A Visit to a Hill Station

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 us to be at this 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 and a gentle shower of rain began to fall. We 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 most well-spent days of my life.