Pointe-a-Pitre Airport
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"Just a few words about the night I spent in Pointe--Pitre airport ( Guadeloupe, French West Indies, in the Carribean Sea) last week, that is to say april the 27th, 2002.We were two women waiting for the flight back to Paris. As we [flew] on the waiting list only, we knew there was a risk not to get on board...and booked hotel rooms in a nearby town. As there was no seat left for us in the plane, we waited for the hotel guy we had made appointment with. The problem was that we had told him on the phone that we wanted to stay only one night, so he may have thought it wasn't worth the car trip and didn't turn up.It was already 9 pm and we knew by experience that the cab was really expensive. We asked a fireman about the possibility of sleeping in the airport : as we had plane tickets and ID, he said we couldn't be denied the right to sleep in the airport. We only had to turn up at the "Police de l'Air et des Frontires" office which registered our names.The fireman of the night shift begged us to settle at ground level, so that he would be able to keep an eye on us, which was really kind. He even pump down the music volume and dimmed the lights for us. The seats weren't comfortable at all : arm handles and the bucket shape prevented us from lying. But everybody was very kind to us and the cleaning staff seemed to be used to the airport-sleepers. The airport is really modern and not unpleasant as very clean. There is even a shower in the ground-level lavatories, but you have to ask for the key.A tip I haven't used myself (the penny dropped too late, unfortunately) : with such seats, it seems better to sleep on the ground, but it's a bit cold (particularly with air conditioning). So if you've got a first-aid kit, why not using the safety cover to lie on ?"
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