If anyone ever feel is to experience the ultimate worst international airport in the world, I recommend a departure from Manila. It's really bad airports in the world: Charles de Gaulle is one of the worst examples. I was already at airports in Africa, Syria and Regionalflughaefen in Indonesia. But no one ever has undercut Manila.

This starts with the fact that one here has never heard of electronic tickets. So is it easy. Take your passport, go to the switch and hey presto, goes off the air. But one would have only once in the airport to come clean. Manila is no such thing possible. Without a printed ticket is nothing. The door remains closed. I was able to convince the security men in Pakistan. In Indonesia there is no problem. They say wait, that one has an electronic ticket and is good. In Manila you can not. Here a ticket maybe in the form of a 1000 peso ticket, but I tried not habs.

When you have finally made it inside, you stand in a check-in area reminiscent of a provincial station of the German railways in the GDR. Also you can get behind. The check is not much different from other airports, except that here the first time I had to pay Uebergepaeck and that this time they have a Umbuchungsgebuehr I wanted, even though the flight class is freely changeable. I have discussed something and then unmistakably made clear that I will pay in any case. Then we went that way.

Now you have to squeeze the Airport tax (750 Pesos). Then, the passports. This is all about. Then comes the security check. All unpack and shoes. The shining example of the Philippines, the United States. So you doing here the same nonsense. Then it is the area for duty-free shopping. A handful of shops with an outrageously expensive goods. The government needs money. Corruption devours huge amounts. Its surplus pesos will be here but not going on. It takes only real money. Dollars or euros.

Now comes the crowning glory. The Lounge. I flew from here already with Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines. The lounges have been below average. This time, KLM. This is a lounge several airlines. Including Etihad, Emirates, EVA Air Something you have not seen yet. On the way there must be a long, narrow, steep stairs. With all the luggage. But the hit is coming up. A room was built about 50 years ago and set up. Waist-high wainscoting. Kidney-and the right to chair. I have not seen anything more determined 30 years. The air in the room is so musty that was walled in here even before 50 years.

Power connection for your laptop computer? Why? In one corner are two computers. Anyway. One of them takes about 10 minutes to build a website. Luckily, the other immediate-release. Where I now sit and type. The coffee is a disaster.

You have to adjust to imagine that there are 6 years a finished new terminal. This was not used until 2 months ago, because there were any ambiguities, if that's now actually heard of. It was built mainly with funds from foreign airlines. involved was not insignificant including Lufthansa. When it was finished, you wanted to tear the whole a domestic consortium under the nails. The whole circus has lasted until 2 months ago. Now at least utilizes Philippine Airlines terminal. Next year it will then even be used for international flights! Lufthansa has uebrugens because of all the circus earlier this year set the flights to the Philippines.

I have to endure in this cave yet just over 1 hour. Then the flight is to Amsterdam. Tonight I will once again be for a few days in Berlin. But do not worry, in a few days it starts again in the big wide world.

were three of my colleagues at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad. One is 4 hours left before the bang. Two were still there. One is slightly injured. Some cuts from the glass and he was by the blast hurled across the room.

I have repeatedly told my bosses that Pakistan is too dangerous. Hopefully they have now finally understood. Yes none of which flies out there. But other hinschicken, so they seem to have no problem.
Anyway, I'm just on a flight from Jakarta to Manila stopover in Singapore.