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I really loved the bags the other passengers were carrying. Most of them were carrying rucksacks or sports gear. Nobody I saw was carrying a trolley bag. It seemed to me everyone was on an expedition or an adventure. I boarded the flight and soon I was on my way to my dream destination. Iceland. It was a long flight. It would take nearly four hours to reach Reykjavik. After three hours of sitting, I thought of going to the washroom. When I was returning back to my plane seat, I saw most of the people on the plane were trying to look out from the window. There was something. Was it the Northern Lights, the Aurora Borealis? I ran back to my seat. Luckily mine was a window seat. There were two ladies beside me. One from Portugal and another from Belgium. I just jumped back to my seat. There was some activity in the skies. These were like flares, which were dancing. Quickly I took out my DSLR camera and clicked one photo. Lo and below, the sky was green in the photo that I c...

There was not a tourist soul in front of the on-arrival visa counters. The immigration officers were idling their time. As I approached one counter an officer handed me a form and advised me to go to one room. As my and I entered the room I saw two officers sitting. - What kind of visa are you looking for and you are from which country? One of those officers asked me. - We are tourists from India . - Do you have 2000 dollars with you. For each person you need to have 1000 dollars with you.As two of you are there, it is 2000. - Yes we have. The officers started counting our money. - Ummm. You have only 900 dollars. You are short of money. One of the officers who were counting my money exclaimed. - I have Jordonian Dinars with me. I have just exchanged some of my dollars to your country’s currency. I flashed some 100 JDs in front him and he was satisfied with that. Without any more hesitation he signed our forms and told us to go to the immigration co...