Unit-7 - Praising Nature - Reading Comprehension - My Travel Diary: Journey To The Gorakh Hill Station - Words/Meaning and Summary

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Unit-7 - Praising Nature
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My Travel Diary: Journey To The Gorakh Hill Station

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Words / Meaning

S.NO.	Words	Meanings
1.	Abundant	Plentiful
2.	Aromatic	Having a pleasant and distinctive smell
3.	Awe-inspiring	Breath taking
4.	Awesome	Extremely impressive,  highly impressive
5.	Bleating	Crying of a sheep, goat, or calf visible features of an area of land
6.	Bonfire	A large open-air fire
7.	Bullock	A young male cow
8.	Canopy	Cover-shade, A covering over something
9.	Celebration	An important day or event
10.	chimney	A vertical channel or pipe which conducts smoke
11.	Colossal	Extremely large or great
12.	Cracking	The sharp sound
13.	Descending	Moving or sloping downward, Coming downwards
14.	Destination	The place where someone is going
15	Detour	Go a different or less direct route to a place, Take a roundabout route.
16.	Disposable	Intended to be thrown away after use
17.	Elevation	Something being raised upward
18.	Flyer	A small handbill
19.	Fragrance	A pleasant, sweet smell
20.	Gradually	Slowly
21.	Glance	Take a brief or hurried look
22.	Glimpse	A momentary or partial view, A brief look, A brief view
23.	Herb	Any plant parts used for food, medicine, or perfume.
24.	Homage	Special respect shown publicly
25.	Hue	a colour or shade
26.	Incense	Substance producing a sweet odor when burned
27	Incredible	Almost impossible to believe
28.	Indulge	Involve in
29.	Landscape	Visible feature of an area of land
30.	Leg	A section or stage of a journey
31.	Meticulous	Showing great attention to detail
32.	Pay homage	Pay respect publicly
33.	Peak	The pointed top of a mountain
34.	Reconnect	Connect back together
35.	Resort	Tourist spot, A place that people go to for holidays
36.	Revered	Deeply respected
37.	Rugged	Having a broken, rocky, and uneven surface, rough, natural
38.	Rumble	A loud low dull continuous noise
39.	Shrine	Any place devoted to some saint
40.	Souvenir	Something kept as a reminder, A thing kept as a reminder of something / someone
41.	Sparkling	Shining brightly
42.	Speechless	Unable to speak
43	Spellbinding	Holding one's attention completely
44.	Spicy	Containing or abounding in spices
45.	Spiritual	Relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul
46.	Standstill	A complete cessation of movement, Stop, Having no movement.
47.	Steep	Slope
48.	Summit	The highest point of a hill or mountain, Highest point of something
49.	Teenager	A person aged between 13 and 19 years
50.	Tranquilize	Have a calming or sedative effect on
51.	Uphill	Towards the top of a hill
52.	Vantage	More favorable position, A place providing a good view
53.	Whisper	Speak very softly
54.	Zigzag	Crisscross

Short note Or Summary on
My Travel Diary: Journey To The Gorakh Hill Station

The author's parents plan to celebrate his birthday at Gorakh Hills, Sindh's highest summit and holiday resort. They start their journey by bus early in the morning with other tourists. The guide tells them the details of the journey and the route. When they cross Jamshoro, they see the Indus River. The city of Hyderabad is located across the river. At Kotri Barrage, they stop at a hotel for breakfast.
They reach Sehwan while traveling on the Indus Highway. There they pay a short visit to the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, a highly revered Sufi saint. On leaving Sehwan, they are given a lunch of fish caught from Manchar Lake along with sugarcane juice.
At the foot of the Gorakh Hills, they have to travel in a jeep to reach the top. At the top they enjoy beautiful views. Unfortunately they do not get a room in the hotel so they rent tents. At night a bonfire is lit and everyone sits around playing childish games.
The author gets up early in the morning and enjoys the scenery. The author's parents and friends carry a cake and sing "Happy Birthday" to the author. The cake cutting was followed by halwa purl for all.
On the way back they travel from Dadu Moro Bridge. They stop at Hala to collect souvenirs. They pass near Bhitt Shah where the shrine of Shah Abdul Latif Bhattai is located and they cross through the city of Hyderabad and reach the Motorway on which we had travelled the day before from Karachi.