It is a great pleasure to visit a hill station in
summer. It was in these months that I visited the Murree hills. I went there to
spend a part of my summer vacation. To enjoy this visit fully, I also invited
some close friends. We left Lahore for Murree by bus and reached Rawalpindi at
about eleven o’clock. As we knew that Murree was a costly place. We purchased
many things of daily need from Rawalpindi.
We reached Murree at about 3 p.m. the same day. It
was a fine cloudy day and the weather was very pleasant. We put up at an old
hotel, called the ‘Sunny View’. After having rested there for a while, we came
out to have a view of the hills. It was a new experience for or one in level
with the door of the other. This looked very interesting. The valley below the
hills looked like a great cup full of beautiful flowers and flowing streams. On
the first day we walked to the Kashmir Point and enjoyed ourselves with its beautiful
view. Well-dressed ladies and gents crowded the Mall cafes and tea-houses. I wondered
how so many educated and cultured people had come together at such a far off
hill station at one and the same time.
In the evening, when we were returning to our
hotel, it grew dark d a gentle shower of rain began to fall. Wee hurried back
and reached our hotel in ten minutes-Then we changed our dress as it had become
quite wet due to rain. The night was quite cold and I had to cover myself with a blanket. Throughout
the night it continued raining, but when it was dawn, the rain stopped. We were
very glad to see this sudden change of weather. After our breakfast we went out
to see the Sanitariums down in the valley. This is a beautiful little spot
situated in a fine valley. There are thick forests of pine trees, and the
entire area is green and charming. There are also many fruit gardens on the
slopes. On our way back we crossed two fast- flowing streams. The water of
these streams was very cold and clean, but it was not so deep.
After three days stay in the hills we returned to
Lahore, which was as hot and dry as we hand left it. Anyhow, our shorts visit
to the Murree Hills was a good change and I shall ever remember the beautiful
‘Sunny View, and the Kashmir Point. These were perhaps the well-spent days of
my life.