Our backpacks were packed. The house was clean. Ready to go! At Schiphol my friend Stefanie came to wave us goodbye. We would first have flights to Cairo - Egypt and there we would transfer to a flight to Mumbai. In the plane we got free earphones for listening radio and tv, all channels had nice arabic music. At the moment the food got served I realized we might not get vegetarian meals. And I was right, "chicken or beef" they asked... So we only ate a white bun, a saladleave that I picked out of a tunasaladbox and a small desert. Shame we didn't know we had to order that beforehand, luckily we had also some nice tofu and salad on bread taken from home. The service of EgyptAir was ok, eventhough everyone had to go get drinks themselves from the back of the plane, they didn't bring it around.
The flight went well. In Cairo Jaakko bought some beers thinking that we could take them in the plane. At the securitycheck he had some fun with the Egyptian guards; he had to throw the beers away or drink them sitting next to the guards. Anyone who knows Jaakko knows what he chose to do. At the airport was a big variety of people; south africans, muslims, hindus all dressed in their traditional clothes. It was a nice view. Waiting for the flight to Mumbai we checked the laptop and shared the adapter with a friendly traditionally dressed muslimboy.
The second flight was a sleeping flight from 23 o'clock to 8 o'clock in the morning. There was a pillow and blanket on every seat. The seat next to us stayed empty so we had some space for our legs to comfortably lay in sleeppossition. In the middle of the night the crew woke us with food, this time we had a nice veggie meal. This was possible because there were so many hindu people, of which most are having a vegetarian diet, on board. We had a short 'sleep' as 3 hours later breakfast was already served.
The flight went well. In Cairo Jaakko bought some beers thinking that we could take them in the plane. At the securitycheck he had some fun with the Egyptian guards; he had to throw the beers away or drink them sitting next to the guards. Anyone who knows Jaakko knows what he chose to do. At the airport was a big variety of people; south africans, muslims, hindus all dressed in their traditional clothes. It was a nice view. Waiting for the flight to Mumbai we checked the laptop and shared the adapter with a friendly traditionally dressed muslimboy.
The second flight was a sleeping flight from 23 o'clock to 8 o'clock in the morning. There was a pillow and blanket on every seat. The seat next to us stayed empty so we had some space for our legs to comfortably lay in sleeppossition. In the middle of the night the crew woke us with food, this time we had a nice veggie meal. This was possible because there were so many hindu people, of which most are having a vegetarian diet, on board. We had a short 'sleep' as 3 hours later breakfast was already served.
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