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Rabia Jalies Ahmed
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Submitted: Sir Sohail Sangi
Travelogue
“PESHAWAR TOUR”
23 October we have started our journey, first, we had
chosen the Bus. We want to choose the train first but it was late. That is why
we chose the bus. We were known well to Faisal movers that is why choose it. We
have to reach Islamabad first but due to the stay of the bus on different 5
stops. We were late too much. Normally we can reach 16 to 17 hours but we
reached in 21 hours. We reached in morning time it was not wintering season but
the weather was cold. Basically, we have to go to Peshawar but we stay in
Islamabad to fresh up own self.
We stay in a local hotel and have taken the best
breakfast than we became ready for the next destination and have gone toward
Faisal movers and our journey has started towards Faisal Movers. Our journey to
Peshawar was one of the most exciting journeys of my life. We stopped at a
snack stall in the mid of our journey and enjoyed the refreshing tea.
By the time we reached Peshawar, our relatives were
already there to welcome us. We stayed at their house for a while to get some
rest. We decided to go FATA altogether. FATA (Federally Administered Tribal
Areas) semi-autonomous tribal region in northwest Pakistan that existed from
1947 until being merged with neighbouring province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018.
We visited Bajor which is one of the regions in FATA.
It is a beautiful place to visit, covered in mountains. The residents there
were so generous that they readily offered us a place to stay when they got to
know we were visitors there. It was Friday and after offering our prayers we
had a delicious dish called ‘Rosh’ at lunch.
‘Rosh’ is their common but very famous cuisine which
is basically a roasted lamb. It has no spices and is cooked in its own fat. We
had the same dish for the rest of the two days we spent there. Another known
dish is called ‘Zarda’ which is a traditional sweet rice dish. One of its key
ingredients is saffron. We loved every bite of it. All the people were so
hospitable that everyone invited us to eat at their place.
We spent some time roaming in the local markets as
well. The craftsmen were experts in making different kinds of weapons. You show
them a design of any weapon and they are ready to get it done the way you want
it. The craftsmen surely have the potential to be recognized and get benefits
from. If the authorities pay attention and provide some resources, they can
definitely help boost the economy.
We spent three days in Bajaur before heading to see
the Torkham border. Torkham is a major border crossing between the Pakistani
city of Torkham and Afghanistan, located along the international border between
the two countries. It connects the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan with
Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
We returned back to Peshawar after spending days full
of learning, happiness, and recreation. We were back home after spending a day
or two in Peshawar to take some rest. I must conclude that traveling is
something one must take time out for. It changes you as a person. You return
back to your home eventually but with a lot more wisdom.
Around 3 months before who so ever enter there his or
her head was beheaded so that no one could enter inside and we were so afraid.
Some of the group members who went there some time ago, the army was there, so
we had security, we had to cover the entire area with the people to see the
local mark of Khyber Agency, from pin to cannonball everything was available
there. There are no restrictions for anyone, one can take whatever he wants
with the help of the army. From there we move to Peshawar after reaching there
at night we had a party, there was one more district, we enjoyed the party than
from there we came back and went to Peshawar market which was huge enough there
were so many items.
We got amazed after seeing that Peshawar market is
also like Karachi’s local market. We took the pan from there and was taking in
Urdu the shopkeeper asked where you are from we told him that we are from Sindh
after listening to this he didn't even take money from us and said you are our
guest this made us smile. Chitrali markets and different types
of markets were very interesting. Then we go ahead and took shawls for our
mother. We gave him money for 1 hour of hard work, he also refused to take the
money and said you are our guest, but somehow we gave him money. Almost every
person we met there was with have such a positive attitude & around 90% of
people there were like this, after going from there we took keyway and even
that person refused to make money.
We went to namka market from there we ate karahi and
went back to Peshawar. We rest there and the next day we move to Islamabad, a
random person who was a local travel agent along with a car asked us if we have
1 day so he will make a tour of Islamabad. We postponed our plan and sit with
him. He took around 5 thousand for the trip and told us that he will take us to
Kashmir and back to Islamabad. It was around 9' O clock of the morning we leave
Islamabad and went to different places like Murree, patriate, Muzaffarabad,
Kashmir, Neelam valley, and came back to Islamabad. It was one day experience
which was much better.
We went to Sabli where our group members had some
work. There was one police training centre this place was also amazing we took
photos made videos. We stayed at sabli for one day we had some work there. We
went to the station for coming back to Karachi, there we stayed at our
relative's home and move to our home back.
