14/1/2007---Arrive Karachi,By Yee
我們終於出發了。(也是第一隊出發的。)
當別人知道我將要去巴基斯坦，都會有一個驚訝的表情。
當我說我要去參與當地的鯨豚保育工作，便會問：「哪裡有海豚的嗎？」
有更多人告訴我巴基斯坦很危險，會有「恐佈襲擊」、「恐佈分子」、「炸彈」，真的嗎？
去過就知道。
其實去巴基斯坦也不是大家想像中那麼麻煩的，每兩天就有一班直航機由香港飛往巴基斯坦最大的城市卡拉奇(Karachi) ，也就是我們的目的地。但由於日子未能配合行程，我們還是選擇先往泰國曼谷，再轉機往卡拉奇。
在曼谷機場禁區內香港人「隨處可見」，但當進入了前往卡拉奇航班的候機處，身邊的大部分都是巴基斯坦人(男仕為主) ，其餘的還有中國人、日本人、西方人(也是男人！) 看上去我們兩個女孩(?)有點格格不入。
由於航班延誤，我們比預訂時間遲了兩個小時才到機場(辛苦了等候了兩小時的世界自然基金會同事) 。到達時已經是晚上十一點了。
卡拉奇的天氣比我們想像中的暖得多(約攝氏十多二十度吧! 比旅遊指南說的高很多! 結果行李箱內一半的衣服也是多餘的…)
到達由自然基金會安排給我們住的「熊貓賓館」(Panda House) 已是午夜十二時了，這賓館是自然基金會來自其他地方的同事及貴賓住的，環境十分好，我們全個旅程也會住在這裡，太好了。
太好了，旅程終於正式開始！
Finally it is time to start my trip.(And we are the first team to leave).
When I told the others that I am going to Pakistan, everyone was very surprise, and even more surprised when I told them that I will join a marine mammal conservation project there. ‘Are there any dolphins in Pakistan?’ this is a typical question people asked me.
Many people told me that Pakistan is a dangerous place to go, there may be bomb attacks, terrorists, crimes…… Are these really the true side of Pakistan?
I will tell you when I am back.
Actually there are direct flights from Hong Kong to Karachi around every two days, our destination, which is also the former capital of Pakistan. Karachi is also an important industrial city in Pakistan. However since we did not matched the schedule of the direct flight we chose to change our flight in Bangkok with my partner Noodle.
When we were in Bangkok we saw a lot of HongKongers around the airport, but when we check in and sat in the waiting room waiting for our flight to Karachi, we did not see any Hong Kong people there, instead there were Pakistani (mostly men with big beards and in traditional clothes), Chinese who speak Putonghua, Japanese and Westerners who were going to Pakistan probably for business. And, it is a bit strange for us-- two Chinese girls to wait here.
As our flight delayed for an hour in Bangkok and slow proceed in immigration counter in the Karachi Airport, we left Karachi Airport at around 11pm. And we immediately saw a Pakistani man holding a Panda Logo of WWF when we went out the airport, he was the driver who drove us to the house where we would stay for our whole trip. It was really sorry that we made him waited 2 hours in the airport!
The weather in Karachi was much finer than we expected (much warmer than what the weather report said and I found that half of the clothes in my luggage were useless here!). On the 1 hour driving from the airport to the Panda house where we stayed for our trip, in the dark I could still see how the city was like. I would describe it as Guangzhou in the 80s, there were some 6-7 storey tall apartments, which shops on the ground floor.
Finally we arrived Panda House at around 12mid night, Panda house is a house that WWF Pakistan used for the accommodation of staff members and guests to stay when they are in Karachi. The double room that they prepared for us was lovely and comfortable.
Seems that we had a good start, it is time to take a good rest and get everything ready for tomorrow’s training.
當別人知道我將要去巴基斯坦，都會有一個驚訝的表情。
當我說我要去參與當地的鯨豚保育工作，便會問：「哪裡有海豚的嗎？」
有更多人告訴我巴基斯坦很危險，會有「恐佈襲擊」、「恐佈分子」、「炸彈」，真的嗎？
去過就知道。
其實去巴基斯坦也不是大家想像中那麼麻煩的，每兩天就有一班直航機由香港飛往巴基斯坦最大的城市卡拉奇(Karachi) ，也就是我們的目的地。但由於日子未能配合行程，我們還是選擇先往泰國曼谷，再轉機往卡拉奇。
在曼谷機場禁區內香港人「隨處可見」，但當進入了前往卡拉奇航班的候機處，身邊的大部分都是巴基斯坦人(男仕為主) ，其餘的還有中國人、日本人、西方人(也是男人！) 看上去我們兩個女孩(?)有點格格不入。
由於航班延誤，我們比預訂時間遲了兩個小時才到機場(辛苦了等候了兩小時的世界自然基金會同事) 。到達時已經是晚上十一點了。
卡拉奇的天氣比我們想像中的暖得多(約攝氏十多二十度吧! 比旅遊指南說的高很多! 結果行李箱內一半的衣服也是多餘的…)
到達由自然基金會安排給我們住的「熊貓賓館」(Panda House) 已是午夜十二時了，這賓館是自然基金會來自其他地方的同事及貴賓住的，環境十分好，我們全個旅程也會住在這裡，太好了。
太好了，旅程終於正式開始！
Finally it is time to start my trip.(And we are the first team to leave).
When I told the others that I am going to Pakistan, everyone was very surprise, and even more surprised when I told them that I will join a marine mammal conservation project there. ‘Are there any dolphins in Pakistan?’ this is a typical question people asked me.
Many people told me that Pakistan is a dangerous place to go, there may be bomb attacks, terrorists, crimes…… Are these really the true side of Pakistan?
I will tell you when I am back.
Actually there are direct flights from Hong Kong to Karachi around every two days, our destination, which is also the former capital of Pakistan. Karachi is also an important industrial city in Pakistan. However since we did not matched the schedule of the direct flight we chose to change our flight in Bangkok with my partner Noodle.
When we were in Bangkok we saw a lot of HongKongers around the airport, but when we check in and sat in the waiting room waiting for our flight to Karachi, we did not see any Hong Kong people there, instead there were Pakistani (mostly men with big beards and in traditional clothes), Chinese who speak Putonghua, Japanese and Westerners who were going to Pakistan probably for business. And, it is a bit strange for us-- two Chinese girls to wait here.
As our flight delayed for an hour in Bangkok and slow proceed in immigration counter in the Karachi Airport, we left Karachi Airport at around 11pm. And we immediately saw a Pakistani man holding a Panda Logo of WWF when we went out the airport, he was the driver who drove us to the house where we would stay for our whole trip. It was really sorry that we made him waited 2 hours in the airport!
The weather in Karachi was much finer than we expected (much warmer than what the weather report said and I found that half of the clothes in my luggage were useless here!). On the 1 hour driving from the airport to the Panda house where we stayed for our trip, in the dark I could still see how the city was like. I would describe it as Guangzhou in the 80s, there were some 6-7 storey tall apartments, which shops on the ground floor.
Finally we arrived Panda House at around 12mid night, Panda house is a house that WWF Pakistan used for the accommodation of staff members and guests to stay when they are in Karachi. The double room that they prepared for us was lovely and comfortable.
Seems that we had a good start, it is time to take a good rest and get everything ready for tomorrow’s training.
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