Good morning, guys and welcome back to another video here in Pakistan
specifically in Hunza and in today's video guys, we're gonna be taking you
exploring this beautiful part. We're once again lucky enough to have another
beautiful day. As usual, we've got the British lad. Hello. With a local hat. We've
got Posh brother number one, got Posh brother number two,
and we are getting ready for a big day out. Let's go ahead and get things going
and also we have Fahad coming with us today to do some exploring. These guys
are all local to the Hunza area, so they
know this place like they know the back of their hands. So let's get on with
these adventures. And we're going straight to the lake now?
Yeah. Perfect. So it's about a five minute drive or less.
So guys the pretty crazy part is the road we're cruising on here about 10
years ago, wouldn't even exist. Is that right?
Yeah before they would have to take a boat basically to the other part of
Hunza, central Hunza in order to connect this area. So as you can imagine, this
place is completely different in terms of transportation, access to resources
and things like that probably much cheaper as well because you don't have
to toss everything on a boat and toss it back on a truck, I would assume. And so as
soon as the dam's done, that's gonna help so much more with the electricity
out in this area as well, at least they're hoping. So a lot of
infrastructure projects going on here between China and Pakistan as we were
talking about. But it's an interesting area because actually there's quite a
few landslides as you've seen as a bit of a common theme around the northern
part of Pakistan. And about what 2010, there was a landslide that basically put
one of the villages under completely underwater. You can imagine that you know
imagine just one day all of a sudden you're like alright, my house is gonna
be underwater. So I’ve heard it's a bit dangerous to swim in parts of this
lake because there's trees under there. There’s structures under there so you
never know if you jump in, you could get stuck but the guys were telling us that
you know sometimes in the summer people are swimming. I can bet you though, we're
not gonna be swimming today because it's a bit cold. The lake's probably not
too far from freezing and another interesting fact actually about this
lake is nobody has actually ever measured it. So they don't know how deep
it is. They just know quoted it is very deep.
Good news is we're seeing signs of life down there. I’m seeing some smoke which
means they're down near the boats and hopefully, we'll be able to get on one
today. I did see when we were passing back there that some of the boats over
there, there started to be a little bit of icing around them. And to be honest,
with you guys I am not surprised because we're near zero Celsius here.
You know guys, I already like this place because I’m seeing pizza signs
everywhere. I don't have an appetite right now but I can tell you anywhere
that is pizza, I’m already gonna be content because that means they've got
great taste and food options. So here we are. We're coming right up to it. This is
where we're gonna be picking up the boat. Alright, here we are.
Salaam Alaikum [Peace be upon you]
How are you? Good and you? Good. Where are you from? From the US and you?
Australia. Australia, very nice. Yeah, I’m from Pakistan, came from Australia. When you came
here? Almost four weeks yeah. Really, three weeks? Yeah. What are-- Three weeks. Yeah,
YouTube videos. Yeah, YouTube videos. Yeah, what's your name?
Yeah, give it to me man. Yeah cheers, another subscriber. Thank you my friend.
Are you guys going to the China Border? No. Not yet.
Have we been to that one? Not yet. No yet. Not yet, not over. Yeah you should go
there. It's a good place. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, we were at the glacier yesterday. Oh okay.
Like what is it Hoper Glacier? I didn't- Yeah, Hoper Glacier.
Yeah, yeah. And I’m from Brisbane so it's pretty hot. Oh Brisbane, I love Brisbane.
That’s my favorite city in Australia. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's cool man. Yeah, I was
there the month before the pandemic started. Okay,
they are in lockdown here. Yeah, yeah, enjoy man. Thank you so much. Nice to meet
you. And we're heading down to the- the
boats yeah. They have the Jet Skis available. Jet
Skis too.
What are the rates?
He’s saying that he'll charge 1000 rupees
for seven minutes. Alright, you want to try the speedboat or the normal one?
The fastest and the best. We're getting on a Jet Ski guys and a speed boat today.
Should I do the Jet Ski right now?
You have wear the jacket for the safety. Oh okay. No problem. No problem.
