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I left India, after almost six months.

Bus from Mapusa to Mumbai (15h); BOM -> DXB -> LHR -> GRU -> GIG; over 50h of travel in total.  First two flights with Emirates, the latter two with TAM.

• Emirates: not bad, but you have a long way to go to match Kingfisher.  Bonus points for electricity sockets in the economy class.  1h delay at your home airport, from exclusively yours super-modern terminal is a FAIL.
• TAM: you suck.  Food is so-so.  Not enough room for the legs.  Movie and music selection is laughable, compared to Emirates.  Booze selection: sigh.  Using the same flight code for two different flights: EPIC FAIL of the moronic kind (hint: it’s an identification code, it’s supposed to be unique).  Three hour delay before GRU -> GIG: pathetic.
• lastminute.com: you suck.  Blocking money on my account and not issuing the ticket is bad enough, but I could understand.  Lack of e-mail confirmation of the issue, vague information over the phone (after 4th attempt, each time waiting ~4 minutes for irrelevant announcements and going through the menus) and the fact that the money is still blocked I can’t understand.  Not having a clue what’s going on in your information system is typical for British software, isn’t it?  Dear lazyweb, what are good alternatives?

DXB airport’s Terminal 3 is quite awesome.  Clean, well organised, modern look, very good signs, plenty of shops / cafes; just a good airport.

BOM airport: OK, I think I’m through with visiting India.  Enough.  I still have about five drafts of articles… will get around to putting the finishing touch on them, sometime.

Rio de Janeiro: I’m here since 24h, and the city seems awesome so far.