Saturday, December 6, 2008

Murree Hill Station Pakistan


Chair Lift

Up near Murree there is a creaky chair lift. The kind man let it go
around one more time even tho i had arrived when he had just
closed the system. It was a lot of fun and the scenery was great from
that height. Below the chair lift young boys would recite verses











Most Popular Resort...Muree

Murree in the Punjab and its adjoining hill stations, mostly situated in

the Frontier Province, provide a cool retreat in summer to the people

of the Punjab and the Frontier Province, particularly to those living in

Rawalpindi and Islamabad.Murree is the most developed of these hill

stations and has cool climate in summer and crisply cold in winter. It


was developed by the British as a summer resort of the Punjab which

it continued to be up to 1876 when the name was transferred to Simia








Ayubia....Famous Hill Resort

Murree and the Galiat Hill Tracts have long been Pakistan’s most

important domesti tourist destinations. Between the Hill stations of

Murree and Nathiagali lies Ayubia, 90 km from Islamabad and 26

km from Murree, situated at an elevation of 8000 feet above sea

level. Ayubia is an ideal place to have a quiet holiday away from the

sweltering heat of summer plains.The PTDC Motel is located near

the famous Ayubia Chairlift. Surrounded by magnificent green hills, meadows and forests of Pine