Soun Valley Tour, March 2015

A couple of friends made the plan to visit Soun valley before the weather got too harsh for a bike trip. The plan was to visit as much of the valley as possible in one day with overnight stay at Noshehra. This was my best trip to the Soun valley where we visited all three lakes, had the adventure of off-road riding, took beautiful snaps to end the trip after visiting Kanhatti garden. Of all, Khabeki lake presented the most beautiful view where we had the opportunity to capture sunset with overcast sky, ideal for any lover of photography.

Tombs of Amb Sharif

Visited the area a few years ago, it was an awesome bike ride to the neglected relics. I plan to ride there again next year I.A. along with some friends. Some cool shots from the past.

The Killer Lake

There falls a lake on Sargodha-Khushab road better known as "Khooni Jheel" or Killer Lake. The story goes that in the year 1955 during flood days a truck carrying children fell in the lake killing everyone on board. Since then several accidents have occurred on the site mostly fatal. Anything that falls in the lake vanishes forever as the lake is deep beyond imagination. After a series of accidents involving people's death people started calling it Khooni Jheel or killer lake. A few yeras earlier when Sargodha-Khushab road was rebuilt, highway department put a board near the lake with the name Khooni Jheel. However, soon the name was changed to Khushab Lake, perhaps they thought the old name was ominous.

Coming to the newly built Sargodha-Khushab road, it has made the journey comfortable, faster and dangerous thanks to the insane speedsters who take it for a Formula One race track. I believe that most (if not all) of the fatal accidents at the Killer Lake site were a result of fast and reckless driving or on account of carelessness. The point is, can the change of name control the insanely fast traffic of the Sargodha-Khushab Road? If not, then what's in a name?

Fish Party 14.01.10

So it was third consecutive victory for our group in D.B.A. Election Khushab in the last two years, and our friend won the Joint Secretary contest with a lead of 60+ votes, the consequence of which was this fish party. Enjoyed every bit of the food. Some pics from the occasion, Imran Hashmi was teased a lot.....as usual :-D

The venue was Dau Khel Petroleum of our host on the Khushab/Sargodha road. And the menu was of course fish and very tasty daal.

Our host...Sikandar Niazi.

Our host's old car... :)

Hashmi being teased..

The fire fighter.. ;)

Hashmi trying to push the truck as proof of his power..

Hashmi's hand from under the door when he was locked up in the wash room.

But then released..

We had a wonderful time there at Dau Khel Petroleum.

Bike Ride to Khabeki Lake and Kanhatti

Here's another of my bike rides I undertook on Sunday 20th. The journey started at about 7:30am, five of us on three bikes, the destination was the Kanhatti garden in the famous Soun valley.

Both ways we did a total of about 150km ride. Following are the pics with the commentary.

Just as you are about to start climbing the hill, you pass through two gate-like pillars with a brief history of this passage:

The Kanhatti garden:



A natural spring in the garden:


Bikes in the parking lot:





Walking through the garden our way was blocked by this camel whose intentions did not seem too good so we changed our course:













We could see very small fish in this water but not big enough to be captured by the camera's eye:




The garden is pretty vast and rich with shady trees:


Here we enjoyed the cold water for some time:








Ready to head on your way to the Khabeki Lake:


Our rides:




The road:






The CD70 guys were too slow!!


Arrival at Khabeki Lake:


Old graves, I wonder if these are of the soldiers from the world war!


An old tree