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My first travel experience is with the northern areas of Pakistan. Pakistan is rich in nature & culture. The trip I have had in late 2017 has marked a deep impact on the memories. I have been to these areas before but the adventures & experiences I have had on this trip were so naïve & unique that it lives freshened in mind. Even now it feels like yesterday we have been there. What could have been happened if my friends hadn’t wait for me & Faheem to return to Saif ul Malook Lake? Not following!!! Let me take you there for a while to describe the situation fully. Having exhausted from the final university exams, my colleagues and I needed a break, so we decided to go to the hilly areas of Pakistan. Dragging our luggage & waving goodbye to our families, the journey starts with Karachi Cantt station along with the whistle of Pakistan express train. Passing through meadows & grasslands; tunnels & underpasses the trains finally took a deep breath at Rawalpindi railway station after a tedious run of 26 hours. The great steam engine manifesting its presence on the platform. Grabbing our stuff, we transferred ourselves to coasters off to the Islamabad city- the beautiful capital of the country. The real expedition begins here, when we depart at 4am towards the Naran valley. On the way to Naran, we did breakfast in the mesmerizing heights of Mansehra hills. There we found a jumbo trampoline which was the very first experience to fly without wings. After enjoying the point, we reached Naran. Putting our luggage, we got transferred to 6X6 jeeps off to the lake Saiful Malook- a lake where fairies perch. The time was about mid-evening & it was snowing hazily. The track was a one-way route with the snowy mountain on the left & misty ditch on the right. Precariously, our jeep windscreen wipers were not operable & within seconds the windshield gets murky. The driver used to rub it again & again to get a clear view. By & by the jeep stopped having us to cover the remaining distance on foot as the path was sealed due to snow & mud. The bulldozer covering the full width of the road was drawing the snow out. The lake appears to be a peaceful painting with mild snowflakes floating on its surface. The far end of the lake was a meeting of Himalayas ranges containing the magnificent Nanga Parbat. On the lake when everybody got busy playing with snow fight & boat ride. My friend Faheem & I decided to explore the old glacier which was renowned for amusing slip slides & horror narratives about fairies & witches rolled in. Without informing to rest of the group, we marched towards the glacier. The glacier was destroyed with no slides. We were not yet fully expressed our disappointment when everything got calm. The only voice was heard echoing was ours. Surprisingly, the time run out faster than we anticipated soon it was all pitch dark. Luckily, we have torch lights to make our way but the corona lucid we saw towards the mighty Nanga Parbat range scared us. It was flowing coherently towards us. After witnessing this strange object, we run restlessly without looking back. At a distance, we saw a pair of blinking lights. When we got enough closer, we realized it was a jeep headlamp signaling us to return. On arriving at our ride, the hoop of light was nowhere to be seen. Though we got an earful from the organizers, we were happy to be found. From there we decided to move along with each other as moving in the wilderness alone is not risky to own life but fidgety to the team too. Also, the enjoyment of experiencing the sites together is meaningful & worthy than to explore aloof. After that, we visited numerous spots with immense delight. But nothing replaces the tragic event of Lake Saif ul Malook. It was still a mystery what that corona lucid was. But it taught us the everlasting lesson of “United we stand, Divided we fall”.