I welcome respected readers!
I did not publish reviews for six months, although sooo much material has accumulated from numerous trips. All hands did not reach the final strokes for lack of time. But squeezing the will into a fist, he nevertheless finished one of the stories. As a result, a review in front of you: read, criticize, judge. [Br]
I represent a flight from Dubai to Nairobi, in this part - to Mombasy. [Br] [Br] Kenya Airways airline. Flight KQ307, departure from Dubai DXB airport at 06.55, arrival at Mombasi at 11.20. Travel time is 5 hours 25 minutes. Next, 1 hour 15 minutes is a technical stop and the next departure at 12.35 in Nairobi. Time in flight 1 hour, a schedule of schedule at 13.35. The declared board is Boeing-737.
Over the past 2-3 years, I already had several published stories related to the airport named after Jomo Keniats, and with Kenya Airways airline. Therefore, initially did not plan to repeat and write again. However, he still decided due to the fact that it was not a direct flight, but with an intermediate landing in Mombas, which had not yet appeared in the reviews.
considered it too risky to fit the path from Dubai to Nairobi to one review. Not because it includes two flights, but because the text, as it was written, turned out to be too long and with an abundance of photos, which could bore the reader. Therefore, it was decided to break the review into two separate ones. Below - Part 1. Part 2 will be published later.
[Br] Choice and purchase of a ticket.
The flight consisted of even three shoulders, but a single ticket and different airlines. The first segment to Dubai, the second - to Nairobi. The segment to Dubai in this bunch was served by Flydubai airline. He passed ordinary, without remarkable details, and therefore is not worthy of attention. But on the shoulder before Nairobi, there were two solutions with Kenya Airways airline. In addition, from the initial point there was the opportunity to fly with both segments of Emirates, but it opened it - tickets cost around 60 thousand rubles. The ligament of Flydubai/Kenya has about 30 thousand, and this is with about the same service. For me, service on board is primarily food. And I trust the Kenyans in this regard - it has been checked more than once. For dates corresponding to my flight, Kenya Airways from Dubai to Nairobi executed two daily flights, one of which is non -cordial, the second was alternated: one day is also nonsense, the next day - with a landing in Mombasus. The one that the daily non -stop was executed on the A330 (with an unfamiliar livery, the operator was another airline called Hi Fly Malta) and his departure time from Dubai at one in the morning, and the arrival in Nairobi on the early morning, when it was still dark, that is, it is a night flight. The one that alternated the nonsense day/day with landing was performed mainly on B737 (less often on the non -stop version of this flight, they put a wide fuselage, B787) - flew up daily at 7 in the morning and this is, respectively, the daily flight. And if the non -stop flew to Nairobi at the area of 12 o’clock in the afternoon, then the one who flew through Mombasus made an hourly stop there and flew to Nairobi an hour and a half later. In general, such a complex mathematics. Night flights are always painful for me, especially since the first segment to Dubai also came out night. Therefore, the choice of the second segment in the presence of a daily alternative was obvious. Naturally, he fell on a daytime flight, which narrowed my search before the flight, which on this day was performed with an intermediate landing in Mombas. It will be so, I decided, and bought a ticket. At the same time, after the first flight, the transplant in Dubai fell on the whole day (visiting it was also included in the plans) and the next night.
By the way, now Kenya Airways has stopped flights from Dubai to Mombasus, and FlyDubai is currently working on this route. At the same time, the Kenyan National Carrier switched to two "clean" direct daily flights on the Nairobi -Dubai route without any intermediate landings. So I “got into the stream” in time. ”
The day before departure, I registered in the Kenya Airways app, chose a place 29a (selection of places - free). There was a luggage with him, which he planned to pass at the Flydubai flight at the beginning of the Flight, and ask that it would not have to be taken in Dubai, to register to the final point - it turned out.
I usually start a review from the city of departure, but this time I will omit this moment, because the phrase from the famous Soviet film "In Sochi, every person can be rested in our life. Time against Dubai - everyone knows him and many have been there. Moreover, this has become especially relevant in the last three years, when, along with Istanbul, he took on the role of the main gate in the rest of the world for a Russian traveler. Therefore, there is no point in showing the sore pictures of the infrastructure of Dubai. [Br]
Dubai Airport.
