Fear and Loathing in Kuwait City, August 2019, Adam Johnson-Eder and Larry Eder, stuck in aforementioned airport (a 16 hour stop there saved us $5k ). It was challenging. #doha2019, #theshoeaddicts, #runblogrun,
The travel to Doha from San Francisco took 26 hours. We flew from SFO to Frankfurt, an eleven hour flight. We bummed around the Frankfurt airport, and then hung out at the Lufthansa club, which is where we get our wifi, a shower and some food. We typically fly through Frankfurt to get our various European workplaces.
Adam and Larry, Frankfurt Airport, photo by Mike Deering / The Shoe Addicts
The visit to Kuwait City saved us alot of money. Adam is the travel director, and he gets the way to save money with travel. So we spent 16 hours in Kuwait City. The challenge was this: we landed in the old Kuwait airport, and we needed to get to the new Kuwait City airport. The Lufthansa team had told us what to do, but the local staff did not a) speak much English, b) did not appreciate that Lufthansa was a partner, c) did not really care.
It took us four hours to convince the airport staff that we needed a bus to get to the other side of the airport. We stayed at an airport hotel, and got 8 hours sleep, grabbed a vegan breakfast, and then, took the bus, and headed back to the new airport.
The Kuwait air flight was full, and an easy 90 minute flight to Doha.
Travel, prior to Covid 19, was pretty relaxed. The juggling of flights, the management of work and multiple clients is what small media groups juggle in the modern age. The frustration of travel will only get worse in the modern age and the modern age with a pandemic.
