Ice Bridge The Coolest Experience Ever And Happy Birthday

 Hello Amazing Hearts !

Hope and pray that beating wisely on the rythem of life!

I am fine and trying to deal with after affects of my medication . Yes thankfully ,i got my medicine course ended finally . But strangely i am experiencing bit more heavy head and upset stomach :(  I don't know why . Hubby says taking pill immediately for upset stomach isn't good so i waited for two days and then started . Feeling relieved thank goodness ! But still waiting for my old version i sued to be before starting medication😒

I believe like i do ,you too will keep me in your prayers dear friends!

Recent highly destructive earthquake in Colombia made my heart very heavy! And brought back memories of Venezuela!!!

Being human sense of vulnerability and helplessness dominates my heart sometimes🥺😞

On bright side ,we are getting lots of rains throughout the country :) Rainy season makes hilly areas more beautiful😍

Though rains like other aspects of the weather have become unpredictable in a way that sometimes an area receives rain in a day two to ten times more than it used to  get in a month before .Sounds scary to me. 

I am feeling sad because we are leaving Islamabad at the end of August and i will be missing this weather and scenery greatly😞

But living here for three months are gift given by eldest son by the grace of God! and we are happy and grateful to have this opportunity!🙏🥹❤️

Today is the Happy 79th birthday of my homeland Pakistan! Despite all the odds it feels nice to have a homeland that one can call "ours"🙏❤️May God enlighten authorities and inhabitants to play their significant role in the well being of this gifted piece of land!

Sharing some more glimpse from our recent tour to higher northern pakistan Hunza valley dear friends .Hope you will enjoy them as we did .

sorry i couldn't locate video of the history told by guide as it is tough to locate one video among hundreds , i promise i will asap . This is backyard of the fort area or room .below river was flowing joyously singing wild songs ,everything was unbelievably beautiful . Walls of the fort did not last but area is protected with wooden fence . The wide spread yard around the fort is lush and has many pretty flowering plants along with old and new trees . Wooden stair curing along upwrds leads to the top floor room that is still standing and maintained by local authority with funding and income from tourism.This was taken by kind guide man.

Hubby is standing beside the river called "Ice Bridge" formed by melting glacier behind. It took our breath away when we saw it in first trip there .I thing it was best thing ever we encountered . As after getting down from the car we felt a powerful sense of joy and excitement as the rushing water was producing such a high therapeutic and healing voice and we could feel it's cool fog in the air from many meters 😍😊

           Mountain HinduKush was laying behind us while soaking timely appearance of sunlight 

   I stayed with very cold rising fog of water for long while everyone felt cold and wandered around , i wanted to bring all my people from the hot city here to experience that cold as i had missed it bitterly for ages 🥹It gave me flue later lol but no regret and i can do it ever and ever as i miss cool weather badly in our sindh 'hot weather :(

     youngest son crossed fenced area and got close to the river ,his elder brother took this photo and when i realised i was scared and called him back in protected area with seats of restaurant beside this awesome water 

we visited this place on my insistence second time and i was happy that family agreed too ,i knew i won't be able to revisit soon so i wanted to live these cool moments once again  🥹❤️

Heartfelt thanks for your incredible support and love precious friends! I truly appreciate your kindness . It strengthen me to keep sharing! 

I will be visiting you all asap! Health <peace and Happiness to you and yours❤️🙏

When Both Sons Crossed The Dangerous Suspension Bridge In Hunza

Hello Sweet Hearts!

 Hope beating beautifully on the rhythm of life !

Thank you for your kind and sweet words on my previous post about Hunza trip .It makes me happy dear friends that i could share my joy and adventure with you and you guys enjoyed it :)

Since we are back and has joined our daily walks and normal routine but we still feel spellbound by our trip :)

We dropped our elder son to bus station on the night of 30th of July. Being a mother it was truly a deep sense of peace and happiness to have him for more than three months with us after long time but saying goodbuye was still difficult :( It was quite more than 20 hours long journey so we booked his ticket in sleeper bus which is fresh addition to national transportation thankfully . He told his journey was comfortable . Actually Trains have become very late and many are cancelled once in a while due to different reason which makes people to take alternative and buses are best option after expensive flights. 

