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The Water Clerks Doughnuts
2007-10-09 02:12:00 The agent kindly brought some doughnuts on board! Not that the Captain had asked him to, or that we were all dying for a sickly sweat lump of dough but it was a kindly gesture and appreciated after a long voyage at sea! A welcome port in a storm!The Agent was large, indistinguishable amongst his co-workers but here on this lean vessel it would not have surprised the crew to see the ship leaning over, listing in accordance with where this flabby bear stood, port or starboard, forward or aft! Five decks, 10 flights of stairs, lots of pauses, grunts and groans, he was completely exhausted, sweating rivers, when he finally stood in-front of the agile Captain!Agents typically have a function in life. They provide the link to ashore; they are the directors for obtaining food, stores and water! They arrange hotels for departing seafarers, transport pick-ups for those joining and they occasionally bring doughnuts and the daily newspaper! They have the local knowledge and connections; the li... More About: Water , Clerks
Delta Airlines: Atlanta to New Orleans
2007-10-01 14:20:00 She cracked, "Welcome aboard this flight bound for Honolulu ????. Wait, I?m just pulling your leg"!I was on-board Delta Airlines flight DL1789 from Atlanta to New Orleans and despite being wedged into my middle ?E? seat I was quite buoyant, literally! I joined the flight full of the joys of having left the miserable weather of Scotland behind, that I would soon see New Orleans and the Mississippi again after a 15 year absence and I was sure that no USA domestic flight of just over one hour could dampen my mood in the slightest!She was short, she had more plaster on her face than the white house and she was in a mood to run the show! This lady was in charge!She mimicked, "Ladies and Gentleman, this is what I call a ?sardine flight?. This flight is full with every seat taken, so now is the chance to snuggle up to those beside you, to make new friends and to enjoy the flight?. I was very snuggled-up; the large coloured girl to my right caused her rolls of fat to wobble every time she b... More About: Delta Airlines
Delta Airlines: Atlanta to New Orleans
2007-10-01 14:20:00 She cracked, "Welcome aboard this flight bound for Honolulu …………. Wait, I’m just pulling your leg"!I was on-board Delta Airlines flight DL1789 from Atlanta to New Orleans and despite being wedged into my middle “E” seat I was quite buoyant, literally! I joined the flight full of the joys of having left the miserable weather of Scotland behind, that I would soon see New Orleans and the Mississippi again after a 15 year absence and I was sure that no USA domestic flight of just over one hour could dampen my mood in the slightest!She was short, she had more plaster on her face than the white house and she was in a mood to run the show! This lady was in charge!She mimicked, "Ladies and Gentleman, this is what I call a ‘sardine flight’. This flight is full with every seat taken, so now is the chance to snuggle up to those beside you, to make new friends and to enjoy the flight”. I was very snuggled-up; the large coloured girl to my right caused her rolls of fat to wob... More About: Delta Airlines
A Return to the Deep South of Louisiana
2007-09-28 16:11:00 Paddling up the Bayou, one eye at the back of the head searching for any hyped-up alligators on the prowl, we headed inland and to the place were the Klu Klux sit around openly in cafe's drinking tea!Not quite ......... I am though heading back in the general direction of America, to New Orleans on the banks of the Mississipi This prospective trip has dredged-up some past memories when I used to work with an American Company in Asia called Tidewater Marine during the late 1990's.One American in particular produced for me an image of his home town in Louisiana on more than one occassion. He was a Captain, an overly large one who used to drive the boat nearly naked as he sweated through his extremely vocal arm-waiving (whilst I shivered under the blast of the three retro-fitted industrial-sized Air Conditioning units and the thermal under wear that I wore close to my heart)and who could never sit still enough to stop talking! He lived in some backwater, Deep Down South Louisiana an... More About: Return , Deep South
A Return to the Deep South of Louisiana
