As Raffi said I left Yerevan Friday night and I knew it was going to snow since all the leaves had finally fallen. So on the way to the airport there were heaps of cops and I knew something was cooking. The taxi was not allowed to drive to the departure terminal as it was blocked off, why you ask? No not a bomb threat, just the lovely president arriving.
I had my work colleague with me and while I was gone to pay the exit duty tax, the guy at check in tells my friend that my luggage is overweight. So my friend says what do you want me to do about it? The guy says do you want to settle this the legal way or work something out? I arrive at the counter and my friend gives me the update. Mind you I was over by 4.8 kgs (I’m only allowed 20 kgs), I’m like forget it bring my luggage back since they had already taken it away. Of course they take their sweet time bringing it back in the hope that I would give up and pay up. So I simply take some books out of the luggage and place them in my backpack. I turn around to the guy and tell him how foolish this all was since I was taking it on the flight anyway. I barely had anything in my backpack, I looked at the guy and said if this was a full flight I would have gladly paid up but there were only 40 people on the flight to Dubai for crying out loud!!
Dubai I love, I stayed overnight in a hotel. They have McArabia at McDonald’s there. I simply love the designs of the buildings, modern but yet with the Arabian touch, it’s clean, organized and warm.
Bahrain, I had 5 hours to kill there. Now for some reason they were checking Australians and Europeans I was told at check in. So I get to the gate since I already had my boarding pass and the guy is scrutinizing my passport holding up the line for a good 5 minutes. I ask the guy if there was something specific he was looking for? In other words can I help you mate? No he says just checking, another 5 minutes passes and he asks me if I had an Australian visa. Uhh mate you’re holding an Aussie passport, I don’t need a visa? Ok you can go through. So anyway turbulence for most of the way to Singapore then some more to Sydney.
Ah Sydney!! The first thing that struck me was the smells of trees, flowers, there is nothing like it in the world. And the green, how green is this place? What about waking up to the sound of lorikeets? I went over the harbour bridge today on a glorious day admiring the beauty of this city, it truly is paradise. I haven’t hit the beach yet since I came down with the flu and fever on the way over here. More later!!
I had my work colleague with me and while I was gone to pay the exit duty tax, the guy at check in tells my friend that my luggage is overweight. So my friend says what do you want me to do about it? The guy says do you want to settle this the legal way or work something out? I arrive at the counter and my friend gives me the update. Mind you I was over by 4.8 kgs (I’m only allowed 20 kgs), I’m like forget it bring my luggage back since they had already taken it away. Of course they take their sweet time bringing it back in the hope that I would give up and pay up. So I simply take some books out of the luggage and place them in my backpack. I turn around to the guy and tell him how foolish this all was since I was taking it on the flight anyway. I barely had anything in my backpack, I looked at the guy and said if this was a full flight I would have gladly paid up but there were only 40 people on the flight to Dubai for crying out loud!!
Dubai I love, I stayed overnight in a hotel. They have McArabia at McDonald’s there. I simply love the designs of the buildings, modern but yet with the Arabian touch, it’s clean, organized and warm.
Bahrain, I had 5 hours to kill there. Now for some reason they were checking Australians and Europeans I was told at check in. So I get to the gate since I already had my boarding pass and the guy is scrutinizing my passport holding up the line for a good 5 minutes. I ask the guy if there was something specific he was looking for? In other words can I help you mate? No he says just checking, another 5 minutes passes and he asks me if I had an Australian visa. Uhh mate you’re holding an Aussie passport, I don’t need a visa? Ok you can go through. So anyway turbulence for most of the way to Singapore then some more to Sydney.
Ah Sydney!! The first thing that struck me was the smells of trees, flowers, there is nothing like it in the world. And the green, how green is this place? What about waking up to the sound of lorikeets? I went over the harbour bridge today on a glorious day admiring the beauty of this city, it truly is paradise. I haven’t hit the beach yet since I came down with the flu and fever on the way over here. More later!!
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