does any of it work?

So, I travelled from Prague to Bahrain yesterday. Not by bus, of course, but by plane. it never ceases to amaze me how particularly annoying these kinds of journey can be. You'd think it was pretty straightforward. Being asked at the airport at check-in where my visa was when I didn't have one was not the greatest start to my day - thankfully she phoned someone and realised I could get it upon arrival. Phew.

Not a single one of my flights actually took off on time, although knowing my history with flying that doesn't really come as a surprise. there is always something very interesting and quintessentially British while transferring at Heathrow airport. Upon arrival we had to sit on the plane for about half an hour just waiting to get off because someone had forgotten to put the chocks on the plane and the man with the stairs was refusing to put them by the plane until the chocks were there. Of course the captain was giving us a blow-by-blow account of what was going including a minute by minute schedule of when we were going to get out of the plane. due to this, I had no time in between my flights to stop off a smiths not even to get a whiff of heat or some crisps it was straight on to the next one. Why I rushed between terminals is beyond me.

there is always that sinking feeling when you go through a gate, expect to see the plane and are confronted with a bus. We were all herded on and off we went. We then sat outside the plane on the bus for half an hour. No one of course said anything. All of us were just sat in silence staring into space. that kind of boredom that sets in when people start reading the ingredients on the back of their water bottle. I also discovered that people acutally buy and read magazines about digital cameras. You start to examine everything around you, can see who went out last night, who didn't, who got up early this morning, who didn't, who is older than you actually thought at first glance. Yet, no one breathes a word and I just sit there wondering - does any form of transport in this country actually ever work?