happymoments

its like 3 days in of Chiang mai and it has every thing in its city environment, giving all the calmness and relaxation to tourists who traveled thousands of miles to see this place. within range eating options, transport within 100 bhats for major places within the city, even walking sometimes feels better then taking a tuk tuk and light rain showers always make the mood pleasant. Ali was associated with this city much more then me and enjoyed every minute. a late night coffee outside MacDonald's always ends the day beautifully. sometimes i never understand the mentality of travelers finishing their days in bars while drinking alot of alcohol. for me life is much more then doing that. on the recommendation of tour desk, we booked a tour to Doi Inthanon national park and left ... read more

Traveled alot yesterday so woke up late in the morning. took the hotel ABF in the lobby and headed towards tour counter where the lady told us that we were too late for the full day tour, so we booked half day tour to Doi suthep temple and hill tribe market. our tour guide petty picked us up at 1.00 pm from hotel lobby and started picking up group people from different hotels, so it took like 45 minutes gathering whole group and leaving the city. our first destination was Muang hill tribe market. basically a handicraft market with shops offering different kind of handicrafts. these people were basically originated from china and were settled here from hundreds of years and were living with their own culture and tradition and used to cultivate opium until ... read more

Read alot of Chiang mai in the past couple of months before reaching there with Ali. after reaching Bangkok from lahore on TG airways, we took the VIP bus at 11 am from northern bus station and reached Chiang mai at appx 10 pm. Bus stopped at just one place and overall it was a cool journey and we enjoyed seeing the country side. we had our booking at IMM hotel just opposite Thaphae gate so faced no problems in getting a swift check in. the best part of the hotel was its location, having Mcdonald's in its premises. so we took burger deal and came back to our room to end our day. There is no doubt in my mind now that this is the best metropolitan city in Thailand. City atmosphere was very ... read more

It was three hours drive from the Punjab capital, Lahore and we reached the Village 113/7R near Chichawatni city. It was a wonderful after noon on the day of annual URS of Pir Murad ali shah in a village near chichawatni. the day started with the change of cover at the Mazar and then an unending series of cultural activities started. there were different kind of stalls, shaping up in a small Bazar having all kind of things to buy. the most interesting part was the dance of horses, who did exceptional well in maintaining their dance rhythm on drum beats. these horses were well trained with years of practice behind them. these horses are very famous and are of high value. the whole show lasted for a couple of hours and people gave alot of ... read more

Apart from being the prime city of Pakistan and Jinnah's final resting haven, Karachi is driving the economy of the homeland on the smooth sail since its independence. Not only its dwellers enjoy beating the heat by heading towards the beaches it also holds a rich cultural and historical importance. Coronologically, 700 years back Mohammad bin Qasim, a young muslim warrior entered through the famous Gharo Creek or Bhambore City to conqure the whole of Sindh province and spread the religion Islam. Bhambore now situated at the northern outskirts of Karachi. On his way back he threw some of the date seeds which to this day stand tall as only landmark left of his arrival. Story of tragic love affair of Marvi also happens to originate in Bhambore. It is believed that she ran away with ... read more

That was my first visit to Thailand along with my friends saeed and Ali. the initial image of Thailand was not that good as we heard alot about Thailand as sex market, prostitutes and pimps. but visiting Bangkok, pattaya, jomtien was like a good fun and there were alot of things to do. we did trekking, swimming, boating and surfing. it was raining season but quiet nice to move around. meeting foreign tourists was a wonderful experience. we went to Koh larn after hiring the boat from Pattaya, spent the whole day on white sand beach that looks amazing. went to walking street in Patayya where there were alot of discos and night clubs. did shopping after coming back to Bangkok and our 6 days trip came to an end and time passed so quickly that ... read more