“The 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull were volcanic events in Iceland which, although relatively small for volcanic eruptions, caused enormous disruption to air travel over six days in
April 2010.”
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The other day I found my diary and drawings . . . I was 5,969 miles away in HK returning home, or trying to with BBC colleagues Laura, Chris and Tom.
Now we were in Istanbul.
April
19 Monday We left Dubai 02:35
and into Ataturk Airport at 06:00. The deepest sleep I have ever had on a plane
- the threat of constant standby or the MacDonald’s we had at Dubai Airport?
Our lodgings are a small Best Western near Topkapi Palace and out comes the sun.
Our lodgings are a small Best Western near Topkapi Palace and out comes the sun.
The call to prayer mingles with the tap
tap of carpenters across the street. A tour around the Blue Mosque and
then to conference calls and briefs and counter briefings to those brilliant people
in London what are trying to get us home.
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| The call to prayer |
Spirits reasonably high but oscillating
between happy (when we have a plan) and less than happy when one component of it
falls over.
Hey Ho we move again tomorrow.
Hey Ho we move again tomorrow.
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| Arriving in Istanbul |
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