Fan service

Day 7  - Bangkok to Karachi (Pakistan)

Our flight to Karachi wasn't until after 6pm so we took the train to Siam Centre for a very tasty Thai lunch, then walked to MBK shopping centre as K wanted to buy a hand fan. We expect it to be quite hot in Pakistan and women need to be covered up in public, so K was a bit concerned about how she would handle the heat.

We returned to the hotel with enough time to pack and get to our flight to Karachi. Boarding the flight it was very noticeable that there were very few women on the flight and only one other western looking lady.

We landed at Karachi close to midnight. Getting through the border checks was straightforward, just a little slow. We were grateful for the complimentary hotel pick up, only to have the van get a flat tyre half way to the hotel. We waited in the bus for almost half an hour before we were collected by another car that was sent to collect us.

We checked in to our room at the Luxury Beach Hotel, nodded awkwardly at the porter when he lingered in the room hoping for a tip, and got to sleep some time around midnight.