Visit to the district chakwal

Visit to the district chakwal

The visit of cholistan desert rally was amazing .I enjoyed a lot. An old friend of mine invited me to his district chakwal. So I packed my bag and headed towards the district chakwal. Chakwal was about 703 kilometre from the point where I was staying near cholistan desert. The distance was very long. It was going to take about 10 hours to reach at chakwal. The bus was going to depart at 9.00 am in the morning.

I sat on the bus and headed straight towards the district chakwal.i was really tired during the travel period. The bus was not comfortable at all. The bad part was that the bus was not even air conditioned. I was sweating a lot. While on our way met with various people. Some were wearing different dresses as per their traditions.

The bus driver was driving really fast. No one was saying anything to the bus driver. He was driving really dangerous. I stood up and requested the driver not to drive fast as it can be dangerous. In the meanwhile I was in contact with my friend Osama who was the resident of chakwal. Osama was my class fellow from the past 5 years. He himself came back to Pakistan to enjoy his summer vacations with his family members. I was in contact with him, He promised me to pick me up from the bus station of chakwal.

8 hours had passes away still 2 more hours to go.i was really tired. This was the worst experience ever. One small child was just sitting besides me. She was not feeling well. By the look of her face, i was feeling that she was going to vomit.well, this actually really did happen. She vomited. The whole bus filled with smell. Worst experience ever. I had tissues with me. I placed it on my nose so that I can not smell that.

chakwal contained almost 207 villages near by which was a lot. According to statistical data there are about 523 schools in district chakwal .In the meanwhile finally reached chakwal.I called osama.He came and picked me up from the bus stop. One thing I noticed about chakwal was that it was located in hilly areas. After a long drive from cholistan to chakwal.I was finally at home of osama.he made special food for me. Foods were biryani, kofta, ras malaie and many other sweet foods were there as well.

The food was very tasty. We talked for a while. I was really tired. He advised me to take rest because I had travelled about 703 kilometer. In the meanwhile told him to make plan for tomorrow visits to various tourist places in chakwal.

Reached at cholistan desert jeep rally

Reached at cholistan desert jeep rally

It was about 7 .00 am in the morning. All of the people in the camp were awake. Me and ehtesham had breakfast with the tradition of perhata and halwa.It was delicious .The journey was not far away. We were almost near to the cholistan jeep rally. We both sat on the bike and it took us about 30 minutes to reach the cholistan desert jeep rally.

At last, after so many hours later. I finally reached the spot famous regarding tourist point. By the time we reach their, there were about 3 thousand people approximately at that spot. And with the passage of time. It increased time by time. Various models of jeep were observed at that spot. This was a new source of enjoyment .Dust was everywhere? People were chanting their heroes name along with their jeep numbers.

Ehtesham had great links with the management conducting the desert rally. I along with him sat on the jeep and participated in the racing contest. Although, I was just sitting behind the driver and did not do nothing. So me and ehtesham along with the driver whom was his friend. We all participated in the race. As soon as the race started. I really got scared because I had never ever experienced this type of fast driving. Luckily, the race ended and unfortunately our team had lost. It was great fun. I was feeling little sick because was not use to fast driving.

After wards, we both had lunch. I thanked Mr Ehtesham for his support and help in reaching at the destination point. This was one of the amazing moments of my life. There were camera drones flying as well for the video recording of these golden moments. It was amazing.afterwards,I sat on the local bus and after wards,i went to the city nearby that was bhawelpur.i found the right hotel and was not as costly as in Islamabad.Tomorrow my plan was to visit Bahawalpur tourist places because I was in Bahawalpur .I made my plan to visit the tourist points of Bahawalpur.

                                                              cholistan desert jeep rally

Inside the jeep

Jouney to Cholistan Desert Jeep Rally

Journey to Cholistan Desert Jeep Rally

I decided to go to cholistan desert jeep rally. The distance was about 5 hours. It was about 258 kilo meter away from Multan.It was introduced by tourism development corporation of Punjab. This event is run by government of Pakistan.This is one of the main tourist points in Pakistan where from different people from various parts of the world come and see this jeep rally. The purpose of this rally is to show show the culture of this region. It is said that about 100 thousand visitors arrives to from various parts of the world in total to see the amazing moments.

