Gotcha!! You all thought I'd be in Delhi by now, recovering from my jetlag, huh? The flight from Paris to Bahrein had a delay of about 5 hours, and by the time we got to Bahrein, my flight to Delhi had already lifted off. The Gulf Air Customer Service people had however promised that the flight would have to wait for us... ah well, it's part of the deal, I have 9 months to go. A day more or less isn't going to make the difference, and besides, I did get a nice hotel room here in Bahrein, three good meals included (but Diet Coke was not included in the package - I should complain about that *wink*). The temperature is 40 degrees Celcius and very very humid. You wonder why they still have hammams here.
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