Monday, October 30, 2006
Deportation Sweepstakes
Look at that! I've been in Qatar for nearly 4 days now and I've not been deported. That means that some of you have lost the deportation sweepstake already!
Al Jazeera did forget about me though. I arrived at the airport, was taken through customs and to the driver who was waiting outside...or not... They called him to ask where he was, and he said he'd be about an hour and I should get a taxi:
"Will they know where my compound is?"
"Oh yes"
...a little later...
"Taxi driver, do you know where this compound is?"
"Oh yes"
...lots of driving later...
"Here we are."
"This isn't it, it's got the wrong name."
"Oh ok, let's find another one.......how about this one?"
"No"
"....this one?....."
Off to a good start then!
The palace I'm living in...sorry, typo, 'place' i'm living in is HUGE, absolutely enormous. I have now unpacked all my things and it still echoes. I bought 200 pounds worth of plants - still echoes. Bought a couple of massive rugs - still echoes. I think I'm going to have to start loving echoes.
Al Jazeera did forget about me though. I arrived at the airport, was taken through customs and to the driver who was waiting outside...or not... They called him to ask where he was, and he said he'd be about an hour and I should get a taxi:
"Will they know where my compound is?"
"Oh yes"
...a little later...
"Taxi driver, do you know where this compound is?"
"Oh yes"
...lots of driving later...
"Here we are."
"This isn't it, it's got the wrong name."
"Oh ok, let's find another one.......how about this one?"
"No"
"....this one?....."
Off to a good start then!
The palace I'm living in...sorry, typo, 'place' i'm living in is HUGE, absolutely enormous. I have now unpacked all my things and it still echoes. I bought 200 pounds worth of plants - still echoes. Bought a couple of massive rugs - still echoes. I think I'm going to have to start loving echoes.
