Wednesday 26 December 2007

Day 1 at Syria (20dec 2007)

We were safely arrived at Damascus International Airport at 4.10pm Syrian time. The journey took 3 hours n 10min. We were supposed to depart at 1.45pm but it was delayed about an hour. We were been waiting for another four passengers who were still not on board. But once they were on board they were arguing each other about the sitting number.

This was the usual drama I've always seen on any GCC airlines. I was sitting far behind n not hearing anything but by the scene I guessed it can't be controlled by the stewardess as she has to call the ground crew security n finally the pilot as well. Huh... because of the stubbornness n the stupidness selfish bunch of people like this we were all stranded n delayed.

Once reached at the Damascus International Airport, it took us an hour to process the visa arrival. At last we were all out from the airport waited by our friend - Taufik. The temperature was 7deg c. Our place to stay is quite far from the airport. The journey took about 45 minutes.

Once settled at the apartment we went out for dinner. They were many people especially family as it's holiday here in Syria (Eid Adha holiday). The restaurant was crowded. We had pizza n shawarma. The weather at night was so cold n it was raining. It's 1deg c. My hand was freezing. Our night ended with everybody tired due to the journey n excitement for the tomorrow's activity.

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