While travelling noticed one thing and that was many people were travelling by motorbikes to that specific area in the form of groups. Heavy bikes were also being used by the individuals.In the meanwhile; our bus had some technical fault. The bus stopped and the driver said it was going to take 2 hours to fix it. It was about 9.00 am in the morning. While i was thinking of my plan. A biker was passing by. He asked me if i want to go with him. I agreed so i was with him on the bike. His name was ehtesham.He was residence of bhawelpur.He was coming from Bahawalpur to that rally.

First spot that we passed by was the derawar fort. The fort was built in 9th century. Impressive structure was designed of the wall in this area. Very huge walls were built externally. Many people were their because this was the crossing route going towards the choolistan rally.afterwards, we both had tea break. The tea was very tasty. It was like in old tradition of the cup style. My face was cover with dust and all because of dust everywhere. In the meanwhile, it was getting dark. There were many tents for resting while travelling towards choolistan.i had chances to meet with many famous bikers. One was Mr. Asif raza.i had chance to see fireworks as well on the place where we were suppose to sleep. It was a beautiful night. Flying lanterns were everywhere.

                                                                 Derawar fort

                                    

Flying lanters

Fresh day in Multan

Fresh day in Multan

I woke up early in the morning. I went outside the hotel for breakfast. I had my breakfast with well know breakfast in Pakistan called as “halwa poorie”.It was delicious. The tradition here was almost the same in various cities that I had visited. People were wearing shalwar kameez.anyways, the weather was really hot.

Multan is very nearby to the desert. As mentioned above in previous post. It is consider being city of saints. The city has many bazaars, masjid sharines.Multan is considered to be the oldest city of Pakistan about 6000 years back. First trip was going to Multan fort. This fort was built in between 800 to 1000 B.C.Beautiful Park was just side by the fort known as fort kohana qasim garden. There were benches but I was not able to sit because the weather was hot. At last, I saw a place where there was a sunshade. I sat there for a while and entered the fort. I had Goosebumps when I entered the fort.

It was designed in such a beautiful way. It looked very old. There were total 4 gates to this fort. Qasim gate, khizri gate, sikhi gate, hareri gate. Out of these four gates qasim gate survived other were all destroyed. This place had a long history.afterwards, I moved to a new location known as shah yousuf gardezi tomb. It was fully crowded with many people. The building structure was really amazing. Shah Gardez was an Islamic saint who came to Multan to preach many of the people. It is said that he converted many non Muslims to Muslims.It is said that he came from Afghanistan. The shrine interior is decorated with glass and it was covered in blue tile work. Afterwards, I was really hungry decided to go to resultant so that I can eat. After eating spicy foods in Multan.i planned to visit one more famous location.

The name of the location was Nigar khana.This is also consider to be tourist attraction.It is also known to be house of arts. This place if famous for 45 years because of selling handicrafts and cultural objects over 45 years. I met the person who runs this. His name was Abdul waheed.He had been running this for the past 30 years. Almost all the foreigners do visit this place. He was telling me president of turkey, Saudi also visited this place. It was getting dark and was hot.i decided to go back to the hotel.

                                                             Multan fort

                                                            Nigar khana

Travelling to Multan

Travelling to Multan

I woke up early in the morning. These moments in murrie will always be remembered. I went straight to Daewoo terminal sat on the bus. The bus was going to departure about 12.00 pm.The distance that I had to travel was really long. It was about 605 km.This was one of the longest tour that I to travel by bus. It was going to take the whole day to travel from murrie to Multan. As soon as the bus departed from murrie. It was difficult leaving such a good place.

The weather was very pleasant. As soon as the bus approach towards Islamabad. Weather changed and was becoming hot. From Islamabad .The bus headed straight towards multan.I got really tired of sitting in the bus for a really long time. In the meanwhile, I listened to the latest song trending worldwide. Still the travelling was difficult for me. It was tough sitting at one sear for 8 hours could not explain how difficult it was from going from murrie to Multan.

I finally reached at Multan about 8.00 pm.The weather was really hot as compare to the weather in murrie.I was not being able to walk properly because the 8 hours travelling was very tough. My legs were hurting. I got out of the bus. I went straight to some kind of local restaurant to have dinner. I ate plate of biryani over their. It was delicious. The price of the biryani was 150 rupees. In the meanwhile, I started searching for the hotel to stay in.

