Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Rachel & the hajis


Rachel & the hajis
Originally uploaded by MomLes.
Yesterday Rachel tried to leave town. Unfortunately she decided to do it at the same time as several thousand people heading out on the haj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. That would have been no problem - they were well organized and the airport was set up to deal with the situation - but there was no wind and fog descended upon İzmir. Nothing moved until mid-afternoon. Eventually we got her switched to another airline - Turkish Cyprus - that flew direct to London, and she disappeared into the boarding area about 2:30. Don't know yet when she left.

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