Steemit Engagement Challenge S11/W2 | What you did on your last trip (your travel destination)?

Once again its your very dear @maryamnadeem from #Pakistan. "I am here to do an entry for Steemit Engagement Challenge, todays topic is "S11/W2 What you did on your last trip (your travel destination)?". And today I will share my most favourite trip memory with my family that I had in these winter holidays at "KHANASPUR"

Khanaspur, Ayubia Valley is one of Northern area of Pakistan. It is situated in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. It is very beautiful valely no doubt, a valley full of nature.

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What was your last travel destination?

We went in last week of october. After october snowfalls starts due to which roads are blocked. So we decided to go at end of october.

We started our journey on wednesday, 27 October, 2021 early morning 7am. We have to start journey from Lahore, so we Decided to go through GT Road.

After 7 hours of our journey we reached at Islamabad, Capital city of Pakistan. Had some rest there for one day at our family relatives. Due to tiredness we had our lunch and took rest! In evening had some gup shup with relatives, ate dinner and went to sleep and next early morning we have to start journey towards Khanaspur, Ayubia Valley.

So next morning Thursday, 28 October, 2021, after breakfast at 9am we started moving towards our destination point. It was getting to more cold as we were moving. The weather was very cold. Views were so pleasant and eye catching. After the drive of 4 hours we reached our destination point.

We decided to stay there at "PUNJAB UNIVERSITY RESORTS" as my father In law is a retired officer of Punjab University. So this all trip was organized by Punjab University as they give special protocol to their officers.

Outside of our resort we saw a number of monkeys. Then we came to know it was a valley full of monkeys. First day we had some rest and everyone was tired, in evening we decided to visit Market that was near to our resort.

We went to market, roamed there and after having our dinner came back to our resort. As after getting dark night its dangerous to roam outside there due to wild animals living there in forests.

Very next day early morning Friday, 29 October, 2021, we decided to go for a Morning walk. The weather was so much cold and foggy. So after walk we came back to resort, had our breakfast and started getting ready to visit nearby areas.

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Who did you travel with?

I traveled with my children and my husband and enjoyed traveling with them as much as I would have enjoyed traveling with anyone else. Our trip turned out to be so beautiful that now we are thinking again to go on the same trip again and have a great time InshaAllah.

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What fun activities did you engage in?

On that day we decided to visit beautiful waterfalls situated near us as Ayubia Valley.
There were 3 famous waterfalls there:

• Rayala Waterfall
• Longwal Waterfall
• Lahoorkus Waterfall

Three of them were lovely and beautiful. In between there also comes a point called "Bhutto Point" which is also very beautiful. It seems that it is fully covered in clouds. I personally liked this alot. Though it was a small roadside point but quite cool.

Next day Saturday, 30 October, 2021. We went to see famous areas there named as: Donga Gali

Sunday, 31 October 2021, we went to see only nearby places, as it was a very rainh weather that day so we could only visit nearly areas when rain stops.
So that we visited a nearby Famous Ayubia Church, Moto Tunnel and Famous Ayubia Bazaar.

Church was though closed but we viewed it from outside. It was looking nice. We should also obey religions of other's. I felt nice to see cleanliness there. It was built very beautifully no doubt.

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Did you mix with the local culture? If yes, please explain your experience.

No, I didn't meet the local culture at all because we went on our excursions and took the kids to show them some of the things there so that our kids get to see a lot and learn about our culture. Which places are there in Pakistan? Just going for enjoy.

How was the food?

Both the points were very beautiful. I felt very nice to see the nature. The views were fully covered in clouds. At Nathiagali i saw a chaat corner aand ate the chana chaat and enjoyed alot.

Chaat was very yummy and delicious. I liked it alot. Both points were amazing and mesmerizing. I personally loved that place. On the way we took some snacks and drink so that we could eat on the way because we had children with us and children get hungry so they took food and drink for themselves.

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Did you do any shopping?

These places were also very amazing and full of beauty! We roamed there and enjoyed! Had some shopping from Ayubia Bazaar and came back to our resort.
On next day Monday 1 November 2021 we started our journey back to Lahore. After journey of 12 to 13 hours we reached back to our home.

The lessons you learned while traveling in that area.

There was nothing special but just to teach this lesson that What is fun together never comes apart. We time spend together after a long time and had a lot of fun sitting for a long time, so the only lesson I get is to always be happy with each other. Should be polite and loving. It is fun to live happily with each other. Hope you guys like it. I invite my friends to take part @goodybest @ashkhan @drhira.