I still haven’t made it to Myanmar yet but plan to do so within the next 18 months. It’s one of the relatively few places not totally modernized

Departure halls in general are terrible before security. Leaving? We don’t care! Arriving on the other hand… 🙂

Or seats! I have often had to spend the night at London Stansted or London Luton Airports as my flights were so early in the morning (6 am) that where were no buses at a reasonable time that would actually get me there in time (aka 2 or 1 and a half hour before departure). And each time I was shocked by the lack of services. You force people who can’t afford a taxi to spend the night at the airport, and that airport doesn’t have chairs or showers.

On the other hand, I have actually been grateful to the 3 hours rule a few times too: in the UK (again) public transportation is not very well organised. Once a power shortage meant that the otherwise 50 mins train ride from Liverpool st. train station to Stansted took almost 120 minutes (yup, two hours). I barely made it, and that’s because when I finally got to the last station served, instead of hopping on the suggested bus I rushed for a taxi. Another time, the bus driver in Colchester, Essex, had simply drank too much, passed out and did not show up for work and a bunch of passengers were left waiting for like one hour until eventually someone arrived. HATS OFF!

A very good point and there never seems to be good food until you get past security.