October 13, 2006

Please Open The Hatracks With Care

Good Morning, the local time is 6am, Friday 13th of October, Welcome to Arabia! Possibly not the best day to be flying over Iraqi airspace, but we'll find out! lol.

The Middle East is one of the most amazing places I've every been. The land of the horse lords, desert oasis's and ancient cites. The buildings here are unlike anything I've ever seen. I had the fortune of sitting beside a local on the plane, who explained the interesting places to see, the names of mountains and what it is like to do business/live in this part of world—apparently it's not a good place to have a credit card, as the interest rate is 43%!! This is definitely one place I intend to return to the explore, as my time here on this trip is very brief.

If you're wondering about the title, when the Arabic was translated to English on the plane, the Arabic word for "Over head locker" became "Hatrack" in English—however I seemed to have left my bowler hat at home!!

The view at 40,000 feet

Posted by Matt at October 13, 2006 5:58 AM

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