Kirthar 2005 (4x4 Offroaders Club Karachi)

Sindh Wildlife Camp

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 21:38:23 +0500

Where we stayed.

Cactus Dark

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 21:56:45 +0500

Picture by MO.

KO next to Jeep

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 22:11:09 +0500

At Karchat, Sindh.

Reflected 4x4s

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 22:15:17 +0500

Picture by MO.

Setting Out

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 22:20:39 +0500

Setting out from Karchat. Doc Mansur's CJ.

Lunch Stop

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 22:54:02 +0500

We stopped here for lunch. This was the only shade for miles around. We drove a ways off the road to get here, and scared of a whole lot of sand grouse.

Rear View

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 22:57:19 +0500

Sand. Reminiscent of the Jeep adds.

Karchat Lounge

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The lounge had pictures of all the local wildlife, along with maps etc.

Karchat Center

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 23:55:25 +0500

The entrance.

Setting Out 2

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 23:58:33 +0500

Looking for deer.

Racing after Deer

Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:00:08 +0500

Saleem Khan driving like mad to get closer to the elusive deer. Taha can be seen holding on for deer life. They did manage to get a up close view of the hiran.

Campfire

Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:06:22 +0500

Campfire at Karchat.

En route 1

Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:10:14 +0500

On the way to see ibex.

Markhor 2

Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:30:29 +0500

There were hundreds of ibex visible. This picture was taken a bit late, so many have gone around the mountain.

The view 1

Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:37:39 +0500

The view from the lookout point.

Markhor 1

Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:43:25 +0500

There were hundreds of ibex.

Untitled 1

Fri, 04 Mar 2005 20:54:55 +0500

Some offroading here.

Rock

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erosion at work.

Water

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Water is pumped from this river to the park for the animals.

Tombs

Fri, 04 Mar 2005 21:47:32 +0500

Some of Alexanders army is buried in this graveyard.

Stone

Fri, 04 Mar 2005 21:51:20 +0500

Home sweet home.

More stones

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A former home sweet home.

Untitled 2

Fri, 04 Mar 2005 23:37:09 +0500

--landscape--

Untitled 3

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 19:47:14 +0500

Stopped en route. The lead car had a tire puncture here. This picture was taken in Kirthar, inside the wildlife sanctuary.

Tombs 2

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 19:50:46 +0500

Another picture.

Abandoned 1

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 19:52:31 +0500

A small ghost town.

Offroading!

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 19:55:44 +0500

It's not visible in this picture, but the terrain was quite rocky up ahead.

Offroading 2

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 20:01:33 +0500

The Nissan up front is holding up the Jeeps behind.

Offroading 3

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 20:05:04 +0500

Thats Doc standing in the back of his jeep.

Lone Tree

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 20:24:55 +0500

The terrain.

En route 9

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-uncaptioned--

En route 10

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 20:37:26 +0500

Out on safari.

En route 11

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Kirthar Sign

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The sign at the entrance to the Kirthar National Park.

Deer Spotting

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 20:51:19 +0500

The lookout spot. From here we saw a few hundred ibex. TM on the left is using a 600mm Canon zoom lense to take a real closeup of the markhor.

Deer Spotting 2

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 20:59:47 +0500

Watching the watchers.

Save the Ibex

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 21:03:39 +0500

En route 12

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Some greenery.

En route 13

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 21:16:21 +0500

to be captioned

The terrain

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 21:20:24 +0500

Did some actual offroading here. Yes, this was the actual angle of the ground.

Offroading 4

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 21:28:12 +0500

This was a nice drive, though once again the japanese car was holding up the real 4x4s.