This post, as the name suggests, is a backgrounder to GET YOU STARTED. It’s going to be hilarious, though, cause I’m already chuckling with all the wild thoughts bubbling in my head!
From finding the right company, to packing the right things; if you’re going to travel across Pakistan, you cannot not read this post!
- Company Matters!
The crucial most element if you wish to explore Pakistan, or any place in the world, for that matter, is to
Find the Right People!
This condition is the most essential if you really wish to ‘partaaay’. A fun trip can only come to fruition if you travel with the people you get along with. Many a times, normal/’balanced’ people lose their normalcy, while on a road trip!
Yes, they turn into zombies, especially when suffering from sleeplessness or hunger pangs!
So it is absolutely important that you KNOW the people you’re travelling with so that you can carry surplus goods for their, you know, NEEDS!
Here is a short list of personality types who are a NO NO for a road trip, especially across Pakistan!
1) The NEUROTIC (defined as a person who freaks out at the sight of dhabba food; who HAS to have chai (tea) through a straw as the cups are too dirty; whose nose 
wrinkles up at the slightest of inconveniences (read: bumpy roads and unwashed fruits); the list is endless!)
The neurotics are a big nuisance to the happiness of a crowd! They prefer things in a certain discipline and if events don’t fall as per their accord, they just get upset, bringing down everyone’s spirit.
However, the good part about the neurotics is that they keep the other team members on their toes! They are a great laughing stock and sometimes cute too!
Keep these types to a minimum in your group. Lets say 1 in 6!
If You’re a Neurotic Reading this Post:
You’ll think you’ll have a kick-ass time on this trip; trust me, you won’t. From bathrooms to food, the road across Pakistan, dear friend, is challenging. Unless you’re willing to brace it up or gracefully live up to the challenges, opt out!
Don’t say I didn’t warn you! You’ll have to travel with the not-so-hygienic friends and will have to share your beddings with your room mates, be prepared or don’t complain!
2) The BRAND FREAK (defined as a person who only sees chips as LAYS, softdrink as PEPSI/COKE, water as NESTLE/AQUAFINA, shoes as NIKE/ADIDAS, coffee as STARBUCKS; you know what I mean, right?) 
These people are of no harm, really. It’s their consumer preference and well, good for them! But when they’re on a trip with you. Oh no no.
Be prepared to stop at random shops just to search for a special brand of drink/tea because the ordinary roadside goodies are an obvious insult to the brand freak’s heightened sense of individualism!
Take a detour, if you must! If you cannot fetch them their superior product, you will witness a monster in the making.
…and ladies and gentlemen, please note that brands in Pakistan are only restricted to the cities (there are also branded stores in Mardan btw), so if you are a brand freak expecting to hog on your favourite peri bites up on those frozen mountains: GET YOUR EXPECTATIONS STRAIGHT!
More personality types to be added in this POST! Keep reading 😀
to be continued 🙂 ❤
i.speak.my.mind 
Beautifully written! Can relate so much. Loved every bit of it ❤