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Although I travel a lot, I never really learned to embrace the experience of traveling. I find it tiring, boring, wasteful, dangerous and thoroughly unpleasant. Occasionally though, “stuff” happens that stops me dead in my tracks in disgust, shock, amusement or plain disbelief. This blog is about telling some of these travel stories, which are largely true but with a certain degree of embellishment on my part.
Without wishing to be elitist about these things, I have a question: whatever happened to exclusive airport business lounges these days? There was a time when these little oases of civility and sobriety were a sanctuary from the noise, hustle…
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Here is a question to those who travel a fair bit and whenever possible they check in online: Why do we bother to check in on line? I am sure the answer is likely to be: “to save time”, or…
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The last missing village idiot happens to be our illustrious double barrel named Member of Parliament (MP) who is voted for by the residents of the area we have lived in for over 25 years. In addition to theoretically help…
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Although, the letter informed us that we could appeal against the visa refusal, they did not say how to appeal or where to appeal. After a few attempts, we finally found out an email address where we could lodge our…
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A few villages in the UK are wondering what’s become of their local idiots. These drooling, mumbling, good-for-nothing morons are missing from the pubs, streets and Central Squares of their little hamlets. I think I found out where they are….
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It started with a text message 4 hours before I was due to leave for the airport. British Airways (BA) helpfully informed me my flight would be 1 hour 45 minutes late taking off and I should rearrange my airport…
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There was a time when a man’s word was his bond. Generally speaking you went about your everyday life claiming to be someone, who does certain things, you moved about unchallenged and transacted business with other honourable men and women…
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Many years ago I travelled to Baltimore, USA to attend a strategy planning brainstorm session. In fact, I was running the session with a colleague from Baltimore and we spent weeks organising, planning, setting up; I was sure it would…
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Pilot: Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We are now flying over the ancient city of Jerusalem, which can be seen clearly on the left side of the cabin. The middle-aged woman sitting next to me…
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Her: do you have room in your suitcase for a couple of small items? Me: How small? Her: oh you know, a couple of books and a few pieces of clothes Me: that’s already more than a “couple of items”…
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