[Br] reached the airport a lot of time ahead of time, in the evening-bead.
, even making a discount for an hour-peak, did not expect that the Dubai metro is so overloaded. I go out at the DXB station:
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[Br] [Br]. The terminal, I see a sign indicating a departure from all gates (photo above). Following her, I am heading for the landing, rightly believing that having a boarding card and a hand -oned luggage at the first departure point, I will go through an inspection and find myself in a more comfortable clean zone. The place where the chaos was now from the crowds of people and the lack of elementary amenities, and there was no desire to deliver here for a long time before departure.
I go to the employee checking the landing ones, below in the photo he can be seen to the right of the pillar with the number 4:
He looked at my landing, and doubted. He took out some kind of apparatus, tried to count the bar code. Then he objected that he could not put me on landing, I need to expect when registering for a flight (3-4 hours before departure), approach the registration stance, where they will check the entry requirements in Kenya and only then, with the rest of the passengers, I can go into the departure zone. That's what I hit! The time was only 8 o’clock in the evening, that is, I had to spend at least 8 hours in the dirty zone! In Dubai there were no acquaintances or people whom I could turn to somehow spend this time, I also did not want to return to the city on my own, taking into account the fact that I had no idea where to go to kill the time.
for the first time, finding the free place of the register of registration and flipped through the phone in search of nearby hotels or capsule hotels. I did not find anything suitable or searched badly, because I did not feel inner enthusiasm. Something told me that there was no need to leave the airport. While sitting, I saw how the registration for a flight in Nairobi began on the contrary - but not mine, but another, which is the night and served A -330. Each passenger has a luggage mountain. I know that I’ll be so unsuccessfully stuck in an uncomfortable place of the Dubai airport for long hours, I would probably buy a ticket for this flight:
In the end, I was tired of sitting and decided to rush. He went up to the second floor and found a more comfortable atmosphere in which the cafe was scattered and tables at the panoramic window were placed. Well, this is better. It was necessary to immediately rise here: [Br]
I did not want to eat, because I noted a little in Dubai before going to the airport. In one of the recovers at this later time, a cafe bought cold tea for some penny. He occupied one table, squeezed the chairs with a semicircle and the half -row settled down by the window, peering into the darkness. Sometimes, thanks to ideal sound insulation, aircraft silently swam:
"Clushing" and sitting on solid chairs by the window also bored, and the body flowed. I walked to the nearest scoreboard to clarify the information on the flight:
The scoreboard informed that two hours left before the start of registration. The next two hours of sitting at the window and closer to the beginning of the registration went down to zone 4, where it was supposed to take place.
At the zone 4, 4 cannot count people, including passengers of my flight, which was guessed by the appearance and abundance of the Scarb. There was no information about the number of registration racks and felt the tension of the crowd waiting for its appearance to be among the first to register. Literally everyone had several units of large baggage. As soon as the scoreboard issued information, all this black brethren rushed to the racks. I, the only one without baggage, settled in the tail of a large crowd of people and suitcases. It seems that each passenger moved the whole warehouse from one state - the same picture that was observed during registration for a night flight in Nairobi. I stand in line, observing how the score of my flight switches the information on the screen, alternating items from Mombasy on Nairobi:
Due to all this abundance of bales, bauls and suitcases, it was slowly moving in it for half an hour, only on the registration rack of registration only We checked the data of my passport with information from the computer and put a small stamp in the corner of the landing coupon and that’s all. No one checked ETA for entry into Kenya. Now you can go to the gates zone:
The first control went through - where I was deployed for the first time - and finally went beyond these pillars with numbers, where I dreamed of getting 8 hours ago:
Further "contactless" border control:
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I go up to the level above and go to my gate: [Br]
But before you find myself at the gates, I get to .. [Br] [IMG] [IMG]
But of course, this is not a metro, but a shuttle that brings to gate. The train came up:
The trip in it took 2 minutes. I leave the shuttle: [Br]
I go down to the level below: [Br]
Next, the corridor turns to the right:
and I find myself in the gates zone with all Prooping: Duti-free, waiting halls, Cafe, convenient recreation areas. [Br]
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[Br] I cast a view that my gate is not to make sure that my gate is not Changed, but information about his number will appear only after half an hour:
Pay attention to the scoreboard: terminal 1, where my departure comes from, operates with various airlines with the exception of Emirates and FlyDubai, which has its own separate terminal.