2007-09-28 16:11:00 Paddling up the Bayou, one eye at the back of the head searching for any hyped-up alligators on the prowl, we headed inland and to the place were the Klu Klux sit around openly in cafe's drinking tea!Not quite ......... I am though heading back in the general direction of America, to New Orleans on the banks of the Mississipi This prospective trip has dredged-up some past memories when I used to work with an American Company in Asia called Tidewater Marine during the late 1990's.One American in particular produced for me an image of his home town in Louisiana on more than one occassion. He was a Captain, an overly large one who used to drive the boat nearly naked as he sweated through his extremely vocal arm-waiving (whilst I shivered under the blast of the three retro-fitted industrial-sized Air Conditioning units and the thermal under wear that I wore close to my heart)and who could never sit still enough to stop talking! He lived in some backwater, Deep Down South Louisiana an... More About: Return , Deep South
The American Aftershock
2007-09-14 14:55:00 I was lying on my bed, relaxing after a hard day of sitting in a chair when I suddenly decided to write a bit more about America and all things American ! The fuel for this prospective work is a result of listening to endless news on television, whilst relaxing in a British hotel, that seemingly revolves around America, American influence, the dollar or anti-Americanism, and whilst I don?t want to become bitter or twisted about the subject there is still so much to talk about that no single article will cover! Whilst I tend to write on travel, people crossed and worldly observations factually and typically on a good note, my first foray into America resulted in an extremely hard-hitting article - exposing Americans as enormous and enormously ignorant people and doing so without factual foundation or in-depth research. Many Americans who have had the fortune (or misfortune) to read that article have subsequently shown discontent and even anger at my words, enough to get in contact wit... More About: Aftershock
The American Aftershock
2007-09-14 14:55:00 I was lying on my bed, relaxing after a hard day of sitting in a chair when I suddenly decided to write a bit more about America and all things American ! The fuel for this prospective work is a result of listening to endless news on television, whilst relaxing in a British hotel, that seemingly revolves around America, American influence, the dollar or anti-Americanism, and whilst I don’t want to become bitter or twisted about the subject there is still so much to talk about that no single article will cover! Whilst I tend to write on travel, people crossed and worldly observations factually and typically on a good note, my first foray into America resulted in an extremely hard-hitting article - exposing Americans as enormous and enormously ignorant people and doing so without factual foundation or in-depth research. Many Americans who have had the fortune (or misfortune) to read that article have subsequently shown discontent and even anger at my words, enough to get in contact w... More About: Aftershock
Silas E Parks Goes Bump in the Night
2007-09-09 10:28:00 Silas Parks Goes Bump in the Night Another Memoir from Silas By Ieuan DolbyAh, I remember that day very well, an oil painting in my head it is! It seems like only yesterday that this particular episode occurred so maybe all those knock and bumps to the vessel rattled my brain permanently out of shape! We hopped around that harbour like a blind and angry wasp in a tin can!Four ships we hit, and the jetty if I recall correctly! We also made the German pilot boat a few inches shorter and the Kraut Pilot to go prematurely bald, we holed a barge (although limited proof exists of this claim as it sank soon after) and we sent a couple of navigation buoys scooting off and out to sea before we finally ended up on the bows of some spick and span cruise ship that just happened to be passing by - free drinks on the aft deck that day I think!The whole episode whizzed by us in a matter of minutes and it all occurred up in Turkey somewhere, Istanbul I think or was it in Greece? Venezuela perhaps? I... More About: Sila
Silas E Parks Goes Bump in the Night
2007-09-09 10:28:00 Silas Parks Goes Bump in the Night Another Memoir from Silas By Ieuan DolbyAh, I remember that day very well, an oil painting in my head it is! It seems like only yesterday that this particular episode occurred so maybe all those knock and bumps to the vessel rattled my brain permanently out of shape! We hopped around that harbour like a blind and angry wasp in a tin can!Four ships we hit, and the jetty if I recall correctly! We also made the German pilot boat a few inches shorter and the Kraut Pilot to go prematurely bald, we holed a barge (although limited proof exists of this claim as it sank soon after) and we sent a couple of navigation buoys scooting off and out to sea before we finally ended up on the bows of some spick and span cruise ship that just happened to be passing by - free drinks on the aft deck that day I think!The whole episode whizzed by us in a matter of minutes and it all occurred up in Turkey somewhere, Istanbul I think or was it in Greece? Venezuela perhaps? I...
The Overly-enormous Taxi Driver!
