elizabethtasker ,
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I have made it to Delhi but am probably going to miss my connection 🤦🏼‍♀️

enigma ,
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@elizabethtasker
What about the air quality? You still seem to keep on breathing in Delhi's public traffic?

elizabethtasker OP ,
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@enigma I was only there for a short time, so I didn’t notice any issue.

elizabethtasker OP ,
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OK, so it turns out Delhi Airport is EFFICIENT. I sat in a corner and mulled over fog (the cause of my missed connection), when my phone pinged with a new flight reservation: at 5:20am.

So maybe Delhi Airport was TOO efficient.

I was booked into an incredibly nice hotel, but with an airport shuttle booked for 2am.

I walked up to my room door, pondering the very long day that was going to begin rather too soon, and… entered to see a guy exiting the en-suite 😳

rdviii ,
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stagerabbit ,
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@elizabethtasker This can't be the end of that story

elizabethtasker OP ,
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@stagerabbit on the road again so internet is in fits and starts 😅

conflummoxed ,
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@elizabethtasker - I hope you are not going to say that he came with the room.

grb090423 ,
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@elizabethtasker

😯😯😯

elizabethtasker OP ,
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“Uh, is this room 314?”

I knew it had to be since the keycard had worked to open to door. The surprising human addition to the room checked the number, confirmed he too was in room 314… and invited me in.

I declined 😑

Upon reappearing at reception, I was given a new room key and someone came up with me to ensure that this room was indeed single occupancy.

With that occupancy being myself.

Fortunately, yes.

grb090423 ,
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@elizabethtasker

Oh goodness! Not a good start when all you want to do after a long journey is get into your own room and chill 😥

elizabethtasker OP ,
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@grb090423 on reflection, it doesn’t make you feel particularly safe, despite the very swanky nature of the hotel! Fortunately, this didn’t really occur to me until this morning 😅

grb090423 ,
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@elizabethtasker

Ah, hence your subsequent post about W H Smith, M&S & Hamleys.

Hope the rest of your trip is 👍👍👍

neckspike ,
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@elizabethtasker
You wandered into the intro to a porn movie

elizabethtasker OP ,
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@neckspike I think the guy was joking when he said to come in (he was perfectly pleasant!) but it definitely had that kind of feel to it 😂

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@elizabethtasker @neckspike Likely some kind of scam. Good that you got out of it, I can totally see someone very naive thinking they had no choice or seeing it as an opportunity, staying and getting blackmailed for it later. 🙄

elizabethtasker OP ,
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@A_bee @neckspike I don’t think so: it felt like a genuine mistake by the hotel.

A_bee ,
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@elizabethtasker @neckspike Whew! That’s good!

elizabethtasker OP ,
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@A_bee @neckspike at least, that’s how I’m going to consider it 😅

schnedan ,
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@elizabethtasker ... as long as it is not room 101...

elizabethtasker OP ,
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At Delhi airport substantially before the crack of dawn. There’s a WHSmiths, Marks & Spencer, and Hamleys toy store here 🤨

CStamp ,
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@elizabethtasker Is that a good thing?

elizabethtasker OP ,
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@CStamp It’s a surprise, as they’re all British stores. I have seen them in Dubai before, but nowhere else.

simonbp ,
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@elizabethtasker The Raj never died, just mutated

grb090423 ,
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@elizabethtasker

🤦‍♀️😖

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