I am sat in my living room, half packed with 8 hours to go before Zubair (one of the school drivers) comes to collect me to take me to the airport. My flight departs at 7.20am PST and I should arrive in Manchester at 11.20 BST.
It has been a busy week with all the end of term things that need to be done, reports, meetings with parents and Inter House Contest, yesterday and today. Thankfully all the reports were ready by 12 o’clock today and were handed out to the little darlings.
Wednesday, Stewart and I went out for dinner at Lal Qila (Red Fort) which is on the airport road and was great. As you go inside you go into a courtyard and find the buffet in the centre, the food was good and strangely for Pakistan there was a good choice of vegetarian food, essential for both Stewart and I. This was the last time we will be able to eat out here as Stewart left for England this morning and is sadly not returning in September as he is getting married in July. I will really miss Stewart as we have got on really well this year and it has be great to have someone to go to the pool, go shopping or eat out with.
As I sit here it is with a mixture of emotions.
I desperately want to see all the people that I haven’t seen for the last 10 months. In the time I have been here I have only seen Andrew (Frost) when he came to stay last October, and all the Trewinnards in December in Egypt and then Thomas when he came here in March. Thanks to modern technology I have been able to speak and email so many of my friends and family which has been fantastic and made my life here even better, but I can’t wait to see everyone.
On the other hand I not sure I want to leave Karachi! This place has really got under my skin and I can’t explain why but I really do love it here. There are so many reasons not to like Karachi, the heat, the power cuts, the impending Monsoon, the dust, the road works making travel even more complicated, the roads, the driving, and the list goes on. So many reasons to dislike the city and yet I don’t. I really do think that this is one of the best decisions I have ever made.
Kathy, the art teacher, sums up the main reason why life here is so great, it’s never boring!! You never know what’s going to happen next. That sense of uncertainty makes life here great fun and it really is very difficult to explain unless you have been here. There is no where else like Karachi, even in Pakistan!
So, in a few hours I will be back in Hyde, probably in the wind and the rain (oh how I missed rain) recovering from my journey in Business Class and getting ready for a busy summer of weddings, Scripture Union holidays, school reunions, a trip to Cornwall, a trip to Belfast and many other exciting things, so I had better go and finish the packing and Inshallah my next posting will be from the UK…
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