We’re heading on down this way guys, taking the bridge down and we're getting
on this Jet Ski. So I’ve definitely gone Jet Skiing before but I’ve never gone
Jet Skiing in the winter so this is the first for me. Shukria [Thank you]
my friend. Alright, there we go. We're getting all suited up here guys.
Alright, here we go. Here we go. So this is a Pakistani Jet Ski right here, ready
for me to hop on. Alright, there we go. So we've got simple here we
got the key. We've got the gas here and let's see how we get this thing going.
Alright, you ready?
ready? Alright, guys we're out here with the bro, we're cruising around on the jet
ski and I will say, it's a little brisk, a
little hot or a little cold right now but it's definitely a beautiful cruise
we're just gliding across super blue turquoise water in between
mountains, just an unbelievable experience out here guys. That's one of
the resorts, I think that's where my buddy Luke Damant stayed.
Oh yeah, we're getting some bumps out here.
Oh yeah, just cruising through the mountains here,
definitely guys as you can see here, we're seeing so many types of landscapes.
We’ve got mountains right here without snow on them then further in the back, we've
got snow-capped mountains and we'll take you a little bit closer to see this
resort so you can see some of the more luxurious types of places. I wanna say
my buddy Luke paid about 270 dollars per night to stay here and he stayed I
wanna say maybe in like April this year, so a little warmer weather than
when we're here out on the Jet Ski cruising by. But as you can see super
colorful houses right there right along the edge, nicely designed, great
architecture and you've got all these incredible views up there, just something
out of a movie guys surely it's something out of the movie.
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My hands are so cold. They're literally iced over right now.
I can barely feel them.
Alright, land ahoy. First time ever jet skiing in winter weather I think my
fingers are frozen. Shukria [Thank you] my friend. Oh that was cold but I’m feeling great.
How was the experience? Oh it was great, cold hands though but that was a very
nice time going Jet Skiing guys. Definitely a bucket list item for me to
go Jet Skiing between mountains in the winter but I can say that seven
minutes in the summer or in the winter is the best time to do it because any
longer than that, you're gonna need some proper gloves on and I actually had some
in my pocket but never grabbed them out. We’ll pay at the end but that's a tip
for you. Shukria [Thank you] my friend. How’s the drone shots my guy?
Yeah. Pretty dope, yeah I was once I got over
there I saw those like oh whoa, I hope he didn't dump his drone. Alright, boys
boat time? Yeah. Yeah, let's do it. I’m getting back out on the water, got a
little thrill ride with the Jet Ski and now we're gonna do more of a chill
cruise on the speed boat they have over here. And so yeah guys, by the way the
the cost for the Jet Ski for seven minutes, one thousand Pakistani rupees
which comes out to roughly six bucks in the end for the speedboat we're taking I
believe it's 2500 rupees per 20 minutes that is about 15 dollars for 20 minutes or if
you wanna put that if you wanna rent per hour you'll pay
roughly 45 dollars for the hour. So very good prices out
here, not sure if they change during the summer. Oh we're going this way. Oh we got
the big white one. Alright, so we got the biggest and the fastest over here
we're gonna be taking.
So this is the one we're taking right here. Oh yeah, this is like a mini yacht.
Oh and we're hopping on board. We're getting
the engine started up here. It looks like quite a bit of traffic out there. We've
got boat here and second boat, third boat out there, couple people on Jet Skis even
in the winter you know guys they- Hello there, sire
all aboard. Captain,
aap kaise hain? [How are you?]
Perfect.
What's the other option?
Oh, the open one actually looks kinda like a thrill ride it's- which one's
faster? Faster, this one. But this is good.
Let’s do this one. You go to that bro 20 minutes 5000
for this one. If we can get the engine started on here
So how busy is it during the summer like constantly all these boats?
Full. So you have to wait in line probably to get a boat.
You have to wait for your number. Wow. So get that busy are prices the same in
the summer? A little higher, yeah. That's what I would
assume. But I’m shocked guys, there's a few places I’ve been in the middle of
winter where people are just out Jet Skiing and boating here but only in
Pakistan. Pakistan Zindabad.
