Why not visit Pakistan? I would be lying to you if I said that I was not eagerly anticipating a visit to my ancestors country.

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Why not visit Pakistan? (Problematic Pakistan- current “sorry” state of affairs)

I would be lying to you if I said that I was not eagerly anticipating a visit to my ancestor’s country. Yet I was still dreading my adventure because of the countless amount of negative news coverage in the media! This was mainly due to Pakistan’s increasing security dangers which were: suicide bombings, honour killings and kidnappings. In addition to this, I was dreading the eight hour expedition mainly at the prospect of being crammed like sardines by PIA.

I endeavoured to make the most of the hospitality of PIA (the so called “premier airline” of Pakistan because there is only one).  You just had to be overwhelmed by the daunting, structure of this plane. It was populated predominately by Pakistanis as the green land is an unattractive destination for modern, wacky sophisticated westerners as Pakistan is still (yes still) stuck in medieval Victorian times. Not exactly what you would define an alluring holiday experience for today’s traveller. The gasoline fuelled monster of the calm air was about to commence its monumental lift. Its hawk like wings were about to glide in the air gracefully. Takeoff was looming.....

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 My vexation grew. Aerophobia spread and engulfed like a cancerous tumour. Everything was motionless until...

The pilot adjusted the throttle and we were off.

The journey was going smoothly until the food arrived.  The food was transported efficiently across the mini corridors much to the delight of my fellow impatient passengers. The cabin people expertly placed the food onto my cabin station. Like many greedy passengers, I opened without any hesitation to fill my body with the “nutrients”. However, my short lived expectations of high classe cuisine were short lived as the meal was poorly presented. Like they say: you ...

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