DAY 200

What a day I had in life. I would say best days that can be gifted by nature. Saturday 21/11/09 was one of those days I will not forget in life. Reason is that not every day you have 9 hours of continues fun & enjoyment.

It all started from a plan that was created by one SMS by a friend of mine on 15/11/09 (Sunday). Yes I’m talking about the same hiking plan that was created by someone but enjoyed by others. My predictions came true. The way plan was scheduled never happened but the way me & my friend re-scheduled it, it all went so great.

All started in the morning when I suddenly woke up around 8:15 as I usually don’t get out of my bed at that time. My friend who was going with me, she did mention in her blog that I got late but never mentioned why I got late. It was her who has to wake me up but no worries. So around 9 we started the journey of a wonderful & a fantastic day. First stop was breakfast & we had planned “HALWA PURI”. So first we went to Commercial Market for it. My friend actually counted the number of PURIS she had. According to her 5 but I never counted it. I never knew that it was a competition but I think she won.

After having that cool breakfast, we went to BLUE AREA. We had to go to the bank. Then my friend wanted to shop some windows. Nah! She did not buy anything. It was just window shopping but honestly she never looked at any windows. She was interested in long coats, jeans & mufflers. Oh! Not to forget the red Manchester United ball… Meanwhile I discovered that we actually liked the same things. Yes! We do have a few things in common. During all this time the person who actually created the plan of hiking kept on sending SMS & wanted us to miss him but it was his own decision not to come. I personally asked him so many times to be there at least for me but honestly I’m not that good that someone would consider my request. After that next stop was the hiking track.

We were there at almost 12:05 in front of Track 2 that leads all the way to DAMAN-E-KOH. Looking at the track, we both first looked at each other to see if we should start walking on that path or not. My friend was a bit scared initially but I just told her that we can do it. I actually cannot describe the path the way she did in her blog. It was a strange path to walk on. Dead bushes all around with no guidelines. I kept on joking all the way so she doesn’t get scared. We actually had to choose left & rights on the way & I asked her to choose & she kept on choosing the tough paths to walk on. We stopped twice on the way & she kept on taking pictures. It took us almost 24-25 minutes to finish that track. Reaching there we saw dead end or you can say no where to go. For a second we laughed but then I did manage to find a way out & there we were at DAMAN-E-KOH. We were actually so happy that we did it coz the minute we started walking on the path, we both had doubts as it was totally jungle around us. Here I really would like to thank her for having the trust in me as it was only two of us walking through that jungle. After having drinks we wanted to hike all the way to the top (PEER SAHAWA) but unfortunately we were not able to do it as everyone we asked said that the path has been closed due to criminal activity few days back.

We took the taxi all the way up & found ourselves on a disappointing location known as PEER SAHAWA. Nothing there but hotels. Not even a good view of the city. Their we decided to have lunch but honestly that HALWA PURI worked & we were not hungry at all. So we ordered tea. After that we took the taxi back to F6 Supermarket & she kept on taking pictures all the way down. There I actually asked her to delay her journey back to Lahore which was scheduled at 04:00. I wanted her to leave the next day but she could not. Again I would like to thank her as she did delay it for 2 more hours. The thing she loves the most is shopping so she looked around while I got some finger chips. Then we decided to visit RAWAL DAMN as we had 2 extra hours. Yes! Not part of the plan but we kept on changing plans & that was the fun part.

Reaching there we almost spend an hour or so & it was again fun. I kept on teasing her & joking while she kept on taking pictures. We even walked towards the residence area that is around the damn. Then we had some ice cream on the way back to her hostel. She had to get her luggage from there as she had to start a new journey all the way to Lahore from there. We did decide to visit the MONUMENT but due to lack of time we asked the taxi driver to turn the engine towards RAWALPINDI.

From there & all the way to the terminal, I was a bit quiet as I really hate goodbyes & I never wanted such a wonderful day to end in sadness as every time someone leaves, it’s painful. This is the only reason I always avoid goodbyes at airports, stations or bus stands. I left her at the bus at 06:06 & then I started walking.

From there I was feeling so down & lonely as every time a friend leaves, it’s hard. This was the moment I wanted a friend to be with me but what I saw was myself walking all alone. I walked half way back home as I just wanted to do that & I had planned that the minute my feet would start hurting, I would get a cab back home.

So the day started wonderfully but ended in sadness but to be very honest, the moment I had in those 9 hours were much great than the last hours of the night. I would really love to go back in time & live that day again & again…