The sudden goodbye...

Our driver from the previous day, Arun, was available to drop my wife to the airport. In the rush of leaving, I realized that she didn't have any of the important travel documents on her phone - the only thing she carried was her passport. I remembered that Arun had wi-fi in his cab, so I quickly planned to send her the documents on the way. I hurriedly called the reception and asked them to pass on a message the before she left - to connect her phone with the cab's Wi-Fi so I could share the required files. Around the same time, she realized she had taken all the first-aid medicines with her, so she arranged for a hotel staff member to send them back to me.

Amidst all this chaos, she was finally on her way. It was a long, lonely ride of about one and a half hours through the dark countryside of Mauritius. The can moved steadily through the dimly lit roads, and though Arun was friendly and reassuring, the journey felt a bit uneasy for her. Eventually she reached the airport safely. Thankfully, we couldn’t cancel the tickets, which at least allowed her to fly back to India.

I realized she would be needing another document - the Air Suvidha Self Declaration Form - to enter India. I assumed I would be fill it out and send it to her while she would be waiting during her layover at Dubai, not realizing it was required at the time of boarding from Mauritius itself. She called me from the check-in counter to inform me. I quickly filled out the form and send it to her within fifteen minutes, while she had to wait at the counter. To her surprise, neither the airline staff, nor the other passengers showed any impatience during the delay. It was quite different from what we were used to back home. during emigration, she was asked few questions about why she was travelling alone though the ticket showed two persons. She handled the situation tactfully, and finally, she was ready to board her flight.

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