Multan was the 7^Th largest city of Pakistan. It is also known to be the city of saints. Most of the Sufi shrines are located in this city. Famous places such as nigar khana,tomb of khawaja awais khagga,qilla kohna qasim bagh stadium are also in this city.Finally,I found the right hotel to stay in. I checked in and went straight to my room number 13.Before sleeping, I made my plan to visit some historical places in Multan.

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                                                                    Multan daewoo service

Visit to Kohala Bridge

Visit to Kohala Bridge

I woke up early in the morning and packed my bag and decided to go to a new place that was near murrie.So I asked for tourist points near murrie.someone advised me to go to Kohala Briadge.kohalla Bridge is just across by Jhelum River. It is 35 km away from murrie. I booked the car and it took me about 80 minutes in reaching the Kohala Bridge. While on the way, I had seen many towns. Houses on the mountains. It was amazing. Although the roads were dangerous. Professional driving is required in driving the car in going towards Kohala Bridge.

It was about 12.00 pm when I reached at kohala bridge spot. It was also consider being a picnic point of the tourist. I had seen many people enjoying picnic party. There were orange tents over there .under that food was provided specially fish. Fresh fish was being offered their at expensive rate. Meanwhile there were other tourist over their as well. The flow of the Jhelum River was very fast. The speed was so fast that someone can easily be pushed by the water and can easily be drowned.

I took my shoes off and sat on the charpaie.it was beautiful view. Kohala Bridge was going to Kashmir. This bridge was really old. It is said to be constructed in 1877.

In the meanwhile I had meet with different families over their. They also offered food to me seeing me alone. The food was very tasty. The people of Pakistan were very nice and their hospitality was also very good. The water was very cold. Someone also advised me not to go too close to the weather because many of the people have died because of the water pressure coming from behind. So I got scared and stood a little back.

It was getting late. So I decided to go back to murrie and explore mall road at night time. So I reached murrie and started exploring mall road. There were many people’s doing shopping at mall road. It was more crowded at night time than in morning. I eat my dinner at restaurant. It was very delicious.afterwards, I started walking towards GPO chowk.There was some kind of political campaign going in murrie. So people were chanting slogans .IT was fun in Murrie. Due to shortage of time, I had to now move from murrie and move towards another location. So I enjoyed a lot in murrie and decided to go and explore a new location in the city of Pakistan. This time it was the turn of south Punjab.

                                                            

                                                                   Kohala Bridge

Kohala bridge view

Picnic Point

Fresh Morning In murrie

Fresh morning in murrie

I woke up early in the morning. The weather was pleasant. It was really cold. The valleys were beautiful from the top. Mountains were covered from snow. The place was just amazing and fascinating . The area was all green. So there were taxi over their waiting for passengers to take to the tourist points. I hired a taxi and went straight to the natiya gali.It was famous for its scenic beauty. It took  me about 30 minutes to reach their. The natural scenery is very attractive. I saw lush green meadows. The amazing part was when I saw the nanga parbat from the top view. It was just amazing. I was just so amazed to see the beautiful view. I was feeling so delighted to see it.i even saw monkeys on the mountains.

The best part was the chair lift. The ticket was about 400 rs.i sat on the chair lift. I was kind of scared because it was located on the a very height. There were also horse ride over their. I also sat on the horse and was entertained over their by horse ride.i saw small kids riding the horse. It was a very pleasant scene.afterwards,I sat on the cable car. That was the scariest scene ever. That was even located at more height than the cable car. Thank god, I was not the patient of height fobia. All the female members were doing shopping at that point.

There were key chains that had name of various people. I was searching for my name in the key chains.I finally got it. The price was about 100 rs.Afterwards.i came back from their and moved to my next location.afterwards,I took the taxi and went straight towards the Kashmir point. Kashmir point was about 15 minutes away from my hotel. It was near to the GPO chowk.

.First of all the weather was very clear and nice. I walked a while and enjoyed the nature beauty over their. Then I moved towards pindi point. That was also located at very a very height. There were also chair lift over their also had the chance of taking a ride on that as well. It went about 1.5k far. After enjoying a ride.i went back towards the hotel. It was just outstanding day. The best moment of my life. I was not going to forget these moments.

