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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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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 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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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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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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