Saturday, 19 November 2011

Getting Here


Flying here was totally awesome . . . The concept of not trying to figure out whose arm gets which narrow arm rest just doesn’t exist! And if you prefer not to touch, fall over strangers or get too close to them during feeding time then Business Class is the way to go!

During the flight I reclined the chair pretty well to try and get a lie down . . Was doing ok, pretty relaxed, not horizontal but ok . . . Hostess came over and asked me if I’d like her to “make my bed”. I wasn’t really sure what that meant but said “yeh, ok . . “ . . . we just looked at each other, both confused . . a small awkward moment passed and she then asked me to stand up. I complied. She then made a few moves and my chair literally transformed itself into a bed! Amazing! Felt like a newby (which I am) but there were no instructions or anything . . . So I was fully stretched out, private, pillow, blanket and horizontal! Well I’ve never done business class international and the new A380 is pretty cool! It’s so massive!!!
Going from Singapore to Bangalore was on a Boeing 777 . . . When I got in I was a bit disappointed to see the layout . . . I then realised how spoilt I’d just been when I poked my head into economy and that’s what I’d been used to all these years!


Upon arrival I’m of course on my best behaviour and want to get through immigration all ok.
A girl waves me over to her desk which was tagged for ‘Diplomats’ . . I gingerly approached looking at the sign giving facial gestures indicating “I’m not a Diplomat!” She just waves me forward so again, I comply. She checks the paperwork and hands back the passport. I then asked where I should go now . . being a bit tired and all . . . I motion in 2 different directions with a question like face. And what do I get? A massive smile and an Indian Head Wobble! It was a brilliant one also, very hypnotic!!! I did not know what to do so just walked forward knowing that being behind the immigration counter was where you want to be. . The link below has now enlightened me . .


Security Scanning on the way out of an airport? WTF? Why scan the bags as I’m leaving! Two guys in very casual clothes hassling some girl whilst we’re just filing through, alarms and beeps going off . . . Nobody stopping us, it was like a Self Service kind of security screening point! I sensed the blokes got through but the girls got stopped . . . Laughable!

The car trip from the airport . . . what can I say . . . total chaos and mayhem. . .  horns replace indicators, headlights are optional just like motorcycle helmets. People just walk across the road, lines on the road (where they exist) are optional, merely guidelines . . to drift over them or straddle them is ok, it might get u a high beam or a honk but that’s ok. No agro . . so u may give 3 horns but as u pass there is no evil glance or hand gesture . . Two way multi lane roads become one way when one direction n has a clear majority . . I did feel bad when seeing an Ambulance with lights and sirens running behind us was making less progress in the traffic than us!! How wrong is that!







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