| Basel airport (BSL):
Part of the airport is in France (EU), and the other in Switzerland (non-EU).
Flight arrived, got baggage, cleared EU immigration since I was taking a bus to Freiburg, Germany. Noticed forex counter was closed. Asked, was told to use Forex counter on Swiss side. Exited EU, entered Switzerland, got forex. No buses from Swiss side to Germany, so exited Switzerland, entered EU.
For return trip, arrived from France side, had to clear Swiss immigration to get to the Swiss side to get to the BA check-in counter. Then, had to clear EU immigration to get back to the EU side where the gate is. At the gate area, there is no smoking allowed. So, exited EU, entered Switzerland, went to the smoking area (which is on the other side of a glass partition from the EU gates), exited Switzerland, entered EU, and got back to my gate.
Just knew that US customs was going to flag me upon my return home.
San Pedro Sula, Honduras (circa 1987):
Restroom lit by one naked lightbulb. Dog in restroom eating something off the floor; was friendly though!
All pax kept in a windowless room waiting for transfer flight to Roatan. When enough pax wanted to have a smoke, security guard escorts the group out of the room and onto the airfield. Airfield is full of modern military planes and helicopters, and hundreds of military personnel walking about. No person or eqpt has any national markings, though it is obvious that this is US military. The Guatemala/Nicaragua Contra thing; "advisors".
Narita, Tokyo:
So many lovely ladies, so long to wait for connecting flight, so painful to have erection for such a long time. |