Sharm El-Sheikh
It took 45 min to fly over across Suez and the Sinai, finally landing here in Sharm. On any given day you will find Russians, Brits and Italians wondering these streets. These few days you have the same sun soaked tourists, but an added flavour has come to town: The World Economic Forum. All the big cats from around this round globe showed up here to meet, hold conferences and to get down to business.
Unfortunately I didn't sign up in time for Press Accreditation, but we did have Press Passes from Cairo's Press Office, and this landed me in the Press Center here in Sharm, where the bigwigs come in, answer a few questions, and get back into their bullet proofed HUMVEE's to be swift away to who knows where next.
The highlight of this adventure was sitting in the second row for Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine's President. He answered 3 questions, all in Arabic, and then left.
I left soon after too. Unfortunately the King of Jordan cancelled last minute, and the Foreign Minister of Israel, Kuwait and of Oman don't interest me. I don't understand Arabic either and there was shisha to be smoked.
Khalas.
Unfortunately I didn't sign up in time for Press Accreditation, but we did have Press Passes from Cairo's Press Office, and this landed me in the Press Center here in Sharm, where the bigwigs come in, answer a few questions, and get back into their bullet proofed HUMVEE's to be swift away to who knows where next.
The highlight of this adventure was sitting in the second row for Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine's President. He answered 3 questions, all in Arabic, and then left.
I left soon after too. Unfortunately the King of Jordan cancelled last minute, and the Foreign Minister of Israel, Kuwait and of Oman don't interest me. I don't understand Arabic either and there was shisha to be smoked.
Khalas.
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