Gilgit game

PIA ATR at Gilgit Airport

I was planning to visit Gilgit since my childhood but was never able to go there, even once I had to cancel the tickets at Islamabad airport just before the fight. But in 2006 I decided that we have to go there by all means! That was a very nice trip and we enjoyed a lot and I heard a lot about a place called "Fairy Meadows" but we couldn't go there and I decided that I will comeback next year. So in 2007 I waited impatiently for the summer to come. I booked the air tickets on 4th or 5th July 2007 for 14th July, and we reached Islamabad from Lahore at 5:30 AM on 14th via Daewoo, we were at airport at 6 am and heard a bad news that weather is not good, our flight delayed but finally we reached Gilgit at 12:15 pm and it rained for an hour after we reached there!! We stayed at Taj Hotel and I went to meet Rehmat Nabi who owns "Raikot Sarai" for some guidance regarding our Fairy Meadows trip. I spent 3 hours in his office and found him a very good person, he introduced his cousin Taimur Khan to me and it was decided that Taimur will pick us from hotel at 7 am and will drop us to Raikot bridge. Below are some pictures of that Gilgit trip, I will write another post on "Fairy Meadows" later.

Azadi chowk Gilgit

NLI chowk Gilgit

Indian Army captured helicopter on display in Gilgit