Iceman wrote:
> On May 9, 8:50 am, erilar wrote:
> > In article <1178655696.594656.146...@e51g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
> >
> > Iceman wrote:
> > > Anyone who complains about airports like Heathrow obviously hasn't
> > > spent any time in real Third World airports.
> >
> > Heathrow was a pain, but nowhere near as bad as CDG.
>
>
> Heathrow and CDG don't have packs of unlicensed taxi drivers hassling
> you. They don't have airport staff who ask for bribes to do their
> jobs. You don't have to worry about your checked bags being opened
> and looted. They don't have endless delays for no reason. And there
> are some stores and some minimal places to eat or get a drink if
> you're stuck there for a couple hours. Fly into Guadalajara or Seoul-
> Kimpo or almost any Indian or African airport and get back to us.
Until you mentioned the names, I thought you were talking about LAX!
Although I must say, those beggars who pose as airport employees wearing
large ID tags seemed to be missing this time around. TSA made a mess of my
carefully packed bags, as usual. Nothing was missing though (I had strands
of pearls and other stones in my carry on to foil them). With time to
kill, it was fun to sit outside and watch the various uniformed police-type
persons (america abounds in uniformed official people who are various sorts
of security/police/rubbish collectors) do battle with the various drivers of
taxis, shuttles, and god-knows-what.
as for food, I seem to find myself visiting the MacDonalds in terminal 4
(delta) rather a lot.
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