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words of Robert Burns came ringing in my ears later that day , the oftenmisquoted line in his famous poem “ To a Mouse '', the line being “ The best-laid schemes o ' mice an ' men Gang aft agley ”.
As we headed out from Bisian , a scant 52.2 kilometres from where they found Osama Bin Laden a few years ago in Abbottabad , our bellies were full of a traditional Pakistani breakfast of eggs , paratha , and tea . The traffic was now lighter , the roads in generally good condition and we made progress . We knew we would not make Skardu , there was no hurry , we had plenty of time .
At around four hours , we pulled into Naran and decided to have lunch next to the Kunhar River with locals kayaking , zip lining and rafting on its placid waters . The air was a little
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