2007-09-07 21:09:00 My overly large taxi-driver asked me not to sit directly behind him so I shifted over the other side to balance the car out.He asked me how long I was leaving home for and I promptly fell into his trap! “Three days”, I said.“So why is your wife crying then”, he barked as we pulled away from the kerb in front of my house!The trip to the airport proceeded painfully as he corrected me on my life errors, on my renting a house instead of buying, of renting an expensive one and he even berated me on cutting my front hedge too low! He didn’t understand what my job entailed and told me that I should find a better career. I felt like asking him what I should do about annoying taxi-rivers but aptly refrained from doing so!I really must start taking the bus from now on!More articles can be found at The Mariners Tales More About: Taxi Driver , Driver , Taxi
The Overly-enormous Taxi Driver!
2007-09-07 21:09:00 My overly large taxi-driver asked me not to sit directly behind him so I shifted over the other side to balance the car out.He asked me how long I was leaving home for and I promptly fell into his trap! ?Three days?, I said.?So why is your wife crying then?, he barked as we pulled away from the kerb in front of my house!The trip to the airport proceeded painfully as he corrected me on my life errors, on my renting a house instead of buying, of renting an expensive one and he even berated me on cutting my front hedge too low! He didn?t understand what my job entailed and told me that I should find a better career. I felt like asking him what I should do about annoying taxi-rivers but aptly refrained from doing so!I really must start taking the bus from now on!More articles can be found at http://www.seadolby.com More About: Taxi Driver , Driver , Taxi , The O
An Irish Bar in Belfast
2007-09-06 08:22:00 I went to Belfast the other day and during the evening I thought I would visit a bar! And what better bar to visit than an Irish Bar?In Singapore there are three Irish Bars, there is even one in Haried in Norway, one in Kaohsiung in Taiwan and a couple in South Africa! I asked a passer-by in the street, I said ?excuse me sir, where can I find the Irish Bar?? He looked at me kind of strangely and waved his hand in all directions whilst muttering something that I did not quite catch!I asked the receptionist at the hotel where the nearest Irish Bar was but I think she misunderstood me as her precise directions led me to some bar that sold beer but it just wasn?t like those Irish Bars that I know!My Irish bars, the ones that I have come across during my travels, are filled to overflowing with slobbering foreigners of all nationalities drinking ill-poured Kilkenny in odd-sized glasses with Grolsch, Anchor or Taiwan Beer written on them. My Irish Bars have Asian musicians singing out-of-t...
An Irish Bar in Belfast
2007-09-06 08:22:00 I went to Belfast the other day and during the evening I thought I would visit a bar! And what better bar to visit than an Irish Bar?In Singapore there are three Irish Bars, there is even one in Haried in Norway, one in Kaohsiung in Taiwan and a couple in South Africa! I asked a passer-by in the street, I said “excuse me sir, where can I find the Irish Bar”? He looked at me kind of strangely and waved his hand in all directions whilst muttering something that I did not quite catch!I asked the receptionist at the hotel where the nearest Irish Bar was but I think she misunderstood me as her precise directions led me to some bar that sold beer but it just wasn’t like those Irish Bars that I know!My Irish bars, the ones that I have come across during my travels, are filled to overflowing with slobbering foreigners of all nationalities drinking ill-poured Kilkenny in odd-sized glasses with Grolsch, Anchor or Taiwan Beer written on them. My Irish Bars have Asian musicians singing ou...
