Eats, shoots and leaves

Cultural sensitivity. Scarf down, cigarette going, tried to shoot near a female airport worker, appropriately covered up, who squawked … and later made as if to intervene in our check-in process, only to grunt when she found out we were Kabul-bound. Punishment enough, I guess.

Sitting in the Marhaba Lounge - a great and glorious thing it is, too: 150 AED for two hours of speedy wireless, breakfast buffet, smoking and access to a bar and big-screen CNN.