I had a lonng journey... 30 hours with 4/5 hours layover in both Bahrain and London ...
Bahrain - Manama airport - looked like any other Indian airport ! Only peculiar things were - PRAYER rooms - male / female respectively - something I dont remember seeing in any of the Indian domestic airports...
And there was free internet access kiosks- unlike London - the famous Heathrow airport . These kiosks had keys dedicated to smileys :-) and :-( as well ...
After 6-7 hours of tiresome journey , landed in the city of River Thames - London. The top view of the city looked like a lego block city with planned homes in form of blocks , divided by Thames river , car parked in super - organized fashion ! ...
The airport was like a shopping mall - all designer stores BIGG TIME - selling there - but 99 percent operated by - guess who -- 24 X 7 hard working INDIANS !
Some interesting stuff was :
-selling traveller's regimes in lot of products specially skin care and electronics
-interesting shelf displays
- and MOST interesting was - the discount board text - where it said -- AT LEAST 30% off and not like Indian sale boards of UPTO 30% off !
This airport was SUPER HIGH on security - three times security check before boarding - at different times and check points.
There was a multi faith prayer room too - but this one was common for both genders.
Only thing common on both airports - STARBUCKS .. I realized - starbucks is actually connecting countries..
Bahrain - Manama airport - looked like any other Indian airport ! Only peculiar things were - PRAYER rooms - male / female respectively - something I dont remember seeing in any of the Indian domestic airports...And there was free internet access kiosks- unlike London - the famous Heathrow airport . These kiosks had keys dedicated to smileys :-) and :-( as well ...
After 6-7 hours of tiresome journey , landed in the city of River Thames - London. The top view of the city looked like a lego block city with planned homes in form of blocks , divided by Thames river , car parked in super - organized fashion ! ...The airport was like a shopping mall - all designer stores BIGG TIME - selling there - but 99 percent operated by - guess who -- 24 X 7 hard working INDIANS !Some interesting stuff was :
-selling traveller's regimes in lot of products specially skin care and electronics
-interesting shelf displays
- and MOST interesting was - the discount board text - where it said -- AT LEAST 30% off and not like Indian sale boards of UPTO 30% off !This airport was SUPER HIGH on security - three times security check before boarding - at different times and check points.
There was a multi faith prayer room too - but this one was common for both genders.
Only thing common on both airports - STARBUCKS .. I realized - starbucks is actually connecting countries..
nice insights!!! :)
ReplyDelete30% Off is good :)
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