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nly recently I sat bemoaning the rhino – a lot of pressure on those modern obsession with social shoulders you might think, and you’d be o media over lunch with a former right. Thankfully, he’s getting a helping colleague. This in itself was nothing new. hand from a revolutionary new format Both of us are in our late thirties and, as of IVF treatment, which, if successful, we view it, missed out on the relentless could bring this magnificent creature self-promotion gene by a generation or back from the very brink of extinction. so (that said, do follow me on Instagram Emirates is playing it’s part too, not and Twitter, etc). only banning all trophy shipments but The general line of thinking was that, also collaborating with international although social media can be used for organisations to train and better equip good, the majority use it in a shameless its ground and cargo staff to detect display of digital show-offery. illegal wildlife products in transit. savIn t e nort ern Ite r Inos ere stands t e last Male This month’s cover story highlights the nort ern Ite r Ino a lot o plight of the northern white rhinos; a subspecies that has been hunted to near- press re on t ose s o lders extinction. Our image, by Mark Carwadine for Getty, is a simple yet beautiful tribute A tired, middle-aged rant, yes, but it Elsewhere, governments continue to this magnificent creature. did leave us pondering our own sketchy with the symbolic gesture of burning contributions to society. On that score, illegal stockpiles of ivory, while while my personal results may be foundations such as United For Wildlife questionable, the cover story I preside are raising awareness of the situation, over this month certainly isn’t. in the hope that education of future In October of last year, we featured generations will be crucial to halting the wildlife being hunted to extinction demand for these animals. by criminal syndicates across the globe. Funnily enough, that’s where positive This month we focus on the concerted social media comes in. You can support efforts that are hoping to bring about a the cause by using #MakeaRhino and swift end to the trade. #WhoseSideAreYouOn. See, way Our story of hope is based in Kenya, better than posting a picture of your at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Here lunch, right? stands the last male northern white Enjoy the issue. no avaIla le on o r Ipad
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Andrew is an Edinburgh-born Geoff is an Australian Gemma is a self-confessed Matt is a world-wandering author, writer and blogger photographer and writer writer, illustrator and small writer based between Dubai, who contributes to a based in the UK. A regular person. The author of books the UK and Australia. A broad range of titles. This contributor to Open Skies, This including A Cat’s Guide To regular contributor to Open month he writes on the month he writes on a Parisian Life and A Pug’s Guide To Skies, he currently freelances Ol Pejeta Conservancy in neighbourhood away from the Etiquette, she draws the for a range of international Kenya, and the work they’re tourist throngs. Skycat’s illustration every magazine titles and ad agency doing to help the dwindling month in Open Skies. creative departments. This rhino population. “I have to admit, I really month he meets the man didn’t expect the cultural When I draw Skycats, recently given the title of the “If anything can be diversity that is on I think about what cats Emirates A380’s biggest fan. learned from the tragic offer along the canals might do in a certain plight of Sudan, the last of Saint Martin, from situation (if they could “Stories are at the heart male northern white African cafes, Iranian talk and had opposable of what it means to be rhino on the planet, designers and Indian thumbs). This month, I human – so it was an it’s that we must all, in inspired fashion – this is considered what a cat’s absolute pleasure to hear some way, start to make a truly modern Parisian valentine’s poetry might Yves’ tale of adventure as a difference.” neighbourhood.” sound like.” the Ultimate A380 Fan.”
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Neil has lived and worked Sandra is an Australian Stuart is a freelance journalist Sean is a British writer and in Paris since 1991. A luxury freelance journalist and specialising in travel and photographer based in goods, still-life, and advertising photographer, based in Dubai. technology. He spends a lot Berlin. He has written for The photographer he has turned This month she writes about of time going in the wrong New Yorker, the Economist, to shooting beauty, portrait, the silent revolution going direction, grumbling at VICE, and Esquire. This month and fine art. This month he on in Dubai and how Corcel smartphones and trying to he tells us what to expect shot our Entrepreneur feature Collective are changing the remember where he left his from the Dubai Food festval on Alex Wagner. way people see the city. house keys. This month he and the Emirates Airline writes on Munich. Jazz Festival. “Alex Wagner developed “As a big fan of single- Paris’ luxury short-term speed bikes, I’m excited “Berlin’s supposed to “Dubai is a city that rentals, A La Carte, by Dubai’s urban biking be Germany’s wild shot suddenly from long before industry movement. Now, I can city, but Munich hosts the desert, so it should giant AirBnB arrived. feel like part of the gang an annual party that be no surprise it’s When it comes down to without having to admit puts 9,000 people in attracting the best it, pictures can merely that I’m stumped by lederhosen. Sorry Berlin, musicians, chefs and show a fragment of his gears (its easier to just you’re a boyscout pretty much everything endearing charm.” peddle harder, right?” in comparison.” else right now.”
