KARACHI: INCREDIBLE SEASIDE!
Okay readers. Dont think that I have produced the post as a travel brochure, telling greatness of our coasts and the incredible idea of visiting it for sake of joy and fun!Okay, coming to my real point. I am British Council ambassador of my school. For a conference, I had been called to Royal Hotel, Clifton as a conference was to be held there at sharp 1:00 pm. So, when conference ended, I called Baba ( This is what I call my father) to take me home. Baba came and proposed the idea of visiting seaside that was just a stone's throw away from the hotel. It seemed good, so I said: Why not!
It was a year or two since I did not see the coast, even though I lived in Karachi, the coastal tip of Pakistan. Surprising? Well It was because of some solid concrete reasons.
Anyway, When we reached the gate, a man cam and demanded entry fee, Rs. 20. A car with a green plate, yes, a man with strong governmental background, came by our side and ordered the man to clear the way by putting the banner off. The man did so, father said, why didn't he take fees from him.
He said: The man is a bureaucrat, he is a bloody *******. We knew, the man was obliged to follow that bureau's orders. Sigh!
I enjoyed the visit - a little! The sea water was literally black! This is because of the illegal dumping of petroleum and other wastes from tankers that berthed at the nearby ports, like port Qasim. I had put my feet only, in water. Black elements deposited on my feet, making it dirty! The soil had soaked huge gallons of contaminated oil-water mixture. It is horrible!
P.s: I enjoyed the camel ride - A LOT!
Here are some pictures, I had taken from a 2 mega pixel Nokia mobile phone, 5233. To illustrate my content.
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| Its me! Ali Arshad |
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| Ali and Camel |
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| My dad, "Baba" |
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| "Blue sea" |
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| See, our clean sea! |
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| The sand |
- Start Campaigns for reclamation of our beaches
- Help existing campaigns in their good work like: I OWN KARACHI and IEARN
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