The Human Instinct of "ME"
2007-09-04 21:43:00 Humans tend to automatically assume individually or collectively (quietly or overbearingly) that life is generally a battle of self-survival. I as a member of the human race am not going to argue that fact especially after my son proved it to me!I was in my mother’s house the other day, a grouping of three generations from grandmother to new born when all hell broke loose on the carpet! My son at three years old was preparing for war or siege by appropriating all of the orange segments that granny had dished up and was busy issuing them out unevenly – one for you, three for me to his younger cousin. This meant that the slightly younger enemy was getting ratty, admittedly he did at first control his emotions well, and when he saw the empty plate with three or four slices clasped tightly in another hands he simply let instinct take-over! I saw events in slow-motion, unable to react or prevent what happened next!Younger cousin saw orange and he erupted into motion with the tools gi... More About: Human
The Human Instinct of "ME"
2007-09-04 21:43:00 Humans tend to automatically assume individually or collectively (quietly or overbearingly) that life is generally a battle of self-survival. I as a member of the human race am not going to argue that fact especially after my son proved it to me!I was in my mother?s house the other day, a grouping of three generations from grandmother to new born when all hell broke loose on the carpet! My son at three years old was preparing for war or siege by appropriating all of the orange segments that granny had dished up and was busy issuing them out unevenly ? one for you, three for me to his younger cousin. This meant that the slightly younger enemy was getting ratty, admittedly he did at first control his emotions well, and when he saw the empty plate with three or four slices clasped tightly in another hands he simply let instinct take-over! I saw events in slow-motion, unable to react or prevent what happened next!Younger cousin saw orange and he erupted into motion with the tools given!... More About: Human
The Sunday Barbecue
2007-08-29 18:04:00 In my time at sea there is one aspect of the life that all Head Offices tend to forget about! Generally the attitude is that ships should sail according to the laws of the sea, international and domestic! They should go from A to B, carry their cargoes or whatever they do and as far as the crews are concerned well, make sure the paperwork is kept up-to-date, that the ship does not smack to many jetties and that no inspectors or surveyors leave with a problem to report! But ships crews need a life and here is a picture of a group of sailors getting down to the other side of a 'life-at-sea' with a Sunday barbecue. Enjoy it boys!More articles can be found at http://www.seadolby.com More About: Barbecue
The Sunday Barbecue
2007-08-29 18:04:00 In my time at sea there is one aspect of the life that all Head Offices tend to forget about! Generally the attitude is that ships should sail according to the laws of the sea, international and domestic! They should go from A to B, carry their cargoes or whatever they do and as far as the crews are concerned well, make sure the paperwork is kept up-to-date, that the ship does not smack to many jetties and that no inspectors or surveyors leave with a problem to report! But ships crews need a life and here is a picture of a group of sailors getting down to the other side of a 'life-at-sea' with a Sunday barbecue. Enjoy it boys!More articles can be found at The Mariners Tales More About: Barbecue
The How Do Series at Seadolby.Com
2007-08-19 23:18:00 I have at last done something new for the website! Sitting in some innocuous airport departure lounge for a BA flight that was typically delayed it suddenly hit me that I should stop writing so many tongue-in-cheek articles and write something informative.And so was born the "How Do They ...." series.These are one-pager descriptions of little aspects of the life at sea. Simple descriptions that are amply backed up by appropriate photographs.I will attempt to add new How Do's as frequently as possible and I will also try and keep them as straightforward as to be understood; hopefully without resort to cheap humor. The first two are in the air as we speak (although a couple of jokes slipped through) and I hope that more will soon follow! These are namely How do Pilots Leave the Ship and How do Locks WorkTopics available for this series are many and varied! Something like How do you join the Merchant Navy or how do cooks manage to serve soup in rough weather but these are harder subje... More About: Series
The How Do Series at Seadolby.Com
2007-08-19 23:18:00 I have at last done something new for the website! Sitting in some innocuous airport departure lounge for a BA flight that was typically delayed it suddenly hit me that I should stop writing so many tongue-in-cheek articles and write something informative.And so was born the "How Do They ...." series.These are one-pager descriptions of little aspects of the life at sea. Simple descriptions that are amply backed up by appropriate photographs.I will attempt to add new How Do's as frequently as possible and I will also try and keep them as straightforward as to be understood; hopefully without resort to cheap humor. The first two are in the air as we speak (although a couple of jokes slipped through) and I hope that more will soon follow! These are namely How do Pilots Leave the Ship and How do Locks WorkTopics available for this series are many and varied! Something like How do you join the Merchant Navy or how do cooks manage to serve soup in rough weather but these are harder subje... More About: Series , Serie , Erie
A Quick Refresher - what this blog is about!
2007-08-18 14:21:00 I am a traveler but where I go to and where I have just been are pointless facts! It is the here and the now, the plane or the train, the hotel or the ship that evokes the tale; the paths I cross and the cultures broached that produce the written words within! The Seadolby.Com website and the Seamania Blog are all about travel and the diversity that is born from borders broached. Here within lie the articles, tall tales and adventures, memoirs and vivid imaginations of a life on the move, all from and associated with the only truly global industry, the Merchant Navy!Sounds Good Anyway!More articles can be found at http://www.seadolby.com More About: Quick , Fresher
Antwerp, Belgium ? A quick Visit!
