My New Camera

Bought a new camera today yuppyyyyyy!!
Now new posts are coming soon.

Wishlist

Today I created my travel wishlist.
I created a new page for that list.
Hope you will like that list.
So here it is

Wishlist

Road Trip to Paradise

Last year we three friends took rememberable  winter road trip to Murree , Ayubia and other areas. We started our journey from our hometown Bahawalnagar and went to Lahore. We had some plans for Lahore so we stayed in Lahore for almost 3 days. 

We met our friends and had a great time. Believe me we did some crazy stuff there. And I played bowling for first time there :)

As it was a winter road trip and we were going to hilly areas we did a lot of shopping from there.
After having a great time in Lahore we headed towards Islamabad the capital of Pakistan. We didn't stay long in Islamabad and continued our journey.
After a long and difficult night drive at last we were in the Murree our first proper destination.
Murree is also called Queen of the Hills for its scenic beauty and captivate greenery.
It was covered in snow. That year it was a record breaking snowfall. We reached the famous mall road of Murree and rented a hotel room for Rs.2000 per night. The hotel was good and it was a fair deal. It was a beautiful room having separate balcony.

View from our Hotel room

Amazing we were not tired and we went out for breakfast. After breakfast we decided to take some rest and refresh ourselves. That night we went out to check out mall road. It was snowing and mall road was full with college boys and girls. Mall road is a famous small stretch of road having a number of shops and restaurants. We played some snooker there which was a great fun because in Murree there are no snooker clubs. Snooker tables are placed in small shops or in open. After that we headed towards my friend's favorite Blue Smoke Cafe ;)

We had a good dinner at Red Onion restaurant. They have a beautiful restaurant.

We had a lot of fun that night.

The next morning

Next day we didnt have breakfast and headed towards Patriata also known as New Murree. 

On our way to Patriata

After arriving at Patriata we had a delicious breakfast. Patriata, which is a silent place at the highest place at the highest point of Murree Hills which is considered as the highest point of Punjab as well. Patriata has a magnificent landscape, high forested ridges and deep intersecting valleyswith terraced slopes offer breath taking views of this naturally beautiful area. Patriata has become highly famous over recent years. There is a chairlift and cable car system, which takes visitors up to Patriata Ridge in two stages from Gulehra Gali. The first stage is by chair lift up to Patriata Bazar. 

Patriata Chair lift

From here visitors transfer to cable car gondolas for the ride up to Patriata Ride. 

A view from cabin lift

At Patriata there is a type of village where you can do shopping and eat.

It is a good place.

One quick tip when any person come to you and offer his services DON'T TAKE THEM. They will charge a lot. We have experience :p

People take some money and let you take your pictures with their made ice structures.

I paid 10 rupees for this pic :p

Also take a ride of horse in Patriata it is a great fun :)

After visiting Patriata we headed back to our hotel. We were tired so we took some rest and at night we went out on mall road. That night the temperature was -5 degree centigrade and I drank Slush :p

Luckily I didn't catch fever.

That night I took a lot of pictures of Mall road and some amazing scenes.

Next day we headed towards Ayubia on Highway to Hell. Yeah you read it correct. Its called highway to hell because if u do any mistake on this road you are going to hell believe me :p

View of Highway to Hell

On our way we saw Bandar point(monkey point). It was really a monkey point :p

so many wild monkeys :p

They take food from your hands.

Ayubia national park is one of the biggest national parks of Pakistan. I was told by our guide that it is a home of many animals specially birds. A lot of birds can be seen as this park is on the migratory path of many species. A lot of leopards and black bears live in these jungles.

Ayubia is a beautiful place. Its chair lift helps you see the forest. There are a lot of hotels and restaurants around it. 

At Ayubia you can take pictures with falcons for just 20 rupees. you must try it :)

It was my first time walking on snow so local people told me to wear extra pair of socks on the shoes. First I thought it was a mad idea but after spending some time on ice I realized it was a great idea.

After Ayubia we headed towards Dunga Gali. From Dunga Gali you can hike 4 km on the Dunga Gali Pipe Line Track and see animals , trees and rare species in beautiful forest. The hike takes round about 45-60 minutes and it ends in Ayubia. 

Pipe Line Track was covered with snow

The best time to visit this place is in summer but as we went there in winter and it was snowed so we couldn't travel through Pipe Line Track. But we tried to go there and then our guide told us that leopards also eat people one of our friend got afraid and decided not to go there. So we decided not to go :D

In Dunga Gali there is a museum it is worth seeing.

In Dunga Gali we made a little snow man. It was my first time making snow man. It was a great experience.

Next day we had a small trip of Nathia Gali and after that We returned to Murree.

After spending some days we went back to Lahore to have some more fun :p

i hope you had a good time reading this article :)

My blog's logo

Today I finalized my blog's logo
Now things are looking good.
Tell me how much did you like this logo ? :)

First Chapter of my Journey, Jaamgarh and Meergarh

This is my first real traveling post so i thought that why shouldn't I begin my traveling journey with my hometown. A lot of people don't know about District Bahawal Nagar and they certainly dont know that Bahwal Nagar District is one of the biggest districts of Punjab province in Pakistan. Well I should tell you that it is my home town and i love it.

2 years back I visited its one of the most beautiful and deserted historical places Forts of Jaamgarh and Meergarh. Infact these are the series of forts including Fort Abbas , Fort Meergarh , Fort Jaamgarh , Fort Marot etc. A lot of people don't even know their names.

These places are about 100-110 kms away from the Bahawal Nagar city. On my way to these forts I didn't see much population and specially any civilization around the forts.

But i did find a small friend. It collided with us and we gave him water and first aid :p

There is only one road which leads to these forts.

I must say that it was one lonely road in a lonely desert.

Believe me it is hot there so don't make a mistake like me and use sunscreen lotion :p

After a long journey we reached our destination and we had the first glimpse of Fort of Jaamgarh. Such a big structure in the middle of  unforgiving desert.

Jaam Garh Fort

Due to lack of government's attention it is converted into ruins but it is worth seeing.

I was sad to see its condition. Years of extreme weather has taken its toll on its walls but still its walls tell their own stories.

After visiting Jaamgarh I headed towards my next destination and after about 10-15 km I reached there.

Meergarh is a bigger and more beautiful fort than Jaamgarh.

Meer Garh Fort

Due to lack of attention it is also converted into ruins but it still looks beautiful. By seeing its marvellous buliding you can imagine how beautiful it used to be.

I don't know why but I sent a lot of time in this fort. I had a plan to see other forts of Marot and Mojgarh but I was tired and  it was a long trip. So after visiting these forts I decided to travel back to home.

I hope you have enjoyed this article.

And The Journey Begins

Waooo i am excited because i am starting my blogging with this first post. So i wanna tell people about me and about this blog. It will be a short introduction.

My name is Ansab Mahmood and i am common pakistani student who like to travel. Like everybody else I also have great dreams in life and  want to fullfill them but I will not let them stop me from living my life and enjoy it. I travel alot and do crazy stuff.

I have radical ideas and i like power metal and hardstyle music. ya ya I know thats a strange combination :p

After my friend's suggestion I created this blog. I am new in this stuff but i hope i will get help from her :)

Well the theme of this blog is that I wanna show the world that Pakistanis don't live in fear and how much beautiful Pakistan is. Some of my fellow pakistanis find it very hard and complicated to travel abroad or to go some fun place even in their own country I wanna show them guideline ;)

I hope people would find useful information from my blog so that they can use it in their lives.

If you wanna know anything plzz don't hesitate and contact me :)