The waiting room is not the traditional rows of seats, but is decorated in the form of the seats. mini-studios, where not only chairs are installed, but also small sofas on which I would pass the night, let me go here at once:
Another mini-studio, but dressed in a different color: [Br]
DUTI-Fri Dubai, bursting from wealth, put it on a draw. Mercedes E -class in the last body:
In case you have fed and you won it, but you don’t like the black color - it doesn’t matter, there is a different color option, you can take this: [Br] [IMG ID=2509990]
The airport toilet did not answer the luxury of adjacent spaces and looked strict and looked strict and looked strict and looked strict modestly. Nevertheless, he was clean and neat:
next to the toilet - installation with drinking water:
The ability to refuel water in the clean zone is an excellent idea, which, in my opinion, should be implemented in all airports. Something like an unconditional standard. But alas, even many large and famous airports do not introduce this chip.
decided to take a walk to his gate designated in the landing coupon as D12, despite the fact that there was no information on the scoreboard. [Br]
passed by the next in the account of the Duti Fri, reached the fork: [Br]
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My gate was located in the right corridor, but before going there, I looked into the left - long, deserted with grassolators: [Br]
[Br] turned right - almost immediately my gate - d12: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] He saw that here was a landing on a flight to Istanbul. Not quite what I need.
or my gate will be changed, or too early and the next flight from this gate will be in Mombasus. In any case, I did not stay in anticipation here. He returned to the zone of mini-studios, again bypassing Duty Fri shops and found himself a free green sofa, who immediately occupied:
Found the nearest scoreboard after half an hour and found that my gate was replaced by my gate D1, but the landing has not yet begun:
Well, then forward to my gate. Again, rises, descents on escalators, wandering through the corridors, interiors' examinations and familiarization with the terminal infrastructure:
For some reason, nothing worked in this place. Harchevni, cafes, restaurants - everything is closed:
British AirWays business room also did not work, which was prevented by the ad on the A4 format: [Br]
I go according to signs, go down: [Br]
Lower life below hits the key:
Outside the window has already dawned and you can approach and be curious what is outside:
I saw nothing interesting or new. On the right are two sides with Flypegas and Egyptar's acquaintances and in the distance of the Emirates: [Br]
led to my gate, which by this time was noticeably revived by this time. Just an hour ago, he was empty:
used the travator. He rode past massage, pedicure, and simply relaxing salons. By and large, they were empty, only one peasant was kneaded: [Br]
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, on the other hand, diluted broken glass:
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Further - past gate 7, further where the landing on the flight of the Mes in Beyut was ending: [Br]
Gate 6 was the last in this long corridor, in its end were gates 5 and 4. After them, the corridor turned left:
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[Gate 3 Gate 3 was expected to land on the Royal Iordanian flight in amman:
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I will fly Boeing-777 Ethiopian in Addis Abube. He photographed it at the moment when the loading of baggage ended, and after a while - when the tractor was already sucked by the front stand:
I go to my gate - the most extreme in this terminal. Despite the fact that the passengers got rid of the bulk of the belongings, having handed it over to the luggage, still almost everyone had a manual clad mountain. How they were going to carry it to the salon - it is incomprehensible:
The landing was about to begin, so did not sit down, leaned against the pillar and observed the situation.
