Sleeping At The Airport and Living In Mongolia

Last week I spoke to a traveller who had stayed on their own yacht on Sydney Harbour. This week it was the other extreme. I came across a Swedish girl in transit from New Zealand and had spent a night on the seats inside the airport. Hopefully she had a more comfortable rest when she got home.

On a Qantas flight to Frankfurt was a friendly middle aged German tour guide. He spends 4 months a year as a tour guide and takes holiday groups to Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada. He has done this job for many years and has been to Australia around 25 times. In between tours he enjoys 5 week breaks at home.

Flying to Beijing was a woman who has been living in Ulan Bator (Mongolia) for the last 18 months. It was fascinating to get her insights into this country which I know very little about. One of the interesting things she said was that Mongolians in general tend not to show any facial expression when they speak. Her own background was also quite a mix. She was of German ethnic origin, was travelling on an American passport and had lived in Australia for much of her life.

Other travellers of note included a Dutch businessman and a Singapore guy who had both been to Australia around 20 times before and an English couple who had spent their whole 3 week stay with relatives in Port Macquarie.

Till next week.

Peter

Souvenirs Australia Warehouse