middle east
| January 16, 2008 | Posted by caroline under lifestyle, storytelling, travels, Uncategorized |
left bombay, i’m in sharjah now..
spent 3hrs in a cab this morning going home..the streets are flooded..roads to sharjah are closed off, it’s been pouring here..yeah it rains in the desert:P our van was up to its neck in water!!! i went to sleep, though..poor driver..i felt sorta bad making him drive me through, but where was i supposed to go with three suitcases???
didn’t sleep all night..
got woken up here to run an errand…
uh..found myself jumping out of the car into the flood..one of the nastiest things i’ve ever had to do..and i do a lot of nasty things…i yelped with every hop to the sidewalk..i was calf deep in filthy water..just imagining what that water has cleaned off the ground..my god..i like lakes, i’ll jump in puddles. but man….that water was grey and there was stuff floating around in it..and then there was me, in it…putting my slimy feet into my shoes and sloshing into those offices was not a pleasant feeling..that’s my high maintenance comment for the day..
oh and i also don’t know how i feel about first class/business class/economy divisions on airplanes..i hate the dynamics..this comes back to my struggles with flying/trains/buses when traveling domestic..
each time i go to an airport, though, i die a little bit more..
i have learned to charm the airline people..i was 14kg overweight..and they helped me out a bit..the key is not to be a bitch..and be sure to talk to the ladies working at the airline..women actually have all the pull in this world;) flirting will not get you anywhere in this case..though, feel free to be pretty or sweet…allow for a little bit of the damsel in distress..
i am back in toronto january 21st..i don’t think i will travel again for a long time. only because i have so much on my mind right now! and we found an apartment! YAY..
