St. Patrick's Day in Bangalore
My second city in India
Upon my arrival in Bangalore, I was told that I had
to leave the airport to get to the airport. That is... there was no connection
within the airport connecting the domestic and international area. I was there
four hours before my flight, so I had to wait a while downstairs before check-in
on Sri Lankan Airlines.
After sitting around for two hours, I finally was allowed to go upstairs to the International departures area. Even though all my airlines have arrangements with Royal Jordanian, I had ALL my bags with me. They didn't do the quick transfer here. Everything was uneventful until I went to the bathroom.
When I left the men's room, I noticed a large cloud over the terminal. My first thought was "fire" but someone told me it was the hourly mosquito spraying. An airport worker said, "it happens every hour and we're fine!" And my thoughts were, "you're gonna have a three-headed baby one day." How being inside during pesticide spraying is "safe" is beyond me.
Then, as I started to go through immigration, I was stopped by an airline official who got very agitated that I had "too many bags" and I checked a third piece of luggage. I had to "pay the penalty" of 200 Indian Rupees ($20).
Once past security, I had some samosas and a Coke, and talked with a Swiss man who spent three weeks in Bangalore. He works for an IT company, and Bangalore is the IT capital of India. The Indian Institute of Technology is here, as are many companies.
For some reason, Sri Lankan restricts how many rechargeable batteries you can take. This happened during a pre-boarding inspection. I was okay but some poor German woman was distraught. She had a CD player and digital camera and had spent plenty on those batteries.
I fell asleep on the airplane again, but the stewardess woke me up saying "wedge or non-wedge?" Apparently, this was dinner. "Veg or non-veg." I missed dinner, but now I was wide awake, and my seatmates (this was one of the few full flights I had) said that a lot of people go through Sri Lanka between India and Europe because it's cheaper.
After sitting around for two hours, I finally was allowed to go upstairs to the International departures area. Even though all my airlines have arrangements with Royal Jordanian, I had ALL my bags with me. They didn't do the quick transfer here. Everything was uneventful until I went to the bathroom.
When I left the men's room, I noticed a large cloud over the terminal. My first thought was "fire" but someone told me it was the hourly mosquito spraying. An airport worker said, "it happens every hour and we're fine!" And my thoughts were, "you're gonna have a three-headed baby one day." How being inside during pesticide spraying is "safe" is beyond me.
Then, as I started to go through immigration, I was stopped by an airline official who got very agitated that I had "too many bags" and I checked a third piece of luggage. I had to "pay the penalty" of 200 Indian Rupees ($20).
Once past security, I had some samosas and a Coke, and talked with a Swiss man who spent three weeks in Bangalore. He works for an IT company, and Bangalore is the IT capital of India. The Indian Institute of Technology is here, as are many companies.
For some reason, Sri Lankan restricts how many rechargeable batteries you can take. This happened during a pre-boarding inspection. I was okay but some poor German woman was distraught. She had a CD player and digital camera and had spent plenty on those batteries.
I fell asleep on the airplane again, but the stewardess woke me up saying "wedge or non-wedge?" Apparently, this was dinner. "Veg or non-veg." I missed dinner, but now I was wide awake, and my seatmates (this was one of the few full flights I had) said that a lot of people go through Sri Lanka between India and Europe because it's cheaper.
Posted: Thu - March 17, 2005 at 01:38 PM
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