We definitely agreed that PIA stands for 'Perhaps It Arrives', not Pakistani International Airlines, as we waited at Skardu airport for hours for our plane, then had to get on a bus and endure another two days bumping down the KKH. I finally left Islamabad for Lahore - on a PIA flight that did run! In Lahore I experienced true Pakistani hospitality as I was looked after splendidly by the brother (Sohail) of a Pakistani guy, Usman, who I'd met on the trek. What luxury - I was picked up at the airport by Sohail's driver Hafiz, and ferried around in an air conditioned car. First I was taken to Sohail's house, even though he wasn't there, where I was given breakfast and chatted to his son Sharez who luckily spoke good English. It was a
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