Tips for Smart Travelers
It is 4.15 am in the morning and your alarm clock has just taken away a beautiful dream. Your eyes are open but pupils are still closed, and all you see is veiled darkness. For a brief moment, you can convince yourself that your wakefulness is a mistake, that you can safely go back to sleep. But then you turn around and see your bag overflowing with too many items to be packed in. You let off a sleepy groan when you realise you have to go to the airport. The taxi is late. There should be an adjective (a synonym of sober, but pejorative) to describe the state of mind that comes from waiting in the orange glow of a streetlight before drinking a cup of coffee. And then the taxi gets lost. And then you get nervous because your plane leaves in an hour. You are catapulted into the cold glow of Terminal B, as you run with the suitcase and your flight ticket to find yourself making the long line of security check. The buckle of your belt rings the metal detector, your newly purchased costl...