Airport, contrast

When I was arriving to Khartoum, I was very impressed with the airport. It was actually a clean spacious terminal, which was great. I was also happy for the first time to be traveling with an Egyptian passport, things were going very fast and well. I finished the passport control in under 10 mins and went to pick up my luggage. It had been a long trip, considering flying over night and I wanted to go to the hotel to sleep. Anxiously I waited for the luggage, it was taking a long time. I recalled a statement I heard from a friend many years ago about Africa. It goes "Everyone in the world is running after time, except in Africa THEY JUST HAVE IT", now I understood the meaning of that statement. I waited for over 2 hours for any sign of luggage from the flight to appear. After the third hour I was finally leaving with my luggage, vowing never again to come with luggage more than a carry on.

The sever shock was actually later, while leaving Sudan, the departure hall was just poor. It was a sharp contrast to what I saw coming in, a run down terminal which looked very plain. I guess I came to terms with reality of Africa.