The cabin crew followed the TV set. I consider one of the most stylish stewardesses in the stewardesses of the Kenyan Airlines:
Through the window, it seemed far away, it was possible to see the nose of our plane: [Br]
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[Br] Passing on the tellytrap showed itself in all its glory B-777 Ethiopian, which has not yet begun to tow:
and as is usually the case, due to the features of the corner of the TV set to the flying side, it was problematic to see: [Br]
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Business class - 4 rows - designed in branded but pale colors: [Br]
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But my place is not here, but in the economy, so I go further along the cabin. In the economy, the coloring of the seats is darker, I would say - more brutal:
In the places of the economy class, pillows and blankets were already folded on the seat, so when shrinkage in their place had to be somewhere. The first time is on your knees:
The back in front of the standing chair disappointed - in some Kenyan B -737, it has a multimedia system. This time I was unlucky - the back was without onna:
The rag pocket at the bottom of the chair was packed with the contents. Ficked up from there:
The pretty chewed safety instruction:
The Types of the Advertising Booklet: [Br] [IMG] [IMG]
Journal not the first freshness of the airline (June-July): [Br]
Magazine of purchases of Duti-Fri goods in flight, apparently not popular, since it looked not read to holes and is quite fresh:
Hygienic Package:
Having somehow stuffed all these magazines and booklets back into the pocket of the chair, it hardly shoved the blanket there, but there was no place for the pillow, so I tried to arrange it between the seat and side. Naturally, she then moved to the floor and was forgotten until the end of the flight.
did not check the age of the plane, but probably it was age -related. The belt buckle is strongly scratched, the belt itself has villus, such as Katyshkov, which indicates its duty to use:
The state of the illuminator also hinted at the magnificence of the side - due to invisible scuffs, either glass or intact, the picture behind the side was muddy:
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at the time of seedlings, the neighboring Ethiopian Boeing 777 began his journey to Addis Abube:
Planting in our plane ended, but for some reason there were no further actions within 20 minutes. The sun had already risen over the horizon, but it was not possible to break through the fog of the hot atmosphere:
another 5 minutes passed. Nothing changed inside, unlike the picture outside - the Emirates board was attracted here, and it seemed strange, because it was not the terminal of emirates: [Br]
also did not declare anything on the loud connection, I mean the reason for the delay. [Br] on board, rightly believing that we would just have focused without it. delays or even earlier. And only after 50 minutes, exactly at 7 hours, 10 minutes later than the declared departure time, they finally sealed the doors, began to broadcast safety instruction and towed our plane from the TV set.
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took off at 7-15, which is not at all critical. After take -off for a minute, no more, there was an opportunity to observe what was happening on the ground, then the smoke of her veil hid from the gaze of Dubai and its surroundings: [Br]
After taking off, he already less meticulously appreciated his position on board. In addition to crumpled magazines and scratched buckles of belts, there were also positive points. For example, the distance between the seats. Evaluate how large it is, which allows you to stretch my legs with high growth almost without bending your knees:
[Br] Agree that the distance between the seats is much more important than the magazine’s printing house. [Br]
And even below the seats, there was a working USB sludge, which is also very much I was pleased:
Half an hour after takeoff, the cabin crew began to prepare passengers for meals. How? They began to spread warm, wet wipes, soaked with a pleasantly smelling substance. After wiping the hands, there was nowhere to remove it, I had to attach the chair on top of the pocket:
The anticipation from the expectation of breakfast went off the way. Not because it was hungry, but because Kenya Airways flew. Kenyans can forgive all sins, starting from the little things from the category of crumpled magazines and ending with more serious and significant things, for example, indulging the schedule, transferring flights for a day or even their cancellation (one day, due to the abolition of a three-hour flight from Seychelle to the Emirates and further to Ethiopian with a hook through Dubai and Addis Abube, which took almost a day and was worth a lateness to work). So, you can forgive everything for the sake of one detail - the taste of the on -board nutrition. No Qatar Airways or Emirates can not compare with them. And I'm not talking about the way of serving, diversity and quantity, there are still no equal graders in this. Namely, about the taste, that is, about the perception of food with the taste papillae of the tongue. Yes, I agree, everyone has different tastes, but how much Kenya Airways did not fly - it always remained impressed from their kitchen.
