D-Day

D-Day. I wasnt convinced this would actually have to happen, but it has and after a brief stop in the departure lounge to pick up some last minute things Im onto the aircraft and on my way. I am trying to keep focussed on the reasons I must go else I would stay on the plane and it would bring me back again! My best strategy is to just go, get the job done as quickly as possible and get back home. The queues to get to through immigration were horrendous. They have started fingerprinting everyone coming in and the machines failled. After initially being put in a fast track queue we were sent to the back of one of the normal queues and only let Saudi Residents fast track. It took 3 hours. My fellow passengers told me that was a record, but my driver said he sometimes had to wait for 6 or 7 hours for people to get through passport control. My appartment in one of the fortified compounds was not ready for me so I was to stay in a Hotel for a few nights. Although classed as a 4* it is basic but comfortable. It would struggle to get a UK star rating although I can see that when new it would have been pretty nice. It just needs a bit of TLC.