2007-08-15 09:42:00 Last week I left the depressing rain and drizzle of Scotland behind me and arrived in continental Europe that very same day ? courtesy of KLM City Hopper! I had been somewhat hopeful in my packing as I departed Edinburgh without umbrella, without coat and with images of streaming sun and half naked people soaking in the rays and ??. it was to be!I checked into the Hotel Residence in downtown Antwerp , unsurprised to find that its advertised three-star rating was probably a limping lone-star and dumped my bag on the bed. The room was clean, the view decent and so ??.. I asked the guy at reception (who could not stop winking at me) if I could have an access code for the Internet to use in my room. He insisted that I should not buy it from the hotel ?don?t you blame me if you lose money, no refund here?. I?m not sure what all that was about but rather than pursue the matter and engage further winks I opted to find an Internet Caf outside! The Garbage of AntwerpI was in Antwerp fifteen ... More About: Belgium , Quick , Visit
The Taxi Driver Affair
2007-08-14 11:35:00 The close-cut, ex-parachute jumper, Falkland war veteran, part time fireman and recently divorced taxi driver drove me carefully through the Sunday mornings lack of traffic to arrive at the airport with hours to spare!It?s my fault! I am a stuck record as I feel that I must arrive at any airport hours before the flight leaves, despite the fact that it is a domestic flight, that I have already checked in on-line and that I have no luggage! Forty minutes before departure would have been sufficient! But here I am in Edinburgh departure lounge with time on my hands and a laptop on my lap!As I travel constantly I have grown to know taxi-drivers (a serious love/hate relationship exists here), I can see the overly-chatty ones miles away! Sometimes I don?t want to hear a sob-story, a cry for help for some football team or other to do better that a mouse at a dog convention or to be involved in question time as I am forced to divulge my occupation, my destination, the age of my son and the s... More About: Taxi Driver , Driver , Taxi , Affair
CP and BA's Response
2007-08-02 22:12:00 I am still waiting! British Airways and Cathay Pacific must be thinking very hard about my letters of complaint as I haven't heard from them yet! They must be at least now blowing the ink dry on the refunds that they are going to send me!Somehow though I think this might not be the case!Will they respond, won't they respond? That is the question ..............More articles can be found at http://www.seadolby.com More About: Response
A Letter of Complaint to Cathay Pacific
2007-07-22 15:40:00 I've Written my letter to Cath ay Pacific ! It is not very good, but it conveys my displeasure at their extremely poor service! Here it is ......................Cathay Pacific Airways LtdCustomer Relations Department5/F, South Tower, Cathay Pacific City,8 Scenic Road, Hong Kong International Airport,Lantau Island, Hong KongDear Sir/MadamI am writing to complain to you! I write because most angry people who have been abused always threaten to write letters but never get around to writing a letter. I though am angry and I am still angry and so I am actually writing a letter to you!As a background to my complaint that still has my hackles raised; I had the following booking:BA1455 2nd July Edinburgh to London HeathrowCX256 2nd July Heathrow to Hong KongKA430 3rd July Hong Kong to Kaohsiung.Now, due to some unplanned for events from BA (or rather their computer system which humans cannot seemingly override), the plane was delayed in Edinburgh and the baggage was mistakenly offloaded. I... More About: Letter , Complaint
Taiwan and Home To Edinburgh
2007-07-14 08:52:00 First Class to KaohsiungI've been to Taiwan , my luggage got to Taiwan and now I am back home with family! We flew back to Edinburgh with two suitcases large enough to fit the kitchen sink, bath, toilet and an IKEA flat-pack storage unit and experienced no major problems en-route - even flew first class from Kaohsiung to Hong Kong although back to cattle class after that!! I did at one point assume that my 'glass was half empty' when Simon, the KLM Pilot said "we are experiencing technical difficulties but should be off the ground soon". But my glass was in fact half-full and with all due respect to KLM and Simon who burnt rubber over China we arrived suitably early in Amsterdam.A KLM City HopperThe next flight was also cause for alarm as my glass was left in definite dreg status with no doubt as to its half-empty position in life! Once again the plane was delayed; in fact the original plane that was to take us across the water to Edinburgh was last seen being towed away - a dejec... More About: Home
The Final Flight to Kaohsiung
