One's destination is never a place but a new way of seeing things.

The picture quality of this 13-year-old Samsung Galaxy Camera EK-GC100 still feels like something from 2026. 📷✨ I don’t know if I’ve simply taken exceptionally good care of this camera for the past 13 years, or if the real credit goes to Samsung’s technology. Maybe it’s a little bit of both. Click here to see it back when it was brand new! ✨   I got this camera back in 2013, and for the next five years, it became my trusted travel companion—capturing memories from countless domestic and international trips featured on this blog. Then came the upgrade to my next Canon camera, and this faithful old companion was quietly retired to the cupboard. It’s honestly wild how cool those older 2013 Samsung cameras have held up over the years. But why the side rubber got yellowish I still don't understand. Here are the few random pictures I took with this camera recently. What surprises me most is that while people today are deliberately drawn to classic, retro-looking cameras, this one doesn...

Balakot is one of the famous mountain cities in Mansehra District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is a stopover while on way to the northern areas in Pakistan. However I stayed here overnight and explored a bit. This is one of the places I have been to in my childhood multiple times and having many memories. A beautiful city alongside river kunhar, a bit simple yet a lot of restaurants available at roadside along river kunhar. We choose to stay at a resort I will share the pictures in this post. Very easily accessible and located on main balakot kaghan road and that is Cordillera  resort.  Access :  Balakot is easily accessible via main mansehra kaghan road as well via hazara motorway. In fact it's located on the main road. For watching a full video click on my You Tube link  Balakot Historical places:  It is famous for Mazar of Syed ahmad shaheed, the battle of balakot fought in 1831 between the forces of Mahraja Ranjit Singh and Syed ahmad barelvi. In main local baz...

Swat is a beautiful valley with some captivating views, located in Malakand division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. I remember in childhood, we used to visit swat via mardan, takht bhai via old routes in back 90's. Now it was such an amazing trip to watch so many fine roads, motorways that are  hassle free and so convenient while on way to swat. Swat Motorways M16 has undoubtedly made the tour more beautiful. Historical background: It used to be state in back 1849, established by Muslim saint Saidu Baba. In British Raj it was recognized as a princely state between 1918 to 1947.  However today I am going to travel swat and it's capital city "Saidu Sharif" including stay at Serena hotel, "Marghazar white Palace" & a stay at  Rock city resort fizaghat, Swat shopping mall and  "Malam Jabba" . In recent times it becomes more famous for it's winters sports festivals. Especially in snow fall season " Malam Jabba" is considered the best ski reso...