Leaving Thailand? Mind your pees and queues

"Passengers compared notes on how long they had been stranded (being based in Bangkok, I scored poorly) and tried to out-do each other with tales of hardship and woe. All the while, airline staff...

Heathrow T5 was 'national embarrassment'

The botched opening  of Heathrow's Terminal 5 generated lot of bad publicity and now even the British MP's have cited errors, inadequate training behind the chaos and called it a national embarrasment. The...

Thousands of Protesters Out in Force Against High Fuel

Thousands upon thousands of people all across Europe have taken to the streets to protest the increasingly high cost of fuel. Truckers, fishermen and anyone who uses fuel on a regular basis for their employment  have been out in force in protests, some of which have...

Tube network crippled by strike

Bicycles will be out in force over the next few days as trains grind to a halt and Londoners take to foot, bike and busses. The Bakerloo, Central, Victoria, and Waterloo & City lines (BCV) and Circle, District, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City and East London lines...

Fuel Rationing in Iran

Somehow I managed to miss the enormous queues at 11.30pm tonight while traveling home. People were queue to fill up anything available before the fuel rationing comes fully on board here in Iran.The noise from...

elections using digital & satellite technology

People standing in long lines for hours waiting to vote (like Ohioans) may soon become a thing of the past. Thanks to satellite technology.

Dublin Airport braced for busy St Patrick's weekend

 Not a bed to be found, Dublin is under siege for the weekend [well, maybe some could be found in the homes left empty by government ministers as they spread themselves worldwide with promises of leprechauns...

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