Welcome to the 4th episode of our Skardu trip. Today we will explore Lower Kachura Lake also known as Shangrila Resort.
Shangrila was established in 1983 with the opening of the first Resort Hotel in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan. Shangrila Resort Hotel was founded by the late Muhammad Aslam Khan Afridi, the first commander of the Northern Scouts of the Pakistan Army. The resort is known for its restaurant that is built on the fuselage of an aircraft that had crashed nearby.
Shangrila was named after a book titled Lost Horizon by James Hilton. In the novel, the author narrates a tale in which an airplane crash landed near a riverbed, in the early 1920s. The surviving passengers came across some Buddhist monks from a nearby temple and sought their help. They were taken to a beautiful lamasery filled with a variety of fruits and flowers. The monks looked quite young, although they claimed to be hundreds of years old. The idyllic place was called Shangri-la, a Tibetan word meaning "Heaven on earth".
In 2015, one of the photo of Shangrila Resort was declared as the grand winner of the Wiki Loves Earth, 2015, after a worldwide contest.
If you have missed out our Skardu Trip vlogs. Here are the links!
Episode 1: Tales of Skardu | Episode 1 | Road Condition | Khunjerab | Sadiqabad to Islamabad | Gilgit Baltistan
• Sadiqabad to Islamabad...
Episode 2: Islamabad to Jaglot | Babusar Top | Road Condition
• Islamabad to Jaglot | ...
Episode 3: Jaglot - Pakistan Army's backbone for Siachen War
• Jaglot - Pakistan Army...
Episode 4: Lower Kachura Lake - Shangrila Resort
• Lower Kachura Lake - S...
Episode 5: Skardu's most beautiful lake - Upper Kachura
• Skardu's most beautifu...
Episode 6: Visiting 400 Years Old Shigar Fort
• Visiting 400 Years Old...
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