I Was born in Faisalabad in 1972 the third largest city of Pakistan. Since child hood I was Tourist minded but in our city don’t have too much historical cites and tourist attractions I was desperate to visit historical and tourist attractions.
Picture taken by My Mobile this week
In the age of 15 in 1987 in summer vacations I decided to go to my Grandfather house all alone he lived in Lahore which is full of historical cites and Tourist attractions when I reached there Very next day I went to Ferozsons the largest and most famous book shop in Lahore at that time and bought a detailed map of Lahore and visited all prominent Tourist sites in few days with the help of this map.
Trek to Fairy Meadows and Nanga Parbat Base camp 25 years old Pic of me
30 years ago at that time I was first time came to know how important a map in the life of a tourist because the culture of using maps didn’t exist in Pakistan.with the help of trekking maps of Isobel Shaw book the
Our trekking tour of
1-Saif ul malook Lake Rare picture by me You will never see this lake from this angle in 1994
2- Babusar Pass in 1994 Isobel Shaw ‘s book’ maps the Pakistan Trekking Guide
With the help of paper maps from 1991 to 1999 I have visited all Major tourist places in Northern Pakistan like Chitral, Naran, Gilgit ,Skardu and Swat And I done so many trekking expeditions.Our trekking Expedition towards Darkot Pass and Karombar lake in 1996 with the help of Isobel Shaw 's book’s maps the Pakistan Trekking Guide
After this a knew revolutionary Era comes with Symbian cellphone at that time in 2003 to 2007 now you can use maps on your cellphone and you can look your real time location on maps at that time it was a revolution.
Our Expedition towards Dadrili pass in 1999
I used Garmin Maps in those days because the only application has the offline map of Pakistan later I also used Sygic maps for offline maps of different Countries at that time Google maps didn’t have the GPS navigation and offline maps features.With the help of these two mobile softwareThe Grand Palace
Bangkok Thailand in 2003
I visited seven Countries all alone Sri Lanka, Thailand, China, U.A.E, Indonesia, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.
These digital maps really helped me a lot to discover new world for me. During my visit I didn’t take any Tourist guide never used Taxi always use Local Transport often live in youth hostels or Dormitories and saved a lot of money.Now came the third phase of maps when smart phones come in the hands of People and Google started GPS Navigation.It attracts millions of users because this was free of cost and ad free.At that time I thought to pay back the society with contribution to Google maps but at that time It was very difficult to add something on Google maps with map maker I couldn’t understand how to add things but by the time Google make easier to contribute on maps gradually I also started to contribute on maps and Now I feel very proud That I am also contributing on maps of my Part and Paying back to society in the shape of honest reviews, Relevant Photos, add Genuine Places And editing fake Places thanks a lot Google who provides me a chance to play my role in community service.
Thanks very Much Google Maps with your help It become possible to visit a lot of Places in very short time and fulfill my dream to see the world
ময়নামতি যুদ্ধ সমাধিক্ষেত্র | Mainamati War Cemetery 