After a damp cloth, the food was not immediately brought, but passengers flooded for another half an hour, after which they offered meat, chicken, vegetarian. I chose the meat, but for some reason they gave chicken. Either they didn’t hear or mistaken:
that the chicken later recognized when he saw the sticker with the corresponding inscription, since when he opened the plate lid inside there was a sausage. Consequently, she was chicken:
It would seem, the chicken sausage, yogurt, jam and a couple of pieces of tomatoes with cucumbers placed to the hot dish should have disappointed. To disappoint both by the number of the proposed set, and in presentability. But there was a side dish, and it was he who supported the brand of sophistication this time. He was not like anything and can’t compare with anything, I will say simply - it was unrealistically tasty! However, what it was - could not understand, but already found out in Kenya itself. It turns out that this is a variety of local, Kenyan, either beans, or peas, which was served with coconut milk in the plane (this is in the form of a whitish sauce) and this combination gave a taste for 10 out of 10. In Kenya, this pea is known and very popular, it is grown by almost every household. And I didn’t try it before, but I didn’t even know about its existence.
from drinks was offered a wide range of drinking. Whiskey is always especially in demand by Kenya Airways passengers. It was also popular this time - it was evident how it diverged well in the rows. It was taken in combination with the juice:
But I already knew what I would take to drink. Long before the appearance of a cart with a drink. Of course, my beloved Tasquer: [Br]
Drinking Tasker, stretched the eating hot. He mastered only one jar, threw the second into hand luggage. When the food was eaten, and the Bank of the beer was drunk, the breakfast was debugged with a strong Kenyan tea with a croissant:
An hour later, after eating, the porthole has already flown over Africa, more precisely, over the somali:
It was time to get up from your place, walk along the cabin and look into the toilet. Opening the toilet door almost buried his head into the open door of the side wall, behind which hygienic supplies were stored:
snapped the door. The toilet looked clean, but its time was patted, which was visible on the wiped surfaces:
Delivered that the soap was spilled into the flan with a pattern and inscription of the South African Airlink:
I return to the place. The salon to the eyeballs, the increase in the side is 100%:
Since I mentioned the filling, I will also reveal the national composition of the flight passengers. I judge not by passports, which, of course, no one showed, but in appearance. White are a few units, maybe 3-4 for the whole side. There are few Indians, too, saw several people. Kenytsev, and other black Africans - the vast majority, at 70 percent. The rest, and this is about every fifth passenger - Black Muslims - Somalians, who betrayed which a characteristic robe. And it is not a fact that they flew in a Mogadisho with a transplant, probably all local ones, I mean living in Kenya, since every year there are more and more, in particular, in Nairobi.
only an hour and a half has passed since the team gathered trays with the remnants of breakfast, as .. She again rolled out the carts and began the distribution of packages with packages Something and offer to drink. The bags with something turned out to be a mixture of macadamia nuts and cashews made at home and packed specifically for Kenya Airways: [Br]
I did not want to be beer, I asked for wine. As in the history of beer, I did not specify how much I need, I simply said "Red Wine", in response to which two sealed bottles were given. I consider it a good tradition of Kenyan Airlines not to make tribute in this matter and offer a passenger alcohol with a margin:
Wine had a brightly -propelled red color and was amazing:
With a closer acquaintance with the information on the label, its origin was established - South Africa and that in the first bottle is the crop of 2022, in the second - 2023 Years:
I absolutely did not want to eat, so he uncorked the older wine and dragged him a little, biting with nuts. He did not open the second bottle, he threw into a hand luggage in a couple to Tasquar with the intention of dinner in the evening to dash at home with red wine.
flew over the Kenia. Usually, when you fly from the Persian Gulf countries in Nairobi, the plane meets with Africa in the Somali area and delves into the continent. But this time the plane flew into Mombasus, so the route was different - the Indian Ocean coastal line swam in the porthole, covered in some places by clouds:
began to decline, continuing to fly along the coast. There, below, resort zones were already recognizable: first Malindi, followed by Vatam and further - Kilifi. In these areas there are pretty good places for a beach holiday with appropriate infrastructure. Yes, the most famous beaches are in Diana, which south of Mombasy, who rank almost to the top of the top of the best beaches of East Africa. But at the resorts that the plane now flew over, its color, in addition to the local population, who loved mainly Italians:
The wide strip of beach, covered with white sand and limited on the one hand by the ocean, with its bottom, protected by reefs and algae, and on the other hand, and on the other hand, and on the other hand. Tropical vegetation:
In Malindi has its own airport with the status of international. A couple of years ago, I had a review on this resource about departure from this airport.
