Okay guys, after so many ta'anay of The Chef and others, I am going to tell you the story of my thrilling journey.
I had connecting flights from Lahore to Dubai to London to Chicago to Milwaukee. See how much a long journey I had. The whole journey was supposed to take 36 hours approximately. But you would be shocked to know that it took me three days to actually reached Milwaukee. It's a long story? kal naa suna doon? nahi? ok listen then!
I was traveling all alone. Nahi nahi there were other people in the plane, I mean no other fellow girl was traveling with me. All had reached there a day before. My visa arrived two days late so I had to travel alone. Due to fog, my flight from Lahore to Dubai took off eleven hours late. When I reached Dubai, it was a 100 waltz shock for me that I had missed my next flight because it was the connecting flight. I had to stay one night in Dubai. They provided me one night stay in a hotel (a superb hotel) . My cousin's husband is working in Dubai. So I called him after checking in the hotel. He picked me up in half an hour and drove me through Dubai. O God it's a beautiful place, I must say. It was night out there and I kept saying "kitni electricity hai in k paas". Postman! Dubai is a good place to visit :P .....hehe
We went to a big, big, biggest shopping mall. I don't remember it's name but I had its pics. I think it was Carrefour. I would post the pics later. It was quit amazing. I bought a bag for my hand-carry luggage because the bag I had had no wheels and it was extremely difficult to carry it and stand by in lines for checking in. So it was a bad suggestion of carrying a hand carry bag without wheels. And I will surely get my bag's price the person who suggested it! so appi be ready to pay it.
We also went to KFC there. The taste of their chicken was quite different but good. Dubai seems a country of Filipinos. You meet them every where you go. I returned hotel late night. I could sleep the remaining hours. I kept looking at the newly introduced shuttle of Dubai which comes after half an hour. My window was exactly near its track. It looked so yummy seriously. I loved it.
Next day, flight was again two hrs late because of the heavy traffic at Dubai airport. No one comes to sit with me. So I lied on the seat, took the blanket upto my face and slept the whole journey to London. After reaching London, it took me two hours to reach at the counter for the next flight to Chicago, you know the high security checks. My flight to Chicago flew just 10 minutes before I reached there. whooop...I was about to cry at the moment, but got control and started fighting with the Emirates people. They had already arranged my next flight and my stay in London. So another one-night-stay in London. And you know what I was so happy later for losing that flight. hehe..... Many of my relatives live in London. I reached the hotel, checked in and called my uncle who immediately came there and took me to his home. All relatives got to gather at a very short notice and there was an exciting and surprising party which continued the whole night. I met most of them after such a long time. There were so many dishes to taste but I was interested in delicious drum sticks, roasted chicken and the chapatis, O God I missed them alot. All uncles and aunties gave me alot of money for shopping at duty free shops of Heatherow Airport and coins for calling home. I still have more than half of that money.
London was congested type of city but duly planned and beautifully built. I loved its traditional architecture. I was surprised to see its narrow roads and the double decker buses whose drivers are very smart to drive through these roads.
Next day, all came to say me good bye at the Airport. It was the emotional moment. I again felt that someone is dragging me out of my parents, the same feeling which I experienced at the Lahore Airport. I left London with teary eyes. But I WILL always remember the night which I spent there.
The flight was at time, thank God. But it was the alert journey because an old fatty uncle was siting by my side. All the time we struggled to stay away from each. I did not eat any thing during the flight, you know why. I reached Chicago the next day after a long tiring journey. The American Airline had kept me on a stand by seat and another confirmed seat. And luckily my name was called for boarding the plan. I was all smiling and threw a vanity glance at the long waiting queue. Reached Milwaukee finally. I loved the half an hour flight of this small jet plane. The thrilling journey ended peacefully Alhamdulliah. Problems came but along their solutions. I saw beautiful airports and cities and met number people.
I reached Milwaukee at night and my classes started exactly the other day. I am still coping with the jetlag but quite fine now and will be more fine inshaAllah. Study is quite difficult and different. But teachers are all helpful.