                                                                      GPO chowk

           

Leaving Sargodha and going towards Murrie

Leaving Sargodha and going towards Murrie

It was great time spent in sargodha.Most people were wearing shalwar kameez in Sargodha .I did not find anything impressive in Sargodha except for the kirana mountains. Moving on to the next journey was murrie.Murrie was about 300 km from sargodha.It was a long ride .It was about 5 hours from sargodha.First the bus will travel  from Sargodha to Islamabad and then from Islamabad to murrie.

I thanked my friend for his hospitality. The bus departure was about 1.00 pm .after long ride, I finally reached Islamabad. After few minute of break, the I started the journey towards murrie.I had never experience such type of excitement. From Islamabad to murrie. The distance was about 65 km.it took about 1.5 hours to reach their. The weather was amazing Enjoyed it a lot. It was really cold in murrie. The beautiful mountains .Murrie is visited by many tourist from various part of the world. Especially new wed couples also come here for honeymoon.

I was really tired. I started searching for hotel to stay in. The prices of the hotels were very costly. I was shocked to hear their prices and rate. There were many hotels over their. At last, I found the hotel at reasonable price. I checked in the hotel. I was very sleepy. I rested for a while and woke about 7 pm.It was getting night. I came out of hotel and was amazed to see beautiful view of the mountains and natural beauty of this place.

I saw different people from various part of countries.Specially; Chinese were also in large amount. The view was awesome. At night time, there were lighting everywhere specially in the area of the mall road. People were shopping. One things I noticed in murrie was the price and cost of objects as compare to other parts of cities in Pakistan. Objects were costly here. Every item was doubled the price of their original. Since it was night time, I was not being able to visit far places near murrie. So I decided to visit it next morning.

Meanwhile, I started to visit the gaming zone in murrie. It was good to see the latest games in murrie.Afterwards, I went straight back to the hotel. I ordered my dinner in the hotel. The dinner was very tasty. I made my plan to visit the places tomorrow according to the timings.

                                                                 Hotel

Travelling to Sargodha

Travelling to Sargodha

I woke up early in the morning. The weather was very rainy. It was raining very heavily. I decided to wait for a while before going to the bus station. The rain stopped after a while packed my bag and headed straight towards the Daewoo terminal. The distance from Sargodha to Faisalabad was about 131 km.The time duration of the travel was about 2 hours. The bus departure was about 12.00 pm.

Sargodha is the 11^Th largest city of Pakistan. It is very famous for the production of oranges. I reached about 2.20 pm in sargodha.My friend was there on the Daewoo terminal. I was very happy to see him. We headed straight to this house. We had lunch together with his family. The traffic as compare to other cities was low. Motorbikes were seen everywhere. The area where my friend arslan was living was not a good area as well. Roads were not carpeted. Issues of drainage system.

He told me that there are villages nearby and told me all the tourist points in the city sargodha.Me and arslan first visited the company Bagh Park. It was a beautiful park.Greenery was everywhere. We had some good time over there. Just beside the park was the main bazaar of sargodha.The bazaar was filled with so many people .since I was really thirsty, we both drank a cup of fresh juice.

Afterwards, we both visited the University of sargodha.This is the only university in the city sargodha.It was a big university. I met the faculty members. They were very educated. All the students were also very energetic. There was also a cricket match going between two different departments within the university. It was a great match.

Afterwards, He showed me the kirana hills. I loved this place. It was also locally known as to be “black nountains.Its Highest peak is about 980 feet high. It is under the control of Pakistan army. The famous Pakistan air force zone is also located in sargodha.Although we did not had the chance to enter inside and have a look inside the air craft and other .The external view of the building was also very good.

One thing I noticed in Sargodha was the hospitals and the schools. There were too many of them. There were no traffic signals in Sargodha as well. I have seen only 2 to 3 traffic signals in sargodha.I also visited the main plaza of mobiles in sargodha.It was known as “trust plaza”. Afterwards, we visited the famous factory of oranges. We drank fresh juice of oranges in the factory. The taste was amazing. Never drank such type of pure orange juice ever.

  

                                                                     University Of sargodha

Trust Plaza Sargodha

Travelling to Faisalabad for a day.

Travelling to Faisalabad for a day.

I packed my bag and thanked haroon for his hospitality that he had given me in my staying in Lahore. He insisted that he will drop me at the bus stop. I said no because I wanted to try take the ride of rickshaw.rickshaw is mostly used in most of the Asian countries for travelling within the city. I sat on the rickshaw.The driver was driving the rickshaw very fast. It was fun sitting in the rickshaw.although it was not that comfortable. Within 20 to 30 minutes, I reached the bus stop. This time the bus stop was Faisal movers.

