Paper Birch tree

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 Tree Koghuzi chitral

Paper Birch Tree Chitral Paksitan

A small forest of Paper Birch Tree is showing in Koghuzi Gol. 

Marble stone Koghuzi Gol chitral Pakistan

Marble Stone

Mable Stone mountain which runs from Koghuzi to Gahirat. Koghuzi Goal is very rich in Pure white Mable. But access road to the mining area is difficult. If government build a road to access, miner will rush to the area. Javed Muhammad's silhouette is matching with the background.

Paper Birch Chitral Pakistan

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. 

Fallen tree, Dudar, Chitral, Pakistan,Photography

Fallen tree, Dudar, Landscape, Photgraphy, Chitral, Paksitan

In high mountains it is rare that you could find any such dense forest. But down from koghuzi, some valleys have such forests. Some years ago Koghuzi Gol was rich in Dudar forest but after Chitral state merged into Pakistan people brutally cut the forest. Koghuzi Goal has small Dudar forest. Thsi fallen tree is one of them. During our trip I take this short while we were passing through the forest. 

chitral,khoghuzi gol

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

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