Aahaaa …….it was a pleasant day of A
pril 28, 2006 when for the first time I flew to Chitral for a five day visit. Staying in Chitral from 28 April to 03 May, 2006 was simply great. Vesting reserved areas for “Markhore” and watching that wild animal in national 
park was a great experience. It was an excited journey. In the mountains some “Markhors” could be seen moving, jumping and climbing over the trees. (Markhore is actually a wild sheep but big in size and furious in nature.)
When the night fallen over the city of Chitral, we moved AKF Youth Hostel, where a fascinating program of ‘Camp Fire’ was arranged by the boarders of Hostel. An amusing ‘get to gather’ continued for a long time in which all the students participated in a favorable manner.
Next day at 07:30 am we moved towards valley of Bamborate situated 17 kilometers away from the main Dir
-Chitral road. After a tiring journey of about two hours we reached Bamborate (lower). Bamborate is one of the three valleys where Kalash tribes use to live. It is assumed that icon of ancient Greece civilization; Kalash tribes were left-behind soldiers of Alexander the Great armies while he passed through these valleys. To witness that ancient culture in its actual status is amazing. Weird and wonderful traditions of those tribes have been declared inheritance of one of the oldest civilizations of the world.
This day was simply an unforgettable time of my life.
After traveling for more than an hour, over a track full of twists and turns along with a river, we reach Beori. In this part of the world where life is a real challenge, a well furnished and fully equipped health clinic with his scarifying doctor was a great gift from AKF to the locality. Residents of Beori Upper were having a high regard for this achievement made by AKF NWFP.
On the last day in Chitral we moved to Booni which is situated about 447 Kilometers from Peshawar. Booni (it was the name of a queen of Chitral) is a prosperous area of Chitral as compared to other area. In some cases it is much advanced than the city of Chitral especially in education sector. Major segment of population in Booni belongs to Agha Khan Sect. Prince Karim Agha Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismaili (commonly known Agha Khani) sect is doing a lot of development works via Agha Khan Foundation and its subsidiary institution. We stayed there for almost the whole day and visited all around Booni. 3rd of May, 2006 on Wednesday was our last day in Chitral. Not the whole day actually because we were flew back to Peshawar via first flight of PIA early in the morning.
This was an amazing and throughout a wonderful journey. I learn a lot and get learn many new things.Interesting to write, for the first time I traveled via an airplane for the journey from Peshawar to Chitral and Chitral to Peshawar.
