Vacations are very exciting for people of all ages. For the past few years, I was at home being bored, but this autumn break, my dad decided to take us on a memorable trip.
We planned this a week ago. I was excited and over the moon. I told my class fellow and my teachers that we were going to Islamabad for a few days.
We decided to wake up early and start getting ready for the trip. We didn’t wake up at the exact time, and it was 5 AM. We started our journey at 5:30. Everyone was sleepy except for my dad, because he had slept early the previous night.
The Journey Begins
My brother and I were delighted, as well as my parents. First, we went to the motorway. Our first stop was on Sukheke. We stopped there to do breakfast. My mother bought us some delicious doughnuts.
My dad was tired of driving straight for 3 hours, so he asked my mum to drive. As soon as she started driving, we realized how bad was the situation. My brother and I were afraid because we had never seen our mum drive before. After 30 minutes had passed, we forced our dad to drive the car himself so we could reach our destination safely.
After some time, we finally had reached Islamabad, and were glad for once that the journey was over. But there was a twist, my dad had a surprise for me and my brother that we were going to the Northern areas of Pakistan.
We reached a place that I had never visited neither had I ever heard of this place. It was Ghariyal Camp, and the army controlled it. We went to Mehran Lodges it was very peaceful. It had a beautiful view of the mountains, but my father didn’t like it because it wasn’t crowded at all, and my dad liked a place where are many people living and a market nearby as well.
My dad canceled the plan to stay in Ghariyal and moved toward Nathiagali, but my mom had a plan to visit the Chinar golf club. I was shocked after seeing a golf course on a mountain. It was not flat like any ordinary golf course. We played there, but they didn’t allow us to hit long shots because we were beginners, and if the balls were lost we had to pay extra money for compensation. After a while my brother found a lost ball, and we started hitting shots. We had fun playing there.
After playing there, we started to go toward Nathiagali. We reached a hotel where we could check in and have some rest. After a nap, we went to explore and eat the traditional food of Nathiagali. We saw the market of Nathiagali and the most popular dish of Nathiagali Bazar. Pathakha roast is a spicy chicken that everyone likes to eat when they are in Nathiagali. When we came back to our hotel, we slept so we could wake up early the next day. We could go to explore the beautiful mountains of Pakistan.
It was the first day of an exciting journey.
