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Libya: During Gadhafi’s regime, I reluctantly agreed to go to Libya to help a company’s senior management put together a business plan. Being a restless soul, I like to get from A to B in the shortest possible time so…
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London: The company “Travel Coordinator” went on line and checked the official requirements for visa application to Saudi Arabia and all seemed fairly straight forward, if a little bureaucratic. Must have a valid passport; must provide two identical passport photos…
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Northern Cyprus Again: Having gone through passport control and security (see previous blog), we settled down in the departure lounge of the tiny Ercan Airport waiting to board our plane to Istanbul. Soon a middle-aged couple joined us and sat…
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Northern Cyprus: If you are wondering where is the worst security measures at an airport, then you will be hard pressed to find one to challenge Ercan Airport in the Turkish Northern Cyprus. We once travelled to Istanbul via Ercan…
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British Airways flight attendant had a strange way of asking you to do things: * would you like to take a seat for me? * a wet towel for you? * any drinks for yourself? * would you fasten your…
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Back in the Nineties, when mobile phones were the size and weight of a brick, the Internet was only accessible by nerds who called it “Information Super Highway”, and navigation was done by using paper maps, we went on a…
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This is a sad story without a likely happy ending and I still feel very touched by it, so much so, I need to share it with as many people as possible. I was in Sana’a, Yemen and after two…
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Random Passenger: Excuse me this is my seat Me: My boarding pass says it is mine, I have 2B and this seat is 2B Random Passenger: But I always have 2B Me: What does your boarding pass has on it:…
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Recently in a Paris hotel, I called the front desk. Me: Bonsoir Front Desk: Oui Monsieur, ow can I elp you? Me: Can you arrange for an iron to be delivered to my room please? Front Desk: we do not…
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Bahrain: Early morning scene on an airport transfer bus: Friend (optimistic): Excuse me, do I know you? MP (puzzled): I don’t know! Friend: Are you in the insurance business? MP (wearily): No, sorry. Friend (determined): you look familiar though, are…
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