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So jealous you’re there!! Give everyone a hug for me. :)

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I would immediately have a panic attack and pass out. In English.

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I enjoyed this trip through your stream-of-consciousness experience. Very much like actually being at an airport, although I've never been to an international terminal. Closest I've gotten to this level of chaos were several layovers in D.C. at various times...

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Great read! Something similar happened to me at Charles de Gaulle airport last July. I’ve never been so quick to claim I have an American passport, ha.

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Man, you’re good, even your unedited off-the-cuff prose has a real nice energy and rhythm to it. Enjoy the retreat, mate.

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Come to Singapore or Tokyo. Immigration process is smooth and speedy. Yet (:

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Whoa. That wore me out just reading it, Lyle. Good writing! The lack of editing suits the helter-skelter scene.You put me right there with all the other sweaty, wrinkled, smelly people. That airport alway seems larger and more insanely crowded and uncomfortable than, say, London or Brussels. It's MEXICO! I hope you have a fine, relaxing get-away.

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