A Picnic
Our classmate, Salman head is always full of ideas. His suggestions are
timely and often very interesting'.
One day before the Summer holidays this year, he
suggested that we should visit the Clifton during the holidays. The suggestion
was favorably received, and it was decided that the party should leave for
Clifton at 6.30a.m On 21 August. Money required for the trip was collected on
the spot. Salman and chosen to be our leader. He was also entrusted with the
purchase of food and drinks to be taken along with us.
Two buses were chartered to take the party to
and fro. At 5.30 a.m. on the appointed day, we met at a previously arranged
spot. The buses arrived at 5.45a.m. And the party left for Clifton at 6 a.m.
As soon as the buses began to move, songs broke
out inside them. Some of us sang ourselves hoarse while many others played on
all sorts of musical instruments that they had brought with them. Only a few
kept sitting quietly and they were gradually pushed into the corners. The buses
halted once or twice to pick up some of our classmates who live in along the
way. We reached Clifton at 8.30 a.m.
Two launches were hired to take us to the sea.
The sea was as calm and smooth as pond the cruise, therefore was very pleasant.
Some of us had binoculars. With these we could see and admire the scenery on
the shore, as if we had been right there. We learnt that we should have to walk
a mile or so to reach the famous beach of our destination. This perplexed some
of us, but it could hardly carry anything besides our food and drinks. We had
to walk to the beach.
We chose a shady spot on the beach for putting
down our things. Soon afterwards, we put on our bathing trunks and jumped into
the sea. We swam, ran about on the beach and took many photographs of one
another. After about two hours, when we felt tired and hungry, we returned to
the tree under which we had left our belongings. Here we ate up whatever food
we had brought along. Other hired a boat and went fishing.
At 4.30 p.m. our leader ordered us to pack up
for the return journey. The journey from Clifton to our hometown was uneventful
there was no signing either.
Hasnain Muneer
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