Kalala
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Kalāla is situated in the North-West Frontier Province
North-West Frontier Province
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province and various other names, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, located in the north-west of the country...

 of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. A car journey from the capital Islamabad should take no longer than 3 hours.

A steady drive through the mountainous terrain of Muree, past Pearl Continental Bhurban, passing the famous Malkote Chowk at Ossia
Ossia
Ossia is a musical term for an alternative passage which may be played instead of the original passage. The word ossia comes from the Italian for "alternatively" and was originally spelled o sia, meaning "or be it" . Ossias are very common in opera and solo piano works...

. Another few minutes brings you to a traditional shopping precinct of Dayval. The mountains across the valley facing you are of Abbottabad
Abbottabad
Abbottabad is a city located in the Hazara region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Pakistan. The city is situated in the Orash Valley, northeast of the capital Islamabad and east of Peshawar at an altitude of and is the capital of the Abbottabad District...

, where you find idyllic places such as Ayubia. Back on route you pass Birote
Birote
Birote is a town in the Circle Bakote area of Abbottabad District in Pakistan, between the borders of Punjab and Kashmir. It has two higher secondary schools for boys, five religious schools, 75 mosques, bank, a post office, Upper Dewal Kohala Road and New Kohala Bridge...

, Treemotia and then onto the lawless village of Basia
Basia, Pakistan
Basia is a small village in Attock District. It is located between Peshawar and Islamabad, not far from Attock City.The name Basia itself comes from Abasia, which then changed over time to Basia....

. You will have now entered into the North Frontier province, in fact at Dayval you leave Punjab and enter the NWFP.

You approach what I can only describe as a cross-road with one turning back on itself towards Kohala Bridge. Kalala is a small village neighbouring the famous bridge of Kohala. It does fall into the greater village of Basian, this particular village being in Lower Basian.

The village is inhabited by Abbasi
Abbasi
Abbasi is a prominent Islamic family name. - Origin :The Abbasid caliphate was founded by the descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's youngest uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, in Harran in 750 CE and shifted its capital in 762 to Baghdad...

 families as is much of the surrounding area. The journey to main Murree
Murree
Murree city is a popular hill station and a summer resort, especially for the residents of Rawalpindi/Islamabad, and for the cities of the province of Punjab, Pakistan...

 is one of approximately 1 hour.

A truly beautiful location within modest reach of Muzaffarabad
Muzaffarabad
Muzaffarabad is the capital of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located in Muzaffarabad District on the banks of the Jhelum and Neelum rivers...

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