My final test has been taken and we have got the result .According to reports my stomach 's wall (part of it has scratch like stain) and lower  part of small intestine has signs of mild erosion . Lats time doctor asked me to take new medications for two weeks and then visit again. My head feels heavy because of medicines these days but hubby stays extra alert so i don't skip any dose :(

Just want to say that reading you regularly is my personal pleasure because it makes me feel connected to my friends ! 

Sharing some more highlights of our trip to Hunza today.hope you will find them interesting . Despite all the path hurdle we faced i believe that   northern parts of Pakistan are worth visiting as their natural beauty and amazing geological  layout has power to grip your mind  for so long ! 

next day to our arrival we booked a ride for main tourist destinations ,driver plus guide took us to two famous forts ,sacred stones of buddha times ,two lacks and and at the last to the suspension bridge .it is beginning of the way which gets slopy and leads to the suspension bridge .This path is laced with different  restaurants and souvenir shops  

Husaini Suspension Bridge (only this  image is from google ) is counted among most dangerous bridges throughout the world ,when we arrived it was 5 :30pm and we were very exhausted because we have spent whole day in visiting different places . bridge was quite crowded with people ,mostly youngsters . a man was providing jackets for visitors who wanted to cross on the bridge ,we noticed that many mischievous boys were shaking the side ropes of the bridge with both hands  to frighten their friends and they might found it fun but actually it was very  dangerous as river flow below was very fast and there was obvious chance of falling down because side ropes of the bridge were very thin and gap between side ropes for holding was as two people can pass through and fall down easily 

both of our sons got ready to cross the bridge . i was pretty scared at heart but i hold myself from stopping them . they both wore jackets and walked away as it was nothing . and me and hubby despite the worries kept taking shots of them even if it was difficult to spot them because of much people on the bridge . I noticed not all of the visitors were crossing the bridge .many were returning from half way or more or less of it. at the beginning i felt it was so easy and fun to cross the bridge and me and hubby started to walk over but soon i was afraid because i realised that we were very tired and our minds were not as attentive as they should be to do such a challenging task. So i decided to return after walking 50 steps hardly . part of me regretted but i was satisfied with my decision . Total length of the bridge is 196 meters .here in this photo  Youngest son is returned after crossing the bridge safely by the grace of God!

elder son returned first even though he had to stop near the end of other side  while  returning and wait for his younger brother.Actually  he realised that his brother has got slow .he told that he was bit concerned because his little brother got slow before reaching the end and reason was that gap between steps was getting wider with each step close to the end. Younger son told that he got slow because gap was getting hard to step and that made him look at  the water rushing below .he felt numb for a while .but when he looked for his brother who was returning smoothly he found out his brother was  standing there for him and waiting for him to start walking again . He told it brought him back to his norm and he started walking back. we kissed both son's forehead and congratulated them as they have completed not just their walk over the dangerous bridge but has showed great support and affection towards each other at the time it was need badly .because we were very far from them unable to see or do anything! i was so emotional that later i gave big tip for this (a showing gratitude to God) at a restaurant on the way back to our car! 🥹

while kids got away on the bridge ,hubby asked me to sit he took this shot ,can you notice sign o worries in my eyes as a mother 

taken by hubby when kids got to the other end of the bridge .i felt like time has slowed down and it will take ages to children to get back to us ! 

This was taken by me while wandering in the territory of the ancient fort .The area is spread on few acres and brilliantly managed by the authorities . tickets were pricy but worth it . i will share about it in next post dear friends! 

Thank you for being with me till here!

God Bless you all and all you love!  ❤️🙏

Our First Tour To Upper Northern Hunza Valley

 Hello Dear Friends !

