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I cross the border between Jordan and Israel about twice a year for business purposes; I have done this for the last 5 years. Being a keen mathematician, by my reckoning, this makes roughly 10 crossings one way and 10…
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Nuisance First Law of Travel: Wherever you are in an airport, when they announce your departure gate, you will always be standing at the furthest point from that gate.
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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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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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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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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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Of the hundreds of flights I experienced over the years, I only took 6 trips with budget airlines and that was 5 too many in my book. This kind of cheap transport may have made international travel accessible to the…
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This event goes back to the Seventies soon after graduating from university when I was reluctantly transitioning from studenthood to professional life. I travelled round the Middle East partly to look for work and partly as a tactic to avoid…
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Here is what I don’t get. Why did they name Dubai International Airport an airport? Ok, it is in Dubai and it is international in the sense there are many nationalities from all corners of the world; that’s easy to…
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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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