameel Noori Nastaleeq',IranNastaliq,'Nafees Nastaleeq','Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01','Nafees','Pak Nastaleeq',PDMS_Jauhar;" title="Nasta'liq">سکردو</span></span><span style="color: #666666;">, Balti: སྐརདུ་་ from Tibetan (Balti): <b>skar rdo</b> <span lang="bo">སྐར་རྡོ་</span> - "star stone, meteorite"), is the main town of the region Baltistan and the capital of Skardu District, one of the districts making up Pakistan's Gilgit–Baltistan. </span></i></span><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Geography">Geography<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> <span style="color: #990000;">*</span></i></span></span></span></span></h2>
Skardu is located in the 10 km wide by 40 km long Skardu Valley, at the confluence of the Indus river (flowing from near Kailash in Tibet and through neighbouring Ladakh before reaching Baltistan) and the Shigar River.
Skardu is situated at an altitude of nearly 2,500 m (8,200 ft). The
town is surrounded by grey-brown coloured mountains, which hide the 8,000 metre peaks of the nearby Karakoram range.<br />
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Skardu, along with Gilgit, are the two major tourism, trekking and expedition hubs in Gilgit–Baltistan. The mountainous terrain of the region, including four of the world's fourteen Eight-thousander
peaks (8,000 m and above), attracts the attention of tourists, trekkers
and mountaineers from around the world. The main tourist season is from
April to October; outside this time, the area can be cut off for
extended periods by the snowy, freezing winter weather.<br />
Accessible from Skardu by road, the nearby Askole and Hushe are the main gateways to the snow covered 8,000 m peaks including K2, the Gasherbrums, Broad Peak and the Trango Towers, and also to the huge glaciers of Baltoro, Biafo and Trango.
This makes Skardu the main tourist and mountaineering base in the area,
which has led to the development of a reasonably extensive tourist
infrastructure including shops and hotels. However, the popularity of
the region results in high prices, especially during the main trekking
season.<br />
Treks to the Deosai Plains, the second highest in the world (at 4,100 m or 13,500 feet) after the Chang Tang in Tibet, either start from or end at Skardu. In local Balti language, Deosai is called <i>Byarsa</i>,
meaning 'summer place'. With an area of approximately 3,000 square
kilometres, the plains extend all the way to Ladakh and provide habitat
for snow leopards, ibex, Tibetan brown bears and wild horses.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"><i><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from June 2011"><br /></span></i></sup><br />
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The climate of Skardu during the summer is moderated by its mountain
setting and the intense heat of lowland Pakistan does not reach here.
The mountains also block out the summer monsoon
and summer rainfall is thus quite low. However, these mountains result
in very severe winter weather. During the April to October tourist
season, temperatures vary between a maximum of 27 °C and a minimum (in
October) 8 °C. However, temperatures can drop to below -10 °C in the
December-to-January midwinter period. The lowest temperature of the year
can reach -25 °C<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Transport"><span style="color: #990000;">Transport *</span></span></h2>
Skardu is accessible by two methods, road or air. The normal road route into Skardu is via the Karakorum Highway and a linkroad into the Skardu Valley
from it. There are also four or five other road links to Kashmir and
Ladakh. Alternatively, there are normally one or two flights daily
between Skardu Airport and Islamabad.
The high cost of air travel means that road travel via the Karakorum
Highway and the link road onward to the Skardu Valley is often the
preferred option of locals and tourists alike.<br />
The climate can have adverse effects on transport in and out of the
Skardu Valley, as Skardu becomes snowbound during the winter months.
Often the roads in and out of Skardu (and other <i>Northern Areas</i>
locations) can be blocked for weeks at a time depending on conditions
(though two to five days is more normal), sometimes leaving air travel
as the only feasible alternative. However, air travel in winter is also
subject to disruption due to the unreliable Skardu weather and flights
can occasionally be delayed by several days.<br />
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The Satpara Dam development project on the Satpara Lake
was inaugurated in 2002 and expected to be completed soon. It is 7 km
away from Skardu city and its altitude is 8,700 feet (2,700 m) moreover
it will also pond the water about 90,000 acre feet (110,000,000 m<sup>3</sup>). The main source of water is melting ice of the Deosai plains during the summer season.<br />
It is a multipurpose project, which will produce 13 Megawatts hydro generation, irrigate 15,000 acres (61 km<sup>2</sup>) of land and also provide 13 cusecis drinking water daily to Skardu city.<br />
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Skardu Fort or <i>Kharphocho Fort</i> lies on the eastern face of the <i>Khardrong or Mindoq-Khar</i>
("Castle of Queen Mindoq") hill 15 metres or 40 feet (12 m) above
Skardu town. The fort dates from the 8th Century CE and contains an old
mosque probably dating back to the arrival of Islam in the 16th Century
CE. The fort provides a panoramic view of Skardu town, the Skardu valley
and the Indus River. The fort was built by Rmakpon dynasty rulers of Baltistan and it was a seven storey building.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"><i><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from June 2011"><br /></span></i></sup><br />
Kharphocho (Skardu) fort was built on a design similar to that of Leh Palace and the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. The name Kharpochhe means the great fort — <i>Khar</i> in Tibetan means castle or fort and <i>Chhe</i> means great.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"><i><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from June 2011"><br /></span></i></sup><br />
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Located on the route to the world’s second highest mountain K-2, is
Shigar Fort. It is also known as Fong-Khar, which in the local language
means the “Palace on the Rock”. The complex at Shigar comprises the
400-year-old Fort / Palace and two more recent buildings, the "Old
House" and the "Garden House". The former Palace of the Raja of Shigar
has been transformed into a 20 room heritage guesthouse, with the grand
audience hall serving as a museum of Balti culture and featuring select
examples of fine wood-carvings, as well as other heritage objects.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from June 2011"><br /></span></a></i></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Lakes_near_Skardu"><span style="color: #990000;">Lakes near Skardu *</span></span></h2>
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There are three lakes in the vicinity of Skardu. In local Balti-Tibetan language, a lake is a <i>thso</i> or <i>tso</i>.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from June 2011"><br /></span></a></i></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Kachura_Lakes"><span style="color: #990000;">Kachura Lakes *</span></span></h3>
There are two Kachura Lakes—the less well known Upper Kachura lake and the more famous Lower Kachura Lake, better known as Shangrila Lake. Lower Katsura lake is home to the Shangrila Resort
hotel complex (possibly the reason for the lake's alternative name),
built in a Chinese style and another popular destination for tourists in
Pakistan. The resort has a unique style of restaurant, set up inside
the fuselage of an aircraft
that crashed nearby. Kachura lake 18m from Skardu. Kachura Lake is
famous for its deep blue waters. There are numerous places to visit and
things to do near Kachura Lake, situated near Skardu in the northern
area.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from June 2011"><br /></span></a></i></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Satpara_Lake"><span style="color: #990000;">Satpara Lake *</span></span></h3>
Satpara Lake is Skardu Valley's main lake. In 2002, the Government of Pakistan
decided to build a dam on the Satpara Lake allocating $10 million to
the Satpara Dam project, two years later in 2004. Progress on the
project has, however, been slow. Satpara Lake is 6 miles (9.7 km) from
Skardu. Satpara Lake is one of the largest fresh water lakes in the
countryside offering trout fishing, and row boating. This lake is also
the source of Skardu's drinking water.<br />
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