Kenya is an amazing and diverse country in terms of the natural component. Along the resort coast, life on the one hand is calm and measured on the one hand, and on the other, it is filled with various types of outdoor activities. The local population is more friendly than in the capital of the country. Not even friendly, and if you put it more correctly - more familiar to a white person who feels relaxed and safe there. All this flashed in my head, as the plane decreased over familiar places. For example, we fly by the Kilifi bridge in the city of the same name. Repeatedly drove through it by car:
As it decreases and approaches the airport, the coastline moved 15-20 km. We fly past the airport of Vipingo Ridge. This is not even an airport, but simply a soil strip for the take -off/landing of small aircraft, the network of which is very saturated in Kenya:
on the runway came from the north, without reversal/turns. This meant that Mombas would be on my part. But the city center is located quite far from the airport and it could hardly be discerned at the approach:
Podorada of Mombasy with a random street system and houses scattered in dense disorder:
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Before touching the A109 highway, leading in Nairobi, called in local circles, it is simple - Mombas Road: [Br]
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on the run, a terminal with one or two aircraft flickered in the distance:
In the distance from the terminal, there was a Boeing 737 of a cargo Egyptian Airmaster:
After braking, they turned on the steering wheel. We drive along the abandoned equipment and some warehouses:
We drive up to the terminal:
Stop. We stopped at the TV set, but through the porthole I saw a mobile ladder approaching the back door. So the landing will be through both exits:
And the truth, sitting on the back rows, including me, went to the exit through the back door:
The first inhalation of African air (noting that it is a little more humid and "resort" than in Nairobi) and first glance at the bright world, not through a clouded porthole, and welcome to my international airport (Mombasa) !:
The following on foot. I turn around to take a picture of the side:
On this, the first part of the review ends.
[Br] [Br]. [Br] [Br] The duration of the flight was 4 hours 40 minutes. Despite the later departure (at 7.15 instead of the declared time according to the schedule at 6.55), they flew even 25 minutes earlier (the plane landed at 10.56).
Airport of departure, DXB, terminal 1 - rather comfortable, logistics, with elements of luxury. However, this is Dubai, it cannot be otherwise. But he passes through himself quite a few passengers from different parts of the world, and seems a little overloaded and therefore tired. The disadvantage of this terminal is chaos and the lack of free spaces in the dirty zone. Rather, of its part where registration for flights is carried out. But this is personally my subjective assessment, based on spending a long time there. If you arrive three hours before departure, this drawback can not be noticed. Therefore, in general, this does not affect the total score, which, of course, 5 out of 5. Well, okay, not 5, but somewhere between 4.5 and 5.
What can you evaluate the service provided by the airline?
For food - definitely 5 points. And the question is not only in the taste of on -board nutrition (yet this is an assessment of variable and depending on the taste preferences of the passenger - someone, perhaps, on the contrary, turns from beans), but in a pleasant surprise - the second snack was proposed and this is only 4 hours 40 minutes for the total flight time. And the fact that the airline during the flight unlimitedly pumps the passenger with various alcohol to choose from is even more increasing the score and displays it to 6 out of 5)!
Comfort during the flight - between 5 and 4. I would have set up 5, but I got an airplane without a multi media system on board. A high score for comfort is primarily for a large distance between the seats, which is very valuable for high passengers.
Compliance with the schedule is 5 points. It seems that they flew out later for 20 minutes, but they flew 25 minutes earlier and besides, in those days the flight very often lingered for an average of 2-3 hours. So I was lucky. [Br]
In the second part, the respected reader will read and find out about:
- the details and nuances of the passage of customs at the airport, where Tarantino dialogs had to be conducted;
- my view of my airport;
- in short, fly into the final part of the trip- Nairobi. [Br] [Br] [b] Therefore, before the meeting! [Br] [Br] [Br]
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