Saturday, May 25, 2013

Must Love Airports

Flight 1: Cape Town to Joburg
Writing from seat in gate A24
Love airports
Probably highest concentration of cool people; people coming back with stories and others embarking for adventures
Looking around at people with backpacks, unusual clothing, etc. wondering what their stories are

Flight 2: Joburg to Abu Dhabi
Sat next to/behind three South African guys (mid-late 20s) who are divers; going to Abu Dhabi for various amounts of time (3-6 months) to dive, teach diving, etc.

Flight 3: Abu Dhabi to Male
Etihad Flight 278, Row 24 (Seats ABCDEF)
Flying out of UAE (Abu Dhabi); warm humid air of 6 AM when landed; seeing different passports, trying to identify them by color and emblem
Moved to have an entire row - pretty sparse flight; can look to my right and see out the window (unblocked - empty chairs) and same when looking left
SO MUCH SPACE!!!


Conrad Lounge, TransMaldivian Resort Building
The space around me smells faintly of lavender and refreshing moist hand towels. I sit on a white lounge sofa bed in front of wall of windows.
Flying to Maldives - the peacock feather islands popping out from the ocean; getting to the wait station, absolutely spectacular - spa in background, spread of fresh fruits and cakes and snacks

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