Diary of an Introverted Extrovert

There are two types of travelers in the world. First are those who prefer vanilla trips, the planned ones which can cost exorbitant sum of money. These travelers plan everything ahead of them, from hotels they want to stay in to the restaurants they would eat in. Most people tend to do such kind of travels because it is safe. They prefer to go to a known place and photograph the things which have already been photographed. Then there is the second type of travelers, the adventure freaks, the backpackers. They tend to explore new pathways and make they own way in the wilderness. Sure they have idea of where to go and when to go but they are not limited to that. They leave their destinations to their fate and keep only one must in their life, “Enjoy”. Despite backpacking is not a very safe bet but it can be a life changing experience for any one. Once you start it, you are going to get addicted to its adventures and beauty but the reason most of people do not do this way is that they do...

Some time you mark your maps for travelling for far distinct places but in the process you ignore some beautiful places at your door step. Same was the case with me and Neelan Bhutoo. I was living in Rawalpindi for about 25 years, have know that such a place exists but never made a plan to visit that place. Recently when I was dead tired of the hustle and busy life of Lahore, I called my friend and said “I have to go somewhere in mountains, or I’ll get mad” :D yeah that was my condition. So we started to consider the places where we could go in the morning and get back till evening and this place Neelan Bhutoo popped up in my mind and I was like “is dafa ya kar ka dakhte hain” . I searched for the directions on a quite hot morning we got on my bike to visit that place. Neelan Bhutoo is basically a place where Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi (Hazrat Bari Imam) used to sit to pray to Allah (S.W.T) more commonly known as the “Chillah Gah Hazrat Bari Imam” . One thing which I have observ...