Pakistan and Chinese Beer and Wine

Hey, yo, I went to Pakistan. My flight couldn’t land in Delhi because there was bad weather, and the airport was too busy anyway. So, our plane circled for a while, but started running out of fuel, so we went and landed in Lahore, Pakistan. We couldn’t get off the plane, however, and the airport at Lahore kind of looks like every other airport I’ve ever seen. Plus, I wasn’t sitting by a window, and it was dark outside.

While in Lahore, our plane broke down, and according to our captain, there are lots of legal documents involved with fixing a Dutch airliner in Pakistan. Lots of faxing back and forth of forms. By this point, I had been traveling for, I don’t remember, 20 hours. I was not caring about a whole lot. The Indian dude next to me had just graduated from an LLM program at Vanderbilt Law School. He was throwing back the Chinese beer. I didn’t have the energy to talk to him. I was thinking to myself, “I remember when I used to like drinking beer. Like, 14 hours ago.”

Sampling Multi-Ethnic Alcohol Drinks
I had really been looking forward to sampling some Dutch beer at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, but my flight was majorly delayed at Detroit. I missed my Bombay flight and at Schiphol had to run to catch my replacement flight to Delhi. No time at Schipol. However, KLM serves wine at no extra cost. I had some Chinese wine (called Chi) with my Indian airline dish somewhere over, oh I don’t know, let’s say Romania.

And yo, what’s up with KLM serving Chinese wine and beer? KLM also had some upcoming China-themed flights. I guess with Chinese food and Chinese flight attendants or something? Probably to try to build enthusiasm for Chinese air routes.

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