Ndjamena
Third-world airports are more satisfactory than ours in every department. They are more efficiently run. There is no need to walk several miles to your departure gate. They tend not to be disgustingly overcrowded like Heathrow or Gatwick. They smell much nicer, and the food is incomparably better. Furthermore the scene is more interesting.
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