Well guys, I think we're gonna switch boats and how much is this one?
Four, four. Four, is that a good price? Try to start this one.
For a while because if we're limited on time then?
Yeah. Let’s go on the other- Oh, one
minute. Alright, one minute here we go. Let’s see. Oh we got him down there. He's
hooking up the battery. Alright, we're gonna need some electricity in this
thing and then we're gonna try out that electric starter again. Alright, new
battery here we go, electric starter and we're not having connection to the electrical.
Oh there we go. Now we got her on we're zeroed out as soon as we get
programmed. Here we go. Alright, now we're ready to start her up.
Looks like she's playing hard to get.
No sign. We’re not even turning over at this point.
Shukriya [Thank you] my friend. We're gonna be moving on to other boat.
Alright, we got this one over here. This one's called, what's the name of
this boat? Motorboat. You guys don't name these ones?
No. Alright, alright, so we're gonna call this one the Hunza wave runner and
we already saw this one started up. This one's about 4000 for a 20 minute
ride which comes out to roughly like 22 US dollars I believe
with the current exchange rate. All aboard.
Alright, here we go. We're getting loaded up. We got captain here. Aap ka
naam kya hai [What’s your name?] captain? Saeed, nice to meet you. Oh we've even got
radio on here. We do have the fuel gauge, doesn't seem like it's operating
right now because we're below- Rright we're enroute. Here we go. We got captain
starting the engines.
We’ve got our man climbing up here to push us out.
Shukria [Thank you]. Allah hafiz [Goodbye]
Alright, we're off here. What a place to go out on
a boat guys. It's a different experience than being out on the Jet Ski. Obviously,
it's a bit more relaxed, pretty good. When was the last time you're on the
boat? Are you going to hang in? Leave me hanging. No, no.
There we go. I got it. I got it, yeah. When was the last time you went on the
boat? Six months. Six months before. Oh alright, so in the
summer? Yeah. So it's been a while since you've been on the winter boat.
This one is quite nice though, you have all the reflections and actually when
we're on the Jet Ski, the hotel over there was still a little bit in the
shadows. Now you can actually see them pop out a bit more really such an
incredible place. Captain, can I take it for a ride?
Alright, we've got a new captain on board here. Alright, we got the gas
pedal here. This is the first time I’ve ever driven a boat that has an actual
gas pedal like a car because a lot of the boats that I’ve driven they usually
have the throttle right on the left and the right. Your captain here, captain
Nomac, World Noboat here. And so guys on your
left side, you're going to find a hotel that I don't know the name of but it's
very colorful. It looks quite inviting. What’s the name of that hotel?
So we're coming up on the Lexus guys if you look to the right, we've got a
very nice looking place here and then over here on your right, you're gonna
have some beautiful rock formations but you better watch out because you never
know when a landslide's coming in this area.
We’re going full speed ahead right now. It’s a nice little cruise around here. All aboard.
Oh yeah, we're getting some good views now with Lexus over here.
Look at that. You got the picturesque snow-capped mountains on the side, got the
little taverns right there. Looks empty at the moment though. Is the
place open during this time of the year? Yes.
So 10 years ago, this lake wasn't even here right? Yes.
Wow. Imagine that guys if you were here 10
years ago, this boat would literally be parked in the ground. And we're out here
just cruising on the lake now 10, 11 years later in between beautiful views.
So that's a great example of things that may be perceived as a bad thing, can turn
into the best thing when the landslide first happened everyone was probably
like, oh my God, this is horrible. Now look at this 10, 11 years later, it's a huge
tourist attraction, bringing dollars in for the economy and amazing things for
tourists to come and do out here. Now that is always how you need to look at
things that the glass is half full not half empty. Alright, your captain is
retiring. Who would like to take over?
There’s no captain on the boat right now. Thank you brother, not many people can
say they cruised the boat out in Pakistan,
bucket list check. So Fahad, how often are you making out on the lake these days?
Like this is after six months, I guess. Six months, so the last time it was the summer?
