Ramadan to start on 11th August
Aug 10th 2010, 8:27 pm
#61
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Re: Ramadan to start on 11th August
ah right. i don't know mate. i guess you could bring food/drink with you, but then again if you're in a remote camp that's going to be a bit of a pain if we're talking several days/weeks worth...
Aug 10th 2010, 8:46 pm
#62
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Re: Ramadan to start on 11th August
I'll be living on the site. I've been reassured that it won't be an issue, but I can't see me getting there before mid-September anyway with client approvals and visas and so on. Thanks anyway!
Aug 10th 2010, 9:29 pm
#63
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Re: Ramadan to start on 11th August
Etihad will still have booze won't it?
WON'T IT?
Flying 13th...
WON'T IT?
Flying 13th...
Aug 11th 2010, 5:08 am
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Aug 11th 2010, 5:34 am
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Re: Ramadan to start on 11th August
Oi! I'm flying Friday 13th too... stop stirring
Aug 11th 2010, 6:13 am
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Aug 11th 2010, 11:03 am
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Re: Ramadan to start on 11th August
Friday 13th is great day to fly as so many superstitious people avoid travelling then.
All a load of religious based nonsense anyway.
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All a load of religious based nonsense anyway.
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Aug 11th 2010, 6:10 pm
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Re: Ramadan to start on 11th August
I have never once had alcohol on a plane... apple juice and tea all the way. I don't generally eat either. I always find that the food is crap and the thought of alcohol a no no...!
I'm the freak that sits there with a blanket on his head the whole way!
I'm the freak that sits there with a blanket on his head the whole way!
Aug 11th 2010, 8:02 pm
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Re: Ramadan to start on 11th August
On your head?
What's wrong with wrapped around your shoulders, back, chest?
What's wrong with wrapped around your shoulders, back, chest?
Aug 12th 2010, 5:17 am
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Re: Ramadan to start on 11th August
Used to take the opportunity to get loads of booze down me, now I very rarely drink (except water) and even more rarely eat (usually fly KLM, need I say more?). The Chicken Alexander in the Al Ghazal lounge is usually decent, then head down all the way back to AMS--quite often asleep before we take off and the jolt of landing wakes me up.
Aug 12th 2010, 5:28 am
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Re: Ramadan to start on 11th August
Used to take the opportunity to get loads of booze down me, now I very rarely drink (except water) and even more rarely eat (usually fly KLM, need I say more?). The Chicken Alexander in the Al Ghazal lounge is usually decent, then head down all the way back to AMS--quite often asleep before we take off and the jolt of landing wakes me up.
Apart from tomorrow as im going for a 20K run as soon as im in my hotel in Glasgow...
Aug 12th 2010, 5:56 am
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Aug 12th 2010, 5:59 am
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Re: Ramadan to start on 11th August
The quality of airplane food is a lot better than it used to be - no joke.
I've been flying regularly all my life and the trend was 1980s-decent food with real cutlery - 1990s crap food with plastic cutlery - 2000s - slowly getting better food.
Emirates has good food. Air Austria was surprisingly good. British Air is mediocre. The American airlines are awful. Air France is good. Lufthansa is pretty decent. KML is unremarkable.
I've been flying regularly all my life and the trend was 1980s-decent food with real cutlery - 1990s crap food with plastic cutlery - 2000s - slowly getting better food.
Emirates has good food. Air Austria was surprisingly good. British Air is mediocre. The American airlines are awful. Air France is good. Lufthansa is pretty decent. KML is unremarkable.