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Travel talk: have your say
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Travel always provides a wealth of experiences. Have you ever had an interesting, crazy, amazing or bizarre incident whilst overseas on business? We want to hear about what you've been up to. Have your say with CNN. If you cannot see your comments on this page, please check out our archives. 20062005Dec 13 , Nov 16 , Mar. 30 , Oct 31 , Sept. 16 , Aug. 16 , July 6 , May 16 , April 22 Read our Have Your Say special on cell phone use on board planes I commute between Los Angeles and Brussels approximately every two weeks, and without a direct flight available, the theoretical best connection (frequency and airline choice) is via Heathrow. The added bonus of a stop at Whiskies of the World aside, there is possibly no worse connection in the world than that between terminal three and terminal four, and I therefore avoid this routing whenever possible. David Lunzar. Favorite airports? How about the most memorable? I was flying out of Hanoi in 2002. The airport was impressively state of the art. It was also eerily empty. There was virtually no one there. No ticket agents, no restaurant personal, no taxis coming and going, none of the usual hustle and bustle found at such a venue. There were a few military guards who kept the few travelers waiting for the one departure that evening from wandering around most of the building. The confined and somewhat bored passengers amused themselves by jumping on the many luggage scales behind the empty check in counter to weigh themselves. Brad Kullman, South Korea. I'm a young business traveler and fan of your CNN monthly program. Regarding your report on airports, specially the new terminal five at London Heathrow, I think a good example of airport development and very interesting is the new Madrid Barajas airport expansion, which has been the biggest public works development in Europe during the last decade. It includes two new runways and a brand new terminal area, due to open February this year. I think the design, and the size of the operation; mixed with the ambitious program to place Madrid as one of the top 10 airports in the world could be interesting. Alberto Fernández López, Aerospace Engineer. I saw your country profile on Brazil and you asked for comments on what it like to do business here. In a word: horrible. Beyond belief. If you are coming to work for a multi-national or you work for some large bureaucracy like the banks or utilities, fine maybe. But if you are an entrepreneur like I am, forget it. You have everything possible going against you. So visit, takes some samba lessons, drink caipirhinas, go to the beach and then set your business up in Estonia --life is easier there for the entrepreneur. Michael Graham, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The thing that annoys me the most are the people that just don't know the security process. They wait until they are told to take their shoes off before they do it, even though the 50 people in front of them all took their shoes off. Following that is the guy that stands at the end of the X-ray belt to redress holding up the x-ray and not allowing people behind him to get their items off the belt. All this being said, I don't feel any safer against potential terrorist attacks. Like robbers, if they really want to get in, they will find a way. Robin, New Orleans. The most annoying aspects of air travel are engine noise, high-pitched squeaks, rattles and squeals, and screaming children. Chris Williams, Houghton, Michigan. The best airport in the world has to be Kathmandu in Nepal. I live over the flight path and a busy day amounts to around 20 flights. Nick Fry, Kathmandu, Nepal. I have traveled on virtually every airline for the past 40 years, and it is only the airlines of the United States that have begun this "charge for everything and anything" policy. Asian airlines, without a doubt, have better service in these regards; more efficient, friendlier, and a proof of it, is that their airplanes are usually fuller than their American counterparts. Someone is doing something wrong or someone is doing something very right. Atkinson Chenoweth, Tokyo. I am a big guy. I would like to sit in a three to four inch wider seat and with six inches or more leg room. Paul Prewer, Sydney, Australia. Airlines discontinuing traditional "perks" such as in-flight meals, free baggage allowance, etc., should know that perhaps the "wheel," as perceived by most ordinary air travelers, is not broken. So why fix it. Tony Cabrera, Saipan. 
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