Oh okay, okay and do people usually come and rent the boats for longer in the
summer because it's warmer? Yeah. Yeah. Like for hours. Hours yeah, yeah. Oh
that's amazing. You can even do dining. Oh, dining. Are there like more boats
usually in the summer as well? A lot more, yeah so it's a busy.
And is there any fish inside the lake? So do people fish and eat the fish here?
Oh not allowed. Okay and what type of fish are in there like trout? Trout, wow. And
where did they come from though if this lake just arrived, did they put the fish
in? Yeah. Okay, wow. So guys, we're getting a little bit closer to the sides
of the mountain here and you can actually see. Wow, how beautiful these
land formations are just such an exotic place and you can see how cold it is
guys. Right there you're starting to see crystals of ice coming up there. I think
we've got a cave around here, yeah? Yeah. They’re just towering over.
Oh we got a little inlet right there. Look at that water guys,
just like a milky cloudy blue. This is just like Lake Puketi in New Zealand
except it's a darker blue here. It's more of a turquoise in New Zealand but it's
got that chalky like blue look to it, that’s just so exotic. And here we are.
We’ve got the inlet goes kinda far back there too, maybe even a tiny little
beach day maybe next summer, we'll try and hire someone to take us out there, go
swimming right at the beach and the mini private one there.
So as you can see here, there is still quite a lot of development going on. It
seems like maybe that's another new set of maybe guest houses that are being
built there as well as over there so a lot of new construction. I can just
imagine this place probably 10 years from now, you're gonna have a lot more
like the Luxus I believe, it's called Luxus. Oh, oh that scared me, radio got me
there. I jumped bro. I almost jumped in but yeah you can just imagine guys like
a bunch of those types all along the coast here, this is such a picturesque
place but if you look up there, you can tell that's why they're not really
building as much in this area just because of the way the mountains
already had some sort of landslides in the past. You can just see the way the
rocks are tumbled, the way the earth is kinda just like dried up mountains, it
almost looks like. Picturesque guys would be an understatement.
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Alright, guys we just had a successful drone flight took it off from the boat
and landed it on the boat. It's always a little scary. A lot of my friends I know
have dumped their drones. Actually a couple years ago, I tried to land it
while the boat was actually fully moving and I had to grab it out of the air and
like sliced up my fingers. So now I made sure the boat stopped and then we had a
huge landing pad up top and now we're coming in. It was a really nice cruise
for a quick little 20-minuter to see this place from a more like chill
relaxation, taking the views type of setting as we've been doing. That was so
nice, so nice. Pakistan, I love you. Land ahoy
and we're coming in. We'll see his skills here. There's another boat option you can
take there. That's more of like a four-person cruiser.
And here we are
Coming in. Let’s see these skills,
and he's making the jump, boom. Captain's off the boat.
And we have docked. Very nice cruise, what’d you think? Yeah enjoyed.
Yeah very much. So we even had a little boat party going on guys we had the
music cranking but unfortunately, YouTube would demonetize me if I showed you guys
that part so just know it's fun so you gotta come out here and experience it
yourself. There's the speakers. There's the bangers. It was coming out of and
what a good time.
Shukria [Thank you] captain. Thanks for letting me drive. Very nice time going out on the lake
here guys, definitely a must coming up to Pakistan if you're a nature lover or
even if you're not a nature lover, trust me you will be after a visit up here. I
can promise you that. It is incredible and as I was showing you guys there's so
much development coming up here, guarantee you five years from now, we
wouldn't even recognize this place. We have hotels, guest houses, restaurants all
being built in this area. Also pizza. Also pizza, exactly most important thing
guys, you can get some fresh za out here. If we were staying here longer guys that
would definitely take you for a za tour but that's where I’m gonna go ahead and
end today's video guys. Really hope you enjoyed coming out on the lake with us,
having a fun cold beautiful picturesque, enjoyable adventure today and hope you
guys hit that like button because it was a fun adventure for us and I hope you
come back for tomorrow's videos because we're gonna be sharing so much more
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out guys and I will see you in tomorrow's video.
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