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    Are You Famous?

    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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    Strong Arm of the Law

    So, what are the minimum requirements for an average police person  or security person in a sensitive area such as an Airport Departure Lounge?  Fitness / strength? Alertness? Sharp shooting?  Maybe. At an airport in a major North African city,…

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    Nuisance Second Law of Travel

    Nuisance Second Law of Travel: Your suitcase will emerge on the belt immediately after 7 other over-sized suitcases are claimed by their feeble owners on either side of you thus, preventing you from retrieving it until the conveyor belt has…

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    Wrong Boarding Pass

    Cairo: I once had to travel from Jordan to Algeria but, the only available route that day was a connection via Cairo Airport.  The travel agent in Jordan helpfully checked me on line and issued two boarding passes: Amman to…

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    Mouthful of Tennis Balls

    Yemen: When you land in a country for the first time, you have no reference point to fall back on, everything is unfamiliar and your brain requires time to adjust to the new surroundings. Arriving at Yemen’s Sana’a Airport on…

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    Stay Out, Unless You Are In

    Officer: What is the purpose of your visit? Me: I live and work in London Officer: What were you doing outside the UK? Me: I was on holiday Officer: As an “alien”, you are not allowed to enter the country…

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    Horrible Life

    Couple having a loud conversation in one of Dubai International Airport departure lounges: She (throwing hand luggage on floor): I have had enough of you and your attitude, get out of my life He: right, I am going straight back,…

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    Passport Please!

    Washington Dulles Airport – I once worked for an American multi national company called “Peterson, Howell and Heather” or PHH as it was commonly known.  I was in charge of the I.T department of their operations in the UK and I…

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