This week it was a hectic schedule planned:

• Fly from Dubai to Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Fry from Sri Lanka to Mumbai, India
• Fly from Mumbai to Jakarta with stopover in Singapore
• Fly from Jakarta to Dubai with stopover in Kuala Lumpur
• Ship dogs to Sweden
• Fly from Dubai to Langkawi, Malaysia with stopover in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur

Had to hold presentations and demos for 4 different customers in three countries spread all over Asia this week. First stop was Colombo in Sri Lanka. The country seems to be a good place to do vacation in if it wasn’t for the Tamil tigers who are making a stir in the country. There where a lot of checkpoints and military presence in the capital.

Next stop was Mumbai, India where I met with two customers before taking the night flight to Jakarta, Indonesia. At this time I had started to develop a serious cold and I was basically sitting and freezing and sleeping all the way from Mumbai to Jakarta. Landed att 10 in the morning and immediately took a car to the customer so that I could join in the meeting 15 minutes late. After lunch it was time for my demo and once the meeting was concluded I basically went back to the airport and managed to get a earlier flight to Kuala Lumpur which seemed to be a better airport to be in waiting for the flight back to Dubai.

I arrived back in Dubai on the night between Thursday and Friday. The day was then spent preparing for shipping the dogs back to Sweden. This means doing vet examinations, getting the paperwork in place etc. On Saturday it was then time to ship the dogs so we assembled the cages and went down to the cargo village to finish the last paperwork and ship the dogs. Irritatingly enough it turned out that shipping the dogs back to Sweden was roughly twice the price compared to shipping them to Dubai. Anyway, after sending them the worry started and we kept in constant touch with my parents to make sure that everything should run smoothly upon arrival back in Sweden.

This however did not go all that smoothly, as it turned out there where a lot of trouble once the dogs actually arrived. As per idiotic bureaucracy of course the dogs needed to be declared for VAT purposes (even though they where shipped from Sweden just 8 months earlier). Also, additional money had to be paid for vet examination, paperwork etc.

jakarta · mumbai · sri lanka

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