Adventure Forte Monroe, DG Khan and Multan!!

The very enchanting mountain range!

The very enchanting mountain range! Gorgeous and treacherous!

Our destroyed vehicle that we took pictures of on our way to the Airport next day!

Our destroyed vehicle that we took pictures of on our way to the Airport next day!

Our destroyed vehicle that we took pictures of on our way to the Airport next day!

This is the place the famous graveyard on top of the mountain which we visited....Spooky!

Well, the story goes like this. I was on a training workshop trip in DG Khan. We (me & my colleagues) were coming back from a historical place called Forte Monroe which connects Punjab with Balochistan, Loralai (at a fair distance) and this place is really high up (several thousand feet). From our destination that is DG Khan it was at a distance of some 85-90 km. Anyway we were all really tired after an exhausting day of training but still decided to check the place out. So we started out and reached the 6000 ft mountain. The way back wasn’t an easy one because the area is still under development (we even saw a part of Mountain being demolished by explosive material) and to top it all we got separated from our guide's vehicle in front of us..... Anyway after an hour or so we found them, actually they found us!! (and that time we spend eating at a local dhaba.

 Well anyway by that time we were even more tired (passengers and the driver). By some miracle we got off the mountain in one piece but around 10 km before entering DG we smashed into some big rocks spread on the highway for some construction, the Hiace (our guide’s vehicle) in front of us just missed the truck which hit our car which then smashed into the mountain rocks and the Hiace in front, full throttle. This all I didn’t see because the impact was so strong that we became unconsciousness for a couple of minutes. In those few minutes the car was already surrounded by people trying to peep in. Anyway I was escorted out of the vehicle and sat on the road side for a while then paramedic came and checked us. My temple and chin had swollen up and my elbow and left hand were scratched and my throat felt like it had pieces of glass in it. My entire left side was hurting like hell. The driver was out completely, although no external wounds but it seemed he had hurt his insides badly because the hero had taken off his seat belts thinking he is near town....!!

So after that in the same Hiace (which was in front of us and still running by some miracle) we made our way to DG Khan but since we still had to conduct the last day of the workshop and had our flights back to Karachi on the same day and our stuff was still in the hotel in Multan (yes, we were not staying in DG but in Multan which is again more than two hours away and we used to commute to and fro DG on the GT road everyday) we decided to go back to Multan at the same time so after some tiring journey we reached back to our hotel in Multan alhamdulillah and were out on the same road again at 9:00 am... How’s that for an adventure!!!