Pakistan is for sure one of the most gifted countries of the world with enormous fertile land, heavenly beautiful northern areas having most of the top Peaks and Glaciers, Deosai the 2^nd highest plateau of the world, access to Arabian Sea with ports like Karachi and Gwadar, Rivers and Deserts.

The coastline in the south is more than 1000KM long that offers stunning beaches and landscapes like Hingol national park, Kund Malir, Ormara and Gwadar.

During our last vacation back home in August 2016, we planned to explore few of the places that got famous recently among locals. Two of those were the Mubarak Goth and Sunehra Beach, 30KM from economical hub Karachi. Goth is a Sindhi word depicts Village and Mubarak means Congratulate. It is the extreme south-west corner of the city that recently developed a reputation being one of the beautiful picnic spot for weekends/holidays.

Getting there is easy but you should be prepared for a bumpy ride of two hours at maximum varies upon the part of the city you are coming from. The road was peaceful in terms of security; however it is good to have a check on the situation before you go.

The Beach offers scenic views but the overall experience was disappointing. The local administration is nowhere and the beach and the surroundings of the village (in fact whole town) are occupied by loads of beggars who will try their best to extract maximum out of your pockets as well as your belongings. It is indeed irritating. No proper facilities of changing rooms, toilets etc. are available so if you are planning to get wet you have to manage it at your own. Few available shelters are in bad condition and expensive too. The tides were high during as it was mid of August and visitors were exposed to the deep sea that we found unsafe.

Exhausted soon by Mubarak Village, we moved on to Sunehra Beach that is relatively calm and have low tides, so safe for families. At Sunehra Beach, a temporary kind of Beach Park has been arranged by some local feudal (must be with the consensus of local authorities) just to earn PKR 50/person that accumulates to a significant amount if we consider the no. of visitors. It is just a boundary wall, a security check post to collect money, few shelters that they call huts at an additional rental cost of PKR 6,000/day, some water sports activities also at an extra cost from 500 to 3,000/ride, and again with no proper changing or toilet facilities.

In short, it was a sheer disappointment at both places.

I wish there would be a sensible and visionary local leadership with sufficient funds and sincere intentions to develop and transform these small beautiful places into valuable tourist attractions and to educate local population, enabling them to get benefits of increased economic activities in the area.

Thank you.