2007-07-07 00:12:00 The Mornings Queue at Burger KingIn my determination to attack the problem of my luggage head-on and having had a good nights sleep at the Regal Hotel in Hong Kong I arrived at the airport a good three hours before the departure time of 9 am.This was in retrospect an extremely silly thing to do; the Dragon Airline ground staff just looked at me blankly when I enquired as to where in the world my luggage might be and said ?nothing is open yet, come back in an hour or two?. I doubt that anybody would be wide-awake enough to concentrate on my questions before 9 am!And so I ended up inside the airport with nothing to do except drink coffee and twiddle my thumbs! Wow, Burger King is popular here! Tis not yet Seven O?clock in the morning and a queue is forming!Well, to cut a long story in the bud; I caught the nine am flight which amazingly left on-time and arrived in Kaohsiung one and a half hours later. I met my wife and promptly felt much better! My luggage unexpectedly turned up that ... More About: Final , Flight , Fina
The Regal Hotel in Hong Kong
2007-07-06 23:04:00 Let me say (without restriction) that it was great to stay at the Regal Hotel in Hong Kong ! Not only to get away from the flight delays and unhelpful ground staff of Cathay Pacific but to stay in a non-European Hotel.The second reason may sound strange but I have begun to realise that Hotels are subtly different between the two continents of Europe and Asia, in service and in-attitude! I was welcomed with a smile at the reception desk, there was no queue! The room is big and airy and comes with an open view that is not restricted by goods vehicles, clinging ivy or barbed wire (no, I was not detained courtesy of her majesty?s government)! I have a mini bar, the little extra that rips guests off but a required feature that no self-respecting hotel room should be without.It is hard to explain now! Maybe any hotel would have sufficed but here and now the hotel gets my thumbs up for its stars, it service and attitude and for providing me with a clean and warm bed to sleep in that night. ...
Cathay Pacific and Mr Oooze!
2007-07-04 14:03:00 If I was angry before I am now hysterical! I actually managed to get on the plane to Hong Kong; in fact we were very ready to depart when Peter said ?in all my seventeen years as a pilot I have never seen anything like this?. So there we have it, an airline staff member who has been kept in the dark for most of his life!It?s only the flaps pilot, don?t stress about it! It?s not Mohammed with a strange looking device for Christ-sake! Anyway, the engineers are unable to fix the problem with a wave of their magic wand so flight CX252 has been de-planed to the waiting lounge ? oh, and a security alert at terminal four has meant that they cannot get us any refreshments, cannot help with any information about connecting flights and for that matter help me to make a run for it! I?ve about had enough!I must admit it was nice to get off the plane. My port-side neighbour was so large that half his body was in my seat! My starboard side neighbour was okay, kept to himself which was something... More About: Pacific , Cath
Another Spot in time at Heathrow Airport ? Terminal 3
2007-07-04 10:05:00 As I sit here ??? I am so unbelievably angry. So angry that I could not stop pacing the departure lounge for a long time, much to the consternation of the airport security officials who must have thought I was trying to collapse the building by wearing a large hole in the floor. Okay! So my flight was delayed from Edinburgh which meant that I missed my flight to Hong Kong! Okay, they lost my luggage and okay, I had to stay the night in a crummy hotel. Hit me and hit me again and I will simply turn the other cheek! This morning I returned to the airport to check-in for my rebooked flight. I checked-in and the girl gave me seat 54J. A middle seat for god-sake! Hit a man when he is down why don?t you?I go to great pains to arrive at airports early to book a window seat or failing that an aisle seat. Yesterday I had a window seat, today I don?t and as I look around Terminal 3 I see my potential passengers! The really large man with the runny nose could be my inboard buddy; the weight li... More About: Airport , Time , Spot , Airport terminal
The Premier Travel Inn
More articles from this author:2007-07-03 09:52:00 As Ms Agnieska handed over the change for a bottle of water I could not help but wonder as to which country I currently had the pleasure of being in. Agnieska is without doubt a pretty girl, it did not take me a second to realise that, but I am positive that should I invoke further conversation, say to enquire as to whether they serve sandwiches, I might just receive a puzzled expression and that ?Joe?, the look-a-like Dafur-immigrant might be called in to help with the translation!I am at this minute staying at the Premier Travel Inn in London, courtesy of an unapologetic British Airways, who have made a right mess of things today! This afternoon I turned up at Edinburgh Airport a dutiful three hours before departure, I worked my way with irritating patience through check-in and didn?t utter a peep as some Turkish Dwarf at security check pulled me aside to give my laptop a right thorough grilling (if he had wanted to check his email he could have asked)! Once through the invaded pr... More About: Remi 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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