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On our trip to Morocco, no, actually before that, while we were at the airport, when we were waiting in the check in line, we found out that that wasn’t our waiting line, as a matter of fact, we didn’t have a line, our passengers had already boarded. Then we realised, our check in was closed. Naturally we asked the guy at the till if we could still make our flight. The irritatingly rude man tried to take the easy why out by simply saying “your late you can’t go on the fight.” Not showing the slightest remorse, and not even trying to get us on the plane, (which is very possible as we’ve seen it on TV).

The surprising TV screens onboard RAM                                        Their Logo and slogan

   

It was precisely that moment that caused a flurry of problems. Well firstly, we got transferred to Tangier, our main destination was Casablanca, and then we had to spend an upsetting and miserable time sleeping at the Airport’s prayer area. The following day we had problems with trying to get directed to Casablanca, so we ended up paying the tickets again.

So, now onto the flight experience, emm… well the 3 hour flight was as your guessing, not the best, tight seats, an old aircraft, terrible toilets, but most surprisingly, the service from the crew was appalling, like for goodness sake, they forgot to give our meals, so we had to tell them. We think these guys must be taking the “You snooze you loose” phrase a bit to seriously, even though we wern’t sleeping.

Update: So the last flight from Casablanca to London was serprisingly good. Bigger seats, cleaner cabin, huge amount of legroom that’s hard to find on some other airlines long haul flights (hint hint, Emirates). And guess what, they remembered to give our meals! They even had ice available for our drinks! But most surprising of all were the TV screens that poped out of the roof of the cabin.

Overall: Well even with the last minute goodies on the previous flight, RAM still has many miles to cover until it can be credited as a good airline.

It was supposed to be a time Emirates passengers can be proud of, but today wasn’t. The usual expected luxuries were there, showers, bars, speaking of bars, their always proud showing off their alcohol, all of those were there, but the main things that they so desperately needed to improve weren’t, such as more legroom in economy, bigger screens etc. They say it’s designed to ‘appear’ to look more spacious, but that’s not what we’re looking for. Oh well, better look on to Etihad then. 

The Emirates A380 in Hamburg, Germany

As a matter of fact it’s the fastest diesel ferry in the world, which Oman launched, it’s called the Shinas and it can do a whopping 100km an hour and carry 208 passengers with 56 cars. It was made to promote remote areas which are hard to reach by other means of transport. The facilities and features the ferry has include a tourist class, a first class, a VIP class, catering services, and a helicopter pad.

The Shinas ferry

After 13 long years Proton’s Lotus (Proton a Malaysian muslim company) unveils a new car, the Evora, which was once known as ‘Project Eagle” was recently shown at the London International Motor Show. The Evora was made to be more “holistic” than the Elise and Exige, which means you get air conditioning, leather seats, enough space in the boot to put a golf bag, and even sat nav. With all of that Lotus claims that the Evora can do 0-60 in less than 5 seconds. Lotus say the Evora is part of their 5 year strategic plan that includes two new models, which we’ll be keeping an eye on. The Evora should be available in showrooms by Summer 2009.


The Lotus Evora at the London International Motorshow

Our first review at Fullscreen is a pretty finger likin’ one.  It’s all about our visit to one of Chicken Cottage’s big fast food shops.

Chicken Cottage Lincoln

With so much attention to the Middle East ’s sky line, it’s a nice change to see crazy buildings in other countries, and the Peace Pyramid fits the bill when it comes to craziness. Made in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, the Peace Pyramid seems to be the icon of the city and it seems to be made especially for the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. But it also has an Opera house with an auditorium for some glass breaking.

    
Exterior of the Peace Pyramid                                                                   Dazzling interior of the Peace Pyramid
  

Any right minded person would think that the country that’s most likely to start a war is the country you avoid as much as possible, but for some emirates of the UAE, it’s all different, their doing what we like to call ‘playing safe’, by trying to intertwine their economy with America’s one so then maybe they’ll think twice before getting their tin soldiers in. But it’s a smart move to make, maybe not the best, but smart. Now onto the business, Abu Dhabi have just bought 90% of the well known Chrysler building, the price is unknown but it was reported that they baught it for $800m (£400m).

The Chrysler Building in New York

Ever thought what to get a younger member of your family that won’t just keep them quiet for a few hours but not let their brains get wasted, well that’s what Imran Hakim thought of when thinking of something to buy his 9 month old niece Aaminah. So he decided to rustle up something of his own by dismantling one of her teddy bears and lodging some sort of mp3 device into it, which was the eureka moment that made him make the iTeddy, the cuddly teddy bear that has a media player in it which can play music, videos, and bedtime stories so the parents don’t have to, it even turns it self of after the story finishes playing. But Imran didn’t stop there, he wanted his toys to sell, and sell, and sell. Which is why he went to the popular TV programme Dragons Den were he received a £140,000 investment for a joint 20% share by two non-Muslim entrepreneurs, and ever since, his business kept on growing. The iTeddy now sells in the big retail chain Argos, and their even in talks with Disney so kids from 3-11 can watch the Lion King and still hug their furry friend.

Imran and his iTeddy