I purchased the ticket of Faisalabad.This time the travel duration was going to be about 2 hours. Faisalabad was almost 180 km.I sat on the bus. Bus was very comfortable. The bus departed at 12.00 PM.I reached Faisalabad about 2.20 PM.I searched for hotel to stay in. I finally found the right hotel. Although it was not as good as compare to the Islamabad hotel. I placed all my bags and everything in the room. Since it was after noon, I had a great chance of going to some tourist points

I was really hungry. I wanted to search for the best restaurant in Faisalabad.Someone advised me to visit Chiniot palace. This hotel was very luxurious. I entered restaurant. The restaurant was very beautiful from inside. I ordered fish. It was very delicious. My tummy was really full. I enjoyed a lot there.

The next stop was visiting the famous clock tower in Faisalabad.The clock tower is one of the oldest monuments. The main importance of the clock tower is that it is standing in the center of eight markets. From bird’s eye view look like union jack flag on England. It was build in 1903.In Pakistan it is known to be “Ghanta ghar chowk”.This place was very crowded with so many peoples. This is also the center of all activities that happens in the city during elections and many other important events

The next stop that I was told to visit was the Jinnah gardens in Faisalabad.It was a big park.Although, I did not find something new here. It was like other ordinary parks. There were exercise machine as well where people were doing exercise .It is said that this was historical place for Pakistan. That’s why they name if after Quaid e azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.The Jinnah garden Faisalabad.

Honestly speaking if I had to compare Faisalabad with the 2 other cities that I visited. I would prefer the other 2 cities on this city. So it was getting dark. I decided to go back to hotel. I decided to change my mind, and decided to go to another place. I asked my friend for the best location for tourist in Pakistan.They named many but among many there was Murrie.So next morning planned to visit murrie But in the meanwhile I called my old friend. He told me that he was in sargodha.He insisted me to visit him at sargodha.I told him all about the plan. He said that Sargodha is just near to Faisalabad. So my plan changed.Tomorrow morning I was going to go to Sargodha to my friend house

                                                      Jinnah Gardens in Faisalabad

Chiniot Palace

Last day in Lahore

Last day in Lahore

I woke up early in the morning .Haroon was busy today. So I decided to go by me self and explore the city. Today was also my last day in Lahore because I had to move to the next city for exploring new things in Pakistan. This time I had a new plan. Since I was also a student of management studies. I planned to visit the best university of Lahore regarding business management. I searched on the Google. And I had found one.

The name of the university was lums.I visited lums and met with students and faculty.They told me the methodology and techniques with which they teach students and them also share their secret why their university is famous in the world and especially in Pakistan. This university was built in 1984.This university ranking is 111^th out of 700 best universities. It is also ranked among the top 300 universities globally for businesses met with Pakistani students. They share their views about foreign studies and I share mine. It was really great and learnt a lot.

Afterwards. There was a park nearby sat and enjoy the greenery  of the park. Meanwhile I was planning to visit the next city. There were so many cities in Pakistan. Due to shortage of time because then I had to return back to USA.I  planned to visit the next city and that was Faisalabad.

In the meanwhile, I planned to visit one last tourist point in Lahore. That was the army museum Lahore. I visited the museum. A very wonderful place it was. Helicopters and tank was also their. It was good to see how strong Pakistan is in the field of defence. Pakistan is also a victim of terrorist. The Pakistan army had worked very hard to protect the country .They are fighting war against the terrorists. They have sacrificed a lot .Many of the people have lost their love ones in this war.

There is a great difference between Lahore and Islamabad. The traffic in Lahore is far too much greater then Islamabad. If I was to compare both cities regarding the beauty .It would be difficult for me.On the way back. I drank a cup of lassie.a famous tradition is Pakistan .It was tasty.

                                                      Lums University

Army museum lahore

Next day in Lahore

Next day in Lahore

I woke up early in the morning. Decided to go for a walk .One thing that I notice was the main markets. They open about at 10.00 am. Most of the people were wearing shalwar kameez. After morning walk,I camed back to friend’s house. We both made a plan to visit various places in Lahore. So we ate breakfast and set out to the location as decided.