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men, the studio heads were men, the financiers were men. If there was an important it. So how was it that the words of two women were the most feared around town? This was no turf war or political slanging match. This was a tussle confined to print, in an era where gossip columnists had enough influence to ruin a career – or make one – in just a few sentences. To understand it, you need to go back to the beginning. Parsons might not have been America’s first gossip queen, but she was certainly it’s most influential. The motion picture editor for William Randolph Hearst’s Universal News service, Parsons’ byline alone sold millions of newspapers and, as a result, the Hollywood elite feared her every word. The problem was that she eventually became unmanageable. By the mid-’30s her demands were so outlandish that studio heads had lost all patience, and decided to create a rival columnist strong enough to limit her power – enter the 53-year-old, somewhat washed-up, actress Hedda Hopper. By 1938, Hopper had featured in more than 100 movies, but hadn’t really made importantly, was privy to all their secrets. LA Times filled with “bare-nailed b****ery” that obsessed over Hollywood marriages, breakups, political opinions and breakdowns, Hopper would go on to terrorise the film industry for 30 years – Charlie Chaplin in particular being a favourite subject of her ire – and a vicious, rather self-serving, feud with Parsons simply added an extra set of claws to the story. At her peak, Hopper had, thanks to a syndicated column, around 30 million readers hanging on her every barbed quip and she had made a fortune. Her Beverly Hills mansion was named ‘The House That Fear Built’ and such was her place in popular culture that she even began playing exaggerated versions of herself in movies. Ultimately, as the glamour of Hollywood began to fade, so too did her influence, and although she wrote until the day she died in 1966, she knew when the party was over – and how to handle it with style. “Don’t be swept out,” she once said. “Go before the glow fades.” M o and ran
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Kailash satyarthi Nobel Peace Prize winner and children’s rights advocate Kailash Satyarthi has literally saved the lives of thousands of his countrymen. We spoke to Harvard University’s Humanitarian of The Year over lunch at Delhi ‘O’ Delhi
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ack in 1980 Kailash Satyarthi was regularly faced with the trapped in modern day slavery – Satyarthi’s work went unnoticed choice between feeding his family or using their meagre until he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. With the UN B income to continue with his efforts to end bonded only ratifying the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989 and child labour in India. Going against the stream of popular and India’s child labour rights going largely unregulated, Satyarthi consensus in his homeland – where an estimated 65 million describes his early years as an uphill battle: “I have been invisible bonded child labourers and 300 million adult labourers are because those I work for have been invisible”.
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THEN AND NOW, I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE BORN ONLY TO WORK, WHILE OTHERS ARE ACTUALLY BORN TO REALISE THEIR DREAMS
I’d been moved by films of Satyarthi and his team raiding exclaim at his arrival. Since becoming a Nobel laureate, Satyarthi modern day slave camps to free labourers, some of whom have is no longer invisible. A cluster of people soon form around him spent their whole lives in bondage. As the workers are given as he shares the same glowing smile and undivided attention moments to choose between the life they’ve come to accept with each of them. and freedom, they often become hysterical – torn between As we take our seats, I’m struck by the 62-year-old’s clear fear and relief. Only Satyarthi keeps his head amid the chaos as appeal as he turns to me with his lighthouse smile and suggests the bewildered mothers, fathers and children cling to him for we get started. I’m curious as to how someone who grew up in reassurance. To date Bachpan Bachao Andolan, the organisation an environment where child labour is so normalised and accepted, founded by Satyarthi, has freed 84,711 children. could see his own culture with the eyes of an outsider. I’m waiting for Satyarthi at Delhi ‘O’ Delhi, a member’s only Satyarthi charts his awakening back to his first day of school restaurant in the city’s India Habitat Centre. With more than when he was five years old. He passed by a boy of his own age a whiff of old school British formality, I am requested to wait who was working as a cobbler alongside his father. “I might have in the foyer as it’s impossible for me to enter the restaurant seen children working before but this time there was a sharp without a club member. contrast. I was going to school with my new books, new clothes After eagerly watching the lift doors for 20 minutes, they and shoes. While he was looking at me with hungry eyes.” finally open to reveal Satyarthi and his two assistants. A tall man Unwilling to accