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Aladdin's adventure at Esplanaden 50 in Copenhagen


Friday 17th of October 2014 and we left port of Fujairah behind. We had got water at the
Yet another Smiley on www.aladdin.stAgent's office but I finished my bottle in a jiff. We were waiting outside the custom for one of the Agents to return with our passports. He had to return to the office to Aladdin's adventure in Fujairah, UAE with Roy Maersktake copies of our entry stamps in the passports.

We waited and waited and I asked our driver to call him to ask if he could bring a bottle of water for me from the office.

But by then he was on the way, never mind, I will make it to the hotel without dying of thirst. I asked the driver if they accepted credit cards. He suggested that I should use US Dollars as I didn't had any of the local Pesetas. I told him that I wanted to try my credit cards instead of changing a 100 Dollar bill and get a wheel barrel of the local pesetas back in change. He thought that I had Aladdin's adventure in Fujairah, UAE with Roy Maerskto buy more than one bottle of water.
- OK, lets go to Dubai.

Change of mind and we made the de-tour to Fujairah city and I bought 4 bottles of Diet Pepsi and we were soon leaving a sad Fujairah behind. The place looked very boring and for sure, I was happy that I had never wasted any time going ashore here. What a disappointment to go ashore here. well, anyway, as soon as we left Fujairah city behind I recognised Fujairah as I remember it 20 years ago

Mountains and rocks for as long as we could see, and no vegetation at all. A very barren landscape and yet again, I was happy to live in Bangkok.

Aladdin's adventure in UAE with Roy Maersk
On our way to Dubai and we're passing... well, nothing

Aladdin's adventure in UAE with Roy Maersk
On our way to Dubai and we're passing... well, nothing

Aladdin's adventure in UAE with Roy Maersk
On our way to Dubai and we're passing... well, nothing

Aladdin's adventure in UAE with Roy Maersk
Suddenly, we were in the desert

Aladdin's adventure in UAE with Roy Maersk
Driving through the desert

Aladdin's adventure in UAE with Roy Maersk
We stop for some pictures of the desert

Aladdin's adventure in UAE with Roy Maersk
We stop for some pictures of the desert

Aladdin's adventure in UAE with Roy Maersk
We stop for some pictures of the desert

There was a new high way between Fujairah and Dubai, 4 lanes in each direction but the roads were empty. We left the mountains behind and we were suddenly in the middle of the desert. We Aladdin's adventure in UAE with Roy Maersksaw camels, but too far away so pictures was out of the question. But we would stop if we spotted any Camels close by.

We stopped in the desert for a few pictures and when we left we were on the look out for Camels.

We saw Camels but far away and no road access and we were soon spotting Dubai high risers in the horizon. Of course, it would have been nice with a picture of a Camel. But never mind, now I want to get to my hotel.

According to my driver the hotel is located in the middle of the shopping area and I was happy. There might be a chance to repair my military Special Forces grade LumiNox piece of crap for wrist watch. And I need a new iPod so I will go to have a look for these items.

Aladdin's adventure in UAE with Roy Maersk
Approaching Dubai

We arrived to the Royal Ascot hotel around 10 o'clock and I went to check out the breakfast. Well, not was I was hoping for and I skipped the breakfast. They told me that the shops didn't open until 4 o'clock in the afternoon as it was Friday. But the shopping malls were open. A shower and I had time to update my web page before leaving for the shopping mall at 12.

Yet another Smiley on www.aladdin.st And if I'm lucky I can find ice cream at the shopping mall. Took me quite some time to find a taxi. I walked around and I had almost walked all the way to Astoria Hotel when I Aladdin's adventure at Entrecote Cafe de Parisfound a free taxi and I was soon on the way to Dubai Mall.

No iPod, just iPod touch screen with 64GB. But I found a 128GB Micro SD card so I bought this for my phone and no more need for any iPod. I can carry my music in my phone. I walked around looking for a place to repair my military Special Forces grade LumiNox piece of crap for wrist watch.

I found a place and they told me to come back after 20 minutes. I went to an Italian restaurant, the food and desserts looked very good. But the restaurant was in the middle of a shop so I turned around. I ended up at Entrecote Cafe de Paris. Only 2 main courses to choose from and I was very hesitant when I entered.

I took a seat and I asked for a pot of tea and an Angus Beef or whatever they called it. I got my pot pot tea and I was disappointed. I had asked them if they had pots of tea.
Aladdin's adventure at Entrecote Cafe de Paris- Yes
- OK, where can I sit?

Now they brought me a pot at the same size of the cup. Not what I had expected.
- No problem, we refill the pot for you
- Well, that was not the purpose with the pot. Now I will have to sit and call you all the time.

I asked for fresh bread and she was soon back with a tray.
- Black or white bread?
There were two rolls on the tray, one black and one white. I told he that I took both. I asked for butter and she told me they didn't served butter. But she was soon back with a bowl of mustard. I asked for a chocolate mousse with whipped cream for dessert.

I got a plate of salad and they were soon back with a plate of French fries and a plate of Entrecote on some sauce. This was one of the best steaks I have ever had, and I have had Kobe steak in Japan!

She passed me on the way to another customer and she had a plate in her hand. Something that looked like chocolate. I called her and I asked what it was.
- It is gâteau d....
She looked at me and I gave her the “please, give me a break” glimpse and she was quick to Aladdin's adventure in UAE with Roy Maerskrectify herself
- .... it is a brownie

Of course, gâteau de chocolate sounds better than a brownie. I asked her for a gâteau d... Brownie
- You want to change your chocolate mousse for the brownie
- No, I can have both, with whipped cream
- You like whipped cream?

I got my desserts and I asked for more whipped cream and she was soon back with a Yet another Smiley on www.aladdin.stbowl. The extra whipped cream they had put on the plates was at least to say pathetic. Well, anyway, I was soon off to pick up my watch and I went to Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoolook for a taxi. I passed a sign pointing towards to Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo. I went there and I paid 80 Scooby Dollars for the entrance ticket. Down from 120.
- Boat tour?
- No, I just want to walk around
- Feeding the fish?
- No, take away everything. I only want to walk around
- Ok, then it is 80

I entered a tunnel and I was on the other side after 30 seconds. What was this? I was about to go to the Police to report a robbery. 80 Scooby Dollars for this??!! But the Underwater Zoo was on Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoothe 2nd floor and I went upstairs.

I walked around for an hour or so before I left. My feet was hurting. I have not been using my safari shoes for 3 months and I really need to start walking around for them to get used before taking off to Africa. Greenland and Iceland, well, I think I will wear sneakers.

I took a taxi back to the hotel to rest my feet and I was going to try to upload my music treasure on my new MicroSd Diet Pepsicard on the phone. It was so nice to get out of my shoes, but as I finished my last Diet Pepsi it was soon time to take on the shoes again to go out to look for a Diet Pepsi.

Aladdin's adventure in UAE with Roy Maersk







One thing is for sure, I will soon have to make up my mind about my shoes. I bought 3 cans of Diet Pepsi and I was limping back to my hotel. I had spent about one hour walking around the area around Astoria Hotel. I recognised the area from when I was here back in 1995, or was it 1996? Never mind when it was, it was a long time ago and Astoria hotel looks a Aladdin's adventure in UAE with Roy Maersklittle worn now a days.

I'm looking for a pair of Bluetooth headphones and I was disappointed as all the electronic shops looked like bazars, worn down bazars.

Places like this is something I expect to find in Egypt and places like that and I gave up the idea, can as well buy them in Bangkok. I found a Supermarket that looked some what clean and I stopped to buy 3 cans of Diet Pepsi.

Aladdin's adventure at Royal Ascot Hotel in Dubai
My hotel

3 and a half hours to the pick up for transportation to the airport. I stopped at the steak house at the hotel for dinner before I returned to my room. Well, one thing is for sure, they know how Aladdin's adventure at Royal Ascot Hotel in Dubaito make steaks in this town. I had an excellent steak with Rosemary sautéed potatoes. I selected mustard as sauce believing that it was a mustard sauce. They brought a bowl of mustard to the table.

What is is with Dubai and mustard? But I dipped the potato in the mustard and this must have been the best mustard I have ever tried. I was very satisfied when I left for my room.

2 and a half hour before it is time to leave for the airport. I'm tired and I will stay up and I will Yet another Smiley on www.aladdin.st hopefully sleep all the way to Frankfurt.

The driver came to pick me up 5 minutes after 10 thirty and I was in the terminal passed immigration and security quarter to midnight. Dubai, this airport will make it high on shitty airports. Nowhere to sit and no WIFI. Seriously, it is 2014. I was not in a good mode. No hotel reservation in Copenhagen so I need to check my e-mails. Well, I take a taxi from Kastrup to Store Robert. I check my email there and if no reservation I make my own booking in Helsingborg, Sweden. Cheaper, well, Maersk are paying, but the food is better than in Denmark

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Saturday 18th of October 2014
and I was at the gate C15 30 minutes after midnight and we started to board not long after that. I was not looking forward to this flight. I asked for a aisle seat when I checked in.
- The flight is full, but I will have a look.

So I was pleasantly surprised when I got an aisle seat on Lufthansa's light LH 631 but on flight LH 822 from Frankfurt to Copenhagen I have to sit at the window. Never mind, last flight is only an Aladdin's adventure with Lufthansa's flight LH 631 in Dubaihour long or so. Well, one thing is for sure, the trip back home have started very bad. Seriously, I had expected much much more from Dubai International airport.

Voted best this and that.... Blah! Seriously, 2014 and no restaurants and WIFI. Yes, there was MC Donald’s, but I'm talking restaurants and coffee shops where you can sit down relax. And no sit down relaxing area. I was soon on board flight LH 631 and I took my seat. The flight was really full and one of the last to board told me that I was sitting on her seat. I was sitting on seat 46G and my seat was 45G and I was a wee bit embarrassed.

OK, from here turn of events was in my favour. Maybe because of all the shit I have experienced in my life. She took my seat and I stayed in her seat. We had Aladdin's adventure with Lufthansa's flight LH 631 to Frankfurt4 girls from Germany boarding the plane. Between 20 and 25 years old and their seat assignments had spread them around the plane and they wanted to sit together. I had a German guy next to me and an old German lady in the aisle seat on the other side. A 3 seat row as we were on the last row.

The lady left to go speak with the girls, it was more than 30 years ago I studied German so I didn't understand much. But I could understand “doppel idiot” “dumkopf” “Helmut und Helga”. But I could see them doing a few castling (Rochade in German, just a bonus info) up front and the girls could sit together in a row with 4 seats.

Suddenly, the guy next to me disappeared and I could not believe my luck when he brought his stuff with him. So me and the old German lady and I was having a empty seat between us, the only Aladdin's adventure with Lufthansa's flight LH 631 to Frankfurtempty seat on board. How lucky can you get?

Airbus, and the comfort left much to wish for. It was a short flight, 6 hours, but 6 hours in Airbus monkey class was like 24 hours. And we were late, the map showed that we would arrive 30 minutes late to Frankfurt.

06:45 instead of 06:15 and flight LH 822 to Copenhagen depart at 07:15. So I was sure that I would miss this flight and the opportunity to buy winter clothing in Copenhagen before Monday. I asked the crew and they told me it was no problem, only 10 minutes late. yes, exactly the reason Lufthansawhy I haven’t been flying with Lufthansa for many years. They treat the passengers like idiots.

Last time I was changing flight in Munich and a lady, 60 to 70 years old. We were in business class and we were both on the same flight to Sweden. We were late and they asked the old lady Lufthansato run to the next gate. I could not beleive my ears and I made a mental note to try to avoid Lufthansa when I could. But KLM is worse.

Or I like KLM less than Lufthansa and this time I could chose between KLM and Lufthansa so I choose Lufthansa and I'm happy to make yet another lost ticket sale for KLM

Lufthansa, it was obvious that we would be more than 10 minutes late and when we were 20 minutes late Lufthansa(still in the air) I went back to the galley. Now there was a stewardess telling me that it was no problem.
- We're only 20 minutes late
I could not believe my ears
- We're 20 minutes late already and no sign of us descending to Frankfurt anytime soon.

We were out of the plane 5 minutes after 7 and I had given up all the hope. But the crew tried to blow smoke up our asses until the last second. There was a couple next to me, they were also bound for Copenhagen. One of the Stewards told them that Gate A52 was next to the arrival gate, just 2 gates up. I could not help myself, I had to intervene.
- What about Immigration and security?
- Yeah, you have to go through that
He left red in the face
- TWAT!

I was in the security when I spotted the departure monitors, flight LH 8ss was delayed from Aladdin's adventure with Lufthansa's flight LH 822 to Copenhagen07:15 to 07:45. How much luck can one guy have during one trip? After all this luck from Dubai I expected us to crash on the way to Copenhagen.

I walked to the gate, and as the Steward told us “You're lucky! The gate is only 2 gates up from arriving gate” Yeah, if it would have been 4 gates we could as well have walked to Copenhagen. 2 gates was far enough to walk, and I was very tired after 3 nights of Aladdin's adventure on board Lufthansa's flight LH 822 to Copenhagennot enough sleep.

Mr Aladdin??!! The staff in the gate greeted me when I came and I went through the gate to the waiting bus. Only 3 girls missing, maybe the reason for them to be able to guess that I was “Mr” Aladdin

We got out of the bus and I found my row, # 11. My seat was 11F. This was the window seat and there was a girl so I had to take the middle seat. By now I was convinced that we would crash on the way to Aladdin's adventure on board Lufthansa's flight LH 822 to CopenhagenCopenhagen. We were in the emergency exit row and in this row the middle seat are always wider. Very comfortable and I wish I could have had this seat between Dubai and Frankfurt.

Aladdin's adventure on board Lufthansa's flight LH 822 to Copenhagen









Lufthansa's flight LH 822 turned out to be, if not a pleasant flight it was at least OK. My bags had made it with the flight as well and I was soon on my way in a taxi to Store Robert to buy winter clothing. If I had forgotten the name, never mind, I knew I was at the right place when they used anti aircraft balloons instead of mannequins in the windows. I paid the taxi driver and I took a few pictures before stepping inside.

