Exploring Kashmir valley. Masoodulhussain

  

 After two days  stay in Muzaffarabad, we move other station which is Keran. As we cross the Muzaffarabad , It is very beautiful mountainery area , lucky the weather was pleasant due to cloudy sky. Mountain were covered with greenery of two shades and tiny flowers were Nodding with cool breeze. It was fantastic scenic beauty. We reached Karen , it is a village and tourist resort, it is located 93 kilometres from Muzaffarabad  on the bank of Neelam river  

 There are some hotels in which you can buy reasonable food , we decided to take lunch here so we ordered the Chicken karahi,  which was so spicy.  The village is surrounded by thick forests.  Our stay was Karen Resort , it was comfortable to live and we enjoy a lot. In afternoon we decided to go to upper Neelam valley , it is peaceful and stunning. 

next destination was  Dowarian ,we were exited to reach and to see the beautiful area  which is popular for blossoms🌸🌸 and fruit 🍇 🍏trees.Dowarian is a village ,it is located 106 kilometres from Muzaffarabad. There are tourism and forest rest houses. The village is full of spring water,high green mountains and plants 🌱. Cherries 🍒 and apple 🍎 are produced in the village.

 Here we change our ride and take a 🚙 . Main road is jumpy. After spending few hours,we left for Kel .=on our way to kel we saw a beautiful district of Neelam valley Sharda , which is a small town covered with tall trees and bushes  jungle 

mountain,it is located on the bank of Neelam river, The distance from Dowarain to Sharda is 28 kilometres and we reached their in one hour and thirty minutes. After staying  their for half an hour, we continued our jouney.Now we move towards Kel. Kel is a village of Neelam valley. Buses run daily between Kel to Muzaffarabad. Kel is a base camp of this lake.Chitta  katha lake is located in shounter valley. We were heard a lot about chitta katha that it is wonderful lake of this area we were eager to reach.The lake is accessible from Kel by a 20 kilometres jeep track and 5 kilometres hiking track.It is very beautiful place. Before April this area was covered with snow. Suitable time is May to September for travelling. During traveling we saw a beautiful lake which was running throughout the road there were a beautiful sound of runing water.

 Water of lake eas pure white dur to this reason local people call this chitta .This scene was unforgettable. We spend night over there. It was a beautiful night,  i have spend this night in eyes, ever the sky was full of stars and stars were near to us. Spell of twinkling stars were catching our hearts  This seen made us speechless.our next destination was Ratti gali .Rati gali is situated  in Neelum vally 43 km from chitta katha lake.  Ratti gali lake is filled  by the glacier  water which  was running  from the mountains.it is famous far grassy sloops and number of waterfalls. If you want to see how paradise looks like do visit Ratti Gali lake, it has a mesmerising view and unlimited beautiful spots, waterfalls and marvellous weather. Now we return back to wah.