It was mid summer last year and life was absurd at that time. There were no activities in university where we could refresh ourselves. One night we were having dinner in university huts and suddenly we planned a hike with our classmates as it was weekend. Within a hour everything was set and the boys were excited. We decided to leave for hike at 5:00am. Everyone went to their hostel and open their cupboards to choose what to wear tomorrow 😂. It was difficult for me to choose because my shirts and trousers were in laundry. So I borrow track suit from my buddy and slept early.
It was 5:00 am when everybody’s alarms beeps and the fun fact was that no one was waking 😂 and were telling each other you go first to washroom hahaha but when we got a call from the leader of hike , we woke up and prepared ourselves within 10 mints.
We went to scholar hostel for breakfast because it was too early and at that time only one canteen is opened which is called MPhil hostel canteen. We enjoyed fresh breakfast and went to the said place
I’m i-e Ramli Entrance point.
Everyone was their at 6:00 am, we hugged each other and started our hike. The first 30 minutes of hike was by road and boring because nobody was talking with each other 😂. Anyhow we reached to place where originally hike was about to begin but we rest there for 10 minutes, fill up our bottles and step on the mountain.
Now here everyone was sharing funny jokes with each other which made us so laughed that our energy level was decreasing time by time. A time came when we look to friends faces, without any reason we would start laughing 😂.
After one hour of hike we reached to the holy shrine of Bari Imam which was a place in our hike. We stayed their for 30 minutes, I experienced that place for the first time , we took a cup of tea , some pictures, some snacks and rest on the rocks of mountain with eyes closed. It was very refreshing. Some of our friends were thinking to go back as they were tired and telling that they can’t continue ahead but we had impose heavy punishment on those who will step back 😉. When we remind them that fact , they agreed with us and continue to hike with us 😂.
We have to continue our hike as Robert Frost quote is that we have to go miles before I sleep. So we continue our hike. It was very dangerous and furious now because it was rocky and slippery. We managed it very hardly. To divert our mind from weakness we decided to share the folk tales of our village or cities. It was quite engaging, we came to know about lot of things, some poetry were shared , I shared my travelling journey with them and told them be a traveler not a tourist. All were looking at me that what’s the difference, I answered them but for you I will answer in next travelling blog.
It was round about 11:00 am that rocks and dangerous path comes to end , now the mountains were covered with greenery and the path was now normal. We clicks some pictures here.
We reached to Pir Sohawa at 12:00 pm and were dead tired. There was a mosque near by , we went there , took fresh water , washed our faces .
All were hungry, tired so we decided to lunch here . We lunched in hotel at Pir Sohawa , the bill was very high but the food was very delicious 😋. The weather was very beautiful. We spent 2 hours there and departed at 2:30 pm , walk by road for 6-7 km kilometres and then we hire 2 taxi which dropped us from Monal to F7 markaz, Islamabad. We enjoyed a cup of tea with our group at Quetta chaye with aesthetic weather.
In short, it was a healthy activity, we were tired but still were feeling freshed. I also realise that in hostel life nothing can be planned, all is that to take an immediate action. This hike was an immediate action as it was planned within 20 minutes 😂.
Thanks for reading the blog. Have a happy Thursday. See you then. Take care, ba bye 🌸.