Our first location of visit was data darbar.data darbar is the largest sufIshrine in south Asia.This place was filled with many people. Lots of security personals were there for the safety of the people entering the shrine. Good security arrangement was seen their. It is said that about one million visitors arrive on its urs festival. This place is considered to be most sacred place in Lahore. The best part is that the shrine remains open at all hours.

It is said that the shrine is visited by approximately 30,000 to 50,000 visitors on daily bases. The best part is that there was also a metro bus service in Lahore. The service also passed by this shrine for facilitation of the people. The weather was changing .It was getting hot day by day, I was also feeling hot. Afterwards we both went to a new location known as Sozo Water Park.

I was not expecting such type of parks in Pakistan.It was amazing to see people having fun here. I was also having fun. Since it was hot, there were many water slides in this park. We enjoyed a lot in the park. It was fun doing swimming and playing with children’s in the park. Memories of mine flashed before my eyes when I saw small children trying to swim. I and haroon stayed in this park for 2 to 3 hours. It was really fun .after wards he took me to a famous place known as to be Wagah boarder.

Waghah boarder is the border between Pakistan and India. Everyday there is waghah boarder ceremony .The boarder is located 24 kilo meter away from Lahore .The flag ceremony is conducted by the rangers of Pakistan and the rangers of India.I had the chance to watch the ceremony as well. It was very passionate.The people of Pakistan and the people of India both were passionate during the ceremony. Both the countries relation are not so good from the day of independent that was august 14,1947.

It was getting late .so we both left and went straight to home. On our way back I had the opportunity of seeing Lahore Beijing underpass that was just constructed few days ago. It was a very big underpass about 1.3 km.It was a great underpass.

           
                                                  Waghah boarder 

Sozo water park

First morning in Lahore

First morning in Lahore

I woke up early in the morning. I was excited of visiting tourist locations in Lahore with haroon.First of all he we both had breakfast. The breakfast was very tasty. In Pakistan they called it “ Halwa poorie”.I got to admit. It was very delicious. I had never eaten such type of breakfast before. After that ,he named the famous tourist location in Lahore. There were so many. I was so shocked to see so many names of the tourist points in Lahore.

One thing that I noticed in Lahore was the use of motor cycles. Massive amount of motor cycles were on road. People were using motor bikes more as compare to cars. So we started out first tourist location .that was the Lahore zoo. So me and haroon we were also on the motor bike. Due to massive traffic, the motor cycle was a good option to choose for travelling as it can save time .

Lahore zoo was really amazing place to visit. This zoo was one of the largest zoo in the south Asia.There were about 1378 animals of 135 species. One good information of this zoo was that it was forth oldest zoo in the world.Monkeys,chimpanzee,lion and all sort of animal types were their.SUZI the elephant was also present their. A very famous elephant name in Pakistan. We stayed there for a while and then we moved to the next tourist spot.

The next visit was going towards Minar Pakistan. I was very much impressed to see that. A very historical place for the people of Pakistan. This place was fully crowded with people and most of the tourist visit this place as it is considered to be the tourist point. Minar Pakistan was actually national monument. The tower is very old. It was constructed in 1960.The total height of the minar was about 70 meters above the ground level. This is a lot. I was also shocked to hear that it took about 8 years in completing minar Pakistan. It is also consider to be tower of Pakistan

After that ,just nearby there was a famous mosque knows as badshahi mosque Lahore was amazed to see this mosque. It was huge and big. This mosque was considered to be one of the Lahore’s most iconic landmarks. The mosque was built by mughal emperor. The mosque was built in 1671.It was a very wonderful place .We stayed there for a while and offer prayer in the mosque. The mosque was neat and clean. Almost 56000 people can offer namaz at a time in the mosque.

As soon as we got out of badshahi mosuq.Just beside it was the Lahore fort. We both also visited Lahore fort. Haroon briefed me everything about the Lahore fort. This fort was also very old. This was also made in the era of mughal emperors. The walls were very old. Very nice art work was performed on the wall. There was also sheesh mahal.It was decorated with white marble pavilion decorated with frescoes and complex mirror. There were many places inside the Lahore fort. Just visited few of them because I got really tired. There were also many large and huge gates .Such gates I have seen in movies. But I was happy to see them in within Lahore fort.

