We rocked up at the airport this morning to catch our flight and were told that because we hadn't reconfirmed it in person in an office in Rawalpindi (a half hour driver from Islamabad) yesterday, our seats had been given to waitlisted passengers. Genius system. And because the Skardu flight hadn't gone for 5 days, the waitlist was LONG.
Despite our best efforts at the airport this morning, they weren't letting us on. So off we trotted to the PIA office to try and confirm for tomorrow. To cut a long story short, 5 hours later we have confirmed tickets. Now we just have to keep fingers crossed for the weather (which is why the last 5 days were cancelled).
A room of 400 Pakistanis waving tickets and trying to shout their way onto one flight tomorrow doesn't make for a very interesting picture, so here's one of Trev in front of Asia's largest mosque, a gift from King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, instead. Islamabad's sights don't get much more impressive.
Sad news this morning about the bomb in Peshawar. But for those who are worrying (Mums) we are nowhere near what we knew was a dangerous place, we're staying in a small guesthouse not a 5 star target and we're not going anywhere that has a higher threat rating from the FCO than Mumbai does. And we're being very careful :-)
And as long as the weather holds in the mountains, we'll be in the safe haven of Kashmir by lunchtime tomorrow.
Gemma
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