Aladdin's adventure at Store Robert at Valby Langgade 26 in Copenhagen
Store Robert in Copenhagen

Aladdin's adventure at Store Robert at Valby Langgade 26 in Copenhagen
Store Robet in Copenhagen

Aladdin's adventure at Store Robert at Valby Langgade 26 in Copenhagen
Store Robert in Copenhagen

I had never been there before but the guy knew who I was as soon as I stepped inside. In shorts and carrying luggage straight from Kastrup, Copenhagen's International airport. We had exchanged Aladdin's adventure at Store Robert at Valby Langgade 26 in Copenhagene-mails from when I was in Africa and he brought out the clothes I had seen on their web page.

There was no WIFI at Store Robert and I needed to check my e-mail for hotel reservation from Maersk. I left my bags at Store Robert and I went to look for a place with WIFI.

And I as really happy for my new jacket as it was very cold outside. I ordered tea and two rolls at the first place, a waste of money as they didn't had any WIFI. But it was nice with the tea and some food. One of the customers told me about an internet cafe up the road.

I finished my tea and I left to have a look for the internet cafe. I saw a torn sigh looking like a @ but it was a b looking like a @ so it must be something with internet. I went in side and they Aladdin's adventure at Snabel B at Valby in Copenhagenhad WIFI so I ordered a mango milkshake.

No hotel reservation and I looked for a room in Helsingborg. Marina Plaza was full so I choose Best Western Duxiana in Helsingborg. And I only choose the hotel because of the name, I have a DUX mattress back home in Bangkok. The best mattress in the world transported from Sweden. I had tried Marina Plaza and Hotel Molberg first but they were both full. But I was excited when I walked back to Store
BEST WESTERN Hotel Duxiana

SLEEP WELL IN HELSINGBORG!

Comfortable beds - isn´t that the most important thing for you as a hotel guest? We BEST WESTERN Hotel Duxianabelieve so and have therefore started cooperation with the bed manufacturer DUX. This cooperation and our concept involve a focus on optimal bed comfort, maybe the highest in Sweden? As our guest, we want you to sleep well, so you can enjoy your stay in Helsingborg regardless if your purpose is business or pleasure.

We have 45 rooms of different character and design. A large number of the rooms have recently been renovated and designed by DUX. We hope that the different character and design of the rooms will meet your needs and that you will sleep well at our hotel!
Robert to pick up my bags.

DUX mattress and that is a guarantee for a good night's sleep. Something I really need after 3 nights of next to no sleep at all.

Well, anyway, I asked my new friend at Store Robert to call me a taxi and I was soon on the way back to Kastrup, Copenhagen International airport and the train station. I bought a train ticket to Helsingborg, departure in 15 minutes, perfect! So it looks like our hero is going back to Skåne and we will see what happens with the visit to the office. So hang on!


                  

OK, it has come to my knowledge that we have senior citizens visiting my web page. How hard can it be? So it's not very easy for them to see the blue coloured links to the next page.
Jiffy (also jiff)

noun [in SING.] informal a moment: we'll be back in a jiffy.

ORIGIN late 18th cent.: of unknown origin.

So as you understand, in a jiff pretty much depends on your internet.
So I put a “Next” button here and I hope that there isn't any problem to understand how to use that one. So just CLICK the “Next” button on your left hand side and you will be on the next page in a jiff!

Marunong ka mag-tagalog? Walang problema! Magpunta sa kabilang pahina pindutin ang “NEXT” button sa itaas

Faites vous parlez le français? Pas de problème! Pour arriver à la page suivante faites s'il vous plaît un déclic le bouton “Next” ci-dessus!

Haga usted dice el español? No hay problema! Ver la siguiente página sólo hacer clic el botón “Next” encima!

Farla parla l'italiano? Non problemi! Per vedere la prossima pagina lo scatto per favore giusto Il bottone “Next” sopra

Sprechen sie Deutsch! Kein problem! Wenn Sie die folgende Seite sehen wollen gerade klicken der Knopf “Next” oben!

คุณพูดภาษาไทยได้ไหม ไม่มีปัญหา ถ้าคุณต้องการไปหน้าถัดไป ให้กดปุ่ม “Next” ข้างบนนี้

Вы говорите по-русски? NJET PROBLEMA! Просто нажмите синюю кнопку "Next" с левой стороны и Вы моментально переместитесь на следующую страницу!

E ni Svenskar och inte förstår Engelska så ska ni skämmas. J och Björn, med det menar jag inte att alla mina stavfel ska ältas varje gång vi träffas.

Flag of Skåne / Skånska flaggan Well, the flag of Skåne, just a BONUS flag.


                  

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