CHITRAL Landscape Photography

Although Pumkin is the vegitable grown in hot summer but it is  called the vegitable of winter because all over the world people  use it in winter. In Chitral, specially people love it. In Chitrali language it is called "Shreen Alook". According to wikipedia.com  alone in  US its production is about 1.5 billion pounds  (680,000,000 kilograms or 680,000 tonnes). In Chitral production data for Pumpkin is not availabel. But it is  very popular among the masses. In winter every household in some way arrange  minimum one or two rather buy it or beg it  from some one. Here people  use it  as main dish coocked with more spices. Some time use it as sauce made of it along side main dish. 

Wood Work, Chitral, Pakistan History of wood carving in Chitral is very old. One can find its evidence in almost every house. But not patronizing by the government, it has declined.  Some good artisans have transmitted it to new generation. Mr, Rasool Muhammad of Mori Bala is one of them. He has mastered  his son Rashid in wood carving. The father of Rasool Muhammad; Loot Ustad, was a great master in wood carving. He was very famous in his time. He had decorated so many houses and important government buildings. DC office is one of them. Wali ur Rehaman(late) house situated at Zargarandeh is also decorated by him. This  pic is made by Rasool Muhammad and is showing his aptness in his work. 

Lawari Top in early winter before closure of the top. Taken from a 1 Mega Pixel mobile camera.

A stuning view of Chitral city from Hindukush Hiegts. From Singoor you can view Chitral city perfectly. Chitral Air port is also visible from here.One old PIA's Foker has been grounded  here near the airport. The Importance of airport is very heigh in every Chitrali's life. Because during the routine clouser of Lawari top for more than six months from the rest of the country every one should think of his escape only via airport. The flight for Chitral is also weather dependent. If there is little change in weather, flight will not opperate.

A beautifull village on  Boni road  Prayit Chitral Prayit village some 40 Km from Chitral city on North side of river chitral on Booni Road. It has very panoramic view from the main Booni road. Prayit village is very famous for its delicious Figs, which  are in abundance here. There is a  Polo ground here in Prayit. Every year the Polo lovers of Koh area  play Polo here.

Prayit, Chital, Pakistan ,a loving scenery 

Mori Bala Chitral,before flood 2015 Mori Bala....It is view of Mori Balla, some 35 Km from chitral city before flood 2015. In 2015 a flash flood hit the village and destroyed all its beauty along the larger household. 

Narow deep water stream  Narow, deep, splendid view of stream in Koghuzi Gol. 

mountain passage chitral koghuzi pakistan This picture is clearly showing the hardness of the passage in the mountain over a steep,deep and  narrow stream. Trekking into the mountain other then hindukush region might not be so dangerous.

Sami uddin, mountain Pic(117) , a photo by binisic1 on Flickr. Great Mountains, Here in Chitral one can find only baren, rigid and glamourus mountans every where. Only the People of these ranges; Hindukush, Hemalyia, Karakurm, can truly explain the picture of these mountains. Every angle of mountain has its own story and its own charm. Some mountains  are full of forests, some have water in abundance and other have no water at all. Some where you will find wild life. 

water fall Water fall descending from the mountains are the life line for the wild life. Usually wild life lives near such source of water. Water is basic source of life. During summer house hold animals, such as goats, cows and sheep also take benifit of such water sources.

water fall, chitral, pakistan Water falls 

A Narrow mountain Passage, Mountain, Hindukush, Chitral, Paksitan, One can just imagine the difficulties of the way in mountains if did not experienced it earlier. I was with these guys in this trip. It is my routine since adulthood, to explore neighbouring mountains with friends. Usually we go in mid summer, some time in early spring and some time in late summer. Good time to adventure into mountain is May to Oct. I think this  picture is self explanatory. It is above 300 feet high directly from the stream flowing down . The steep rock has been carved for some years now. Some year earlier not so late, people were travelling over this rock with out the pavements  .

Helping others, Crossing stream, Their is a quote about Helping others. "HELPING OTHERS IS LIKE HELPING YOURSELF".  Helping others is a key in the mountain life. In other part of the world may one can live alone but here in mountains, it is impossible. Caring for others and other care for you.

Pic(106) , a photo by binisic1 on Flickr. By looking on picture it looks prety easy to jump into the stream and cross it. but it flowing at high speed and is very cold. Before one decide to cross it has to think twice. First you have to select easy point to cross. It depends upon the area some where you will walk more than a mile to find easy point. Than keep your feet carefully in water because moss will be collected on stone with in water. If you fell into the water of such amount, it will easily drag you and can hit you with stone.   

Paper Birch Tree, Chitral, Pakistan, Our group is crossing through Paper Birch trees in Koghuzi Gol, Chitral. Koghuzi Gol is is famous for transhumance. Too many herders take their goats to Koghuzi Gol  in summer. Koghzi Gol is rich in grazing areas.

Paper Birch Chitral Pakistan Paper Birch tree is one of the oldest native trees of Chitral (Boliak o Kan in local language). Industrially its wood is used in the production of paper. Local goatkeepers use it to preserve Cheese in it. The goatkeepers peel off sheets according to their requirment and wrape it arround the Cheese. It bark is as thin as paper. It is to be said that in old times it was used for writing purpuse directly. In Koghuzi Gol only number of countable on finger tips have reamind. 

Pic(75) , a photo by binisic1 on Flickr. a beautiful view trich mir in background. Over Koghuzi village Trichmir is clearly shown.This pic shows the wideness of the high mountain valley as compare mountains.

chitral , a photo by binisic1 on Flickr. A group of high mountain lovers with the goatkeeper above 8000 feet. Mr. Zaheer uddin sitting . In the row standing from the left, Javed Muhammad, Hashim Khan, Mr, Ummet Khan, turned to goatkeeping newly. Mr. Shamsu Rehman has started goatkeeping newly after compleating his matriculation. Mr. Sami uddin. and jammar

Pic(72) , a photo by binisic1 on Flickr. chitral