
The diplomats are 'duty-bound' not to be disappointed about any place or people. Frankly, we were not in any way discouraged about Armenia - our long experience of many countries has convinced us that a country should not be judged by the service of its airlines - sometimes the difficulties encountered in the skies of a country are compensated by the comforts on the land with the kindness of its people! We received an affectionate welcome from the Protocol of the Government of Armenia and everything seemed all right with us. Many passengers were carrying heavy pieces of baggage making things further uncomfortable.

Though the boarding passes indicated the seat numbers, there was a lot of confusion and commotion because of "free seating". To be honest we were disappointed with the quality of the passengers' service in the plane. The airport of Dubai is a shoppers' paradise and we could spend our time making a few purchases and 'window shopping' but still it became a tiresome long wait to catch the flight for Yerevan. The connecting Armenian Airways flight was delayed by several hours. On way to Armenia, we had commenced our journey from New Delhi on the 7 th October in the late evening and after the one night stay in Bombay, now called Mumbai, we arrived in Dubai.

My husband and myself arrived in Yerevan in the early hours of Saturday, 9 th of October, last year.
