Three days above the clouds

Nathia Galli in district Abbottabad is one of the most beautiful places in our country. Thousands of people travel visit every year to see the scenic beauty of this hill station. Just 46KM from Abbottabad and almost 6000 feet above the sea level, Nathia Galli hosted PMS officers and for four days. I was one of them who stayed for three days. This was one of our few official tours outside the study center. Three buses of Institute of Management Sciences took us to Nathia Galli.

On the way, in Abbottabad, we had a brief presentation by the D.C.O Abbottabad Mr. Zaheer ul Islam about the demography and government operation in the district. We had a working lunch there, prayed Zohar prayer and left for Nathia Galli. Passing through lush green valleys of Abbottabad everybody was stunned to see the beauty of that region but when hilly area started everyone was speechless. Narrow and zigzag road leading to Nathia Galli was surrounded by rising mountains. Mountains were full of towering trees and carpeted greenery all around. While bus used to swing in curves and turns of the road, it was feeling like a swinging in fairy tales. Light raining, clouds floating and fog rising from hills was really a marvelous scene.

We reached Nathia Gali just in one hour but this one hour ride was one of the very pleasant journeys of my life. I was enjoying what was outside the bus passing around me and I was also capturing in my smart camera but the internal environment of bus was also not boring at all. PMS officers were full of energy and were making all kind of noises. They were shouting, singing, dancing and gossiping. No one was tired at all even when we reached Nathia Galli. Admin personals were already there and they had good arrangements of our stay and food. We take very little time in settling down in our respective hotels and than … we were there and obviously Nathia Galli was there and a lot of enjoyment around.