I know i am behind visiting my friends blog but i have a reason .A good thankfully. Actually we whole family (except our precious eldest son) went to visit Hunza valley for four days. You can say it was my lifetime dream since a i had read about it in my urdu book of sixth grade in school. Long wait yes but God made it happen finally at this part of my age and i am grateful for that! First our plan was to visit Kashmir once again as in our first tour we have fallen in love with it's natural beauty filled with serenity and elegance .But we postponed because of the political hype in the area these days. I suggested Hunza valley and family agreed immediately. We started to read online videos and set our plan in the light of  what was available online ,specially youtube videos made in 2025 by regular viloggers. We chose tourist bus one of the most trusted company and left for the valley on 21st of the July . Route time mentioned on the ticket was 16 hours but  we encountered to a bad surprise on the way sadly . After 4 hours smooth and beautiful journey road appeared was horribly bumpy and it stayed this way for 12 hours can you imagine? 

Me and elder son  felt sick and nausea but compare to others it was nothing . When bus stopped for the break we noticed many people were looking for the pharmacy as they were vomiting and having stomach discomfort. We had few medication for the stomach which we use sometimes so it proved quite helpful  thankfully!

After the first four hours when bus entered to the giant , dry and extremely dangerous range of mountains from lush and beautiful towns laced with sparkling Indus river and it's varying songs and tunes changing with land escape ,it was drastic and honestly speaking quite irritating change for us. At the beginning i thought that it will last for a while and the green views will return .But it sustained for the whole next journey and i felt so disappointed because no video has shown this reality check :(

As road wrapped around the mountains like slithering snake i felt like our bus got stuck in deep well and running round and round in hope of the way out :( Yet i could have enjoyed it if wasn't feeling sick due to constant bumps ,twists and turns that would shake whole body like a string after each few moment . I am saying this because on the return i enjoyed same journey even i felt sick again but this time surprise element was eliminated. 

Anyway bus reached in Hunza valley in 20 hours . It was 12pm almost so we decided to rest as we needed it pretty badly. In the evening when we woke up we felt better enough to get ready and have tea in the hotel lounge .It was single story hotel though it had what we value ,quiet environment ,nice service and beautiful view of famous mountain Raka Poshi . Most of the peaks of mountains around the valley were snow covered but Raka Poshi was most majestic and it's spiky peaks hidden below thick snow were looking breathtakingly beautiful ! I can't believe we enjoyed this view for four days :) Hunza valley is surrounded by dry mountains though but snow adds charm to their appearance no doubt which captivates your senses for long! Weather was so nice and cozy . Temperature remains below 20 and drops to single digits at night. But such friendly weather lasts for few summer months only and valley go to sleep under the heavy snow cover from December to to Feburary. According to one of our taxi driver there most of the people migrate  to lower parts of the country during these months and return in March or April when tourist season begins . 

I will share more about our magical trip in next post dear friends . Now sharing some photos so you can be part of this awesome experience ! Hope they will give you idea of what we experienced there .

Hunza valley is one of most visited tourist attraction in Pakistan because of it's favorable weather and having many interesting tourist points . We visited almost all of them .Here we are standing on the roof of one of the two old forts dating back around 1100 years .Hunza has two royal forts Altit and Baltit ,we are on Altit , This photo is taken by the Guide who told us the story of two brothers who lived here which i will share next time hopefully.

stunning raka poshi mountain , i just wish i had some really powerful camera to capture it's beauty ,but i wonder if it too can catch it's true magic 

This lovely shot is taken by elder son ,he adjusted it so beautifully i think :) i love his smile so much!

There was abundance of water in the valley because of glaciers on the mountains were melting .seeing water streams here and there was truly special and joyful experience ,we visited three lacks ,here sitting beside one of them , it was windy and cold but we enjoyed coffee as it was fresh and rare experience for us 

before above came this lake ,smaller than that but really beautiful ,driver took us there and we stopped for a while to take snaps ,sunlight appeared for a short while and clouds took over the sky again afterwards immediately 

our first evening on the hotel lounge ,you can see we were bit down because of exhaustion.

that is it for now my precious friends , now i am back i will be visiting to you asap inshallah!!!

Blessings toy you all ,please stay safe ,blessed and positive! 

Life Isn't Linear But You Have To Go Through

 

Hello Sweet Hearts!

hope beating positively on the rhythm of life despite haphazard circumstances of life . 

Dear friends even though i tried to keep visiting you all meanwhile i still missed sharing my heart with you via my post. Actually things went little upsetting in first three weeks for me ,first the health issue and regular visits to hospital ,then ...okay this part is not just painful but quite embarrassing for me :( As some of you know probably that taking medication makes brain slow . This was the reason for what happened and believe me it's not an excuse because i know how my mind would have acted otherwise . One day after the breakfast around 12 pm when news on tv ended and hubby put some talk show that we used to watch together since long time .Basically an interview show in which celebrities belong to different fields interviewed by well known and published poet and writer  Wasi Shaah. As we had planned outing later in evening i went to another room instead and start ironing my dress . Before that i put my ipad on charging in switchboard  in the wall close to the floor . I have just started when hubby asked me to bring the iron table in tv lounge so we can watch show together . I brough the iron table and placed right beside the sofa and plugged the iron in the switch board exactly where my ipad was below ,and it completely slipped from my hazy mind . Anyway my hands were ironing but mind was consumed by the story the guest was telling . At some point lost in emotions iron fell down right on my ipad :(((

yes it really happened and i was responsible ! The hard safety cover protected ipad from breaking into pieces but it's panel broke inside and showed vertical lines . I was shocked ,heartbroken and i hated myself for sometime not because i have lost my ipad but i felt failed to keep gift from my precious son safe !

Right next day to this accident hubby bought me Lenovo thinkpad ,maybe he thought that accident can make me sad for long time!

i was happy to have laptop (longtime dream to have personal) but it could not erase the grief for gift from my son honestly! We showed ipad and they shopman  said it can be fixed but eldest son said that it won't be original and that he will take it back and replace it with original panel.

Meanwhile we visited local parks and malls .

i am sharing some photos from those cheerful moment we spent together .hope you will enjoy them dear friends .

weather is hot but far less than one we left behind ,it rained few times. Monsoon seems late as rains are less than expected until now .

     F 9 park in islamabad , elder son took this shot when we completed our walk 8,000 step total ,this stunning baradari (name of this structure) looked more majestic and mystic after sunset ,hills passing behind quietly look so serene and beautiful ,we enjoyed this view for while as breeze was so nice and cozy 

  Damn e koh (lap of hills) is hill top station 2400 feet high from the gorgeous city of Islamabad provide panoramic and rewarding view of the city ,sons standing close to the entrance and when i asked them to pose the said okay now we will reach to the viewing point after dark as mom has started to take photos 

taken in Rwal Lake View park ,while walking along with huge crowed towards the lake i found this wooden railing fascinating and we took some images there 

weather was cloudy and we were little early like around 4:30 pm still place was packed ,it the terrace area where people find there place and take pics with water and family and friends ,we just scrolled around ,my favorite is spending time beside water and i did it for sometime :)

        younger son had some commitment regarding some project so we spent less time there than we usually do 

after the walking track ( 300 to 500 meters ) we enter in another main gate where we see many visitors riding this train which drops them close to the terrace area , i saw it becomes very handy for people with little children and senior people who find walking bit hard .

damn e koh (lap of hill) has three widespread terrace areas where people enjoy the city view below and take photos , it was perfect day because rain has stopped and air was slightly chilly 

 Faisal Mosque captured by elder son with his apple phone looks magnificent ! he took many shots actually but i could scroll as it's time consuming job 

seeing people taking break from the life 's never ending business and enjoying nature and togetherness makes me feel happy . it feels nice that people are being aware of the importance of  such healthy activities . it wasn't the case some years back .but change is slow but positive thankfully!

that is it for now precious friends! 

i will be visiting you all time to time hopefully!

stay positive and strong ,health ,peace and happiness to you all and to all you love!