It was getting dark. We both were hungry before doing home; we decided to eat dinner here. Luckily the food street was just nearby, there were many hotels, and we eat dinner at haveli restaurant. From we were on the top floor. From their badshahi mosque was just near us. A very beautiful view at night time.afterwards,we headed straight to home.

                                                         Badshahi mosque

Haveli resturant

Lahore fort

                         
                                                                Lahore zoo

Suzi the elephant

Trip to Lahore

Trip to Lahore

I was very excited of going to the new city of Pakistan Lahore is the second largest city of Pakistan. A very famous city of Pakistan. I packed my bag and everything .checked out of hotel. And went straight to the Daewoo terminal. During my travel to Daewoo terminal. Very beautiful building came on my way. I was amazed to see Pakistan progressing this much in construction field and other.

I reached Daewoo terminal. It took me about 1.5 hours to reach the terminal. The terminal was very nice and clean. I stood in the line and purchase the ticket. The ticket was about 900 rupees approximately 8 dollars. The passengers entered the bus and sat on their seats. The bus left about 11.00 am. In the meanwhile, I informed my friend about the timing of the bus and all so that he can reach their to pick me up.

The bus left about 11.00 am. I was told that it will take approximately 4 hours 30 minutes to reach the city Lahore. The distance was about 376 km to cover. The motorway was a carpeted road. In the meanwhile while travelling. I saw many sign boards of various cities, districts such as sheikupura,kot sarwar,salem, lila.kot momin and much more. After 3 hours the bus stopped at a terminal for 20 minutes break.

I was very tired of sitting. So during those 20 minutes saw McDonald’s. And I quickly went in McDonald and order meal. I was hungry and satisfied my hunger by eating a chicken burger along with coke. After eating, I sat on the bus and then bus left and reached Lahore about 3.50 pm.

I was very shocked when reaching Lahore because it was totally different from Islamabad. It was very crowd with many people. Traffic was too much .My friend asad was waiting for me. I met him at Lahore terminal. After that, we headed straight to his home. It took us about 2 hours in reaching his home because the traffic was too much. We were stuck in traffic for long duration. Otherwise it would have taken only 30 minutes in reaching his home if the traffic was in normal routine.

                                                    Daewoo terminal lahore

Last day in Islamabad

 Last day in Islamabad

I woke up early in the morning. I contacted my friend. He was in Living in Lahore. He invited me to his home. I told him that I will come to him tomorrow. I asked him the best places to visit in Islamabad. He told me to visit Daman-e-Koh. He also told me that this is one of the best places in Pakistan.

I packed my bags and started my journey to that place. In the meanwhile, it started raining. The way going to daman-e-koh was little scary because it was located at a height.from their almost not all but one forth of Islamabad and Rawalpindi can be viewed.Rawalpindi is also neighbour cities of Islamabad.

It took me about 2 hours to reach their. It was a rainy weather. I was really shocked and amazed to view the landscape and the height it was. It was just amazing. Someone told me that this place was located in the middle of margala hills. The place where i was standing about was 2400 Fr from sea level and almost 500 ft from the city of Islamabad.

This place was consider to the tourist point of Islamabad’s was very happy to see the top view of Islamabad city. I was also happy to see Faisal mosque from here because I had visited over their yesterday.The best part was that there were telescope also for viewing objects at far end. I used the telescope for exploring very beautiful places in Islamabad. There were also peacocks in daman e koh.

I stayed here for a while and then I planned to visit Rawal Lake. It took me a while reaching their. In the meanwhile, the rain stopped and the weather was clear and sunny. I gathered lots of information regarding Rawal Lake. People were friendly. They also guided me .Rawal lake is an artificial reservoir that provides water needs for the cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The area was very greenery.

There were many picnic spots over their. Many families were gathered along with their children for picnic. There were also private clubs that arranged the facility of boating, sailing, water skating and much more. I also took a ride on the boat. It was very cheap. It was about half a dollar for one hour. I was very tired because you needed the support of your legs to paddle and move the boat. It was fun. Beautiful birds were also there.

Majority of the birds were found in this place. It was very interesting. I was feeling very fresh when visiting Rawal Lake. The place and the environment were very clean. Then I headed straight to the hotel. I packed my bag so that I can be ready for my next visit to Lahore. Although I did not visit whole Islamabad due to shortage of time.

                                 

                              

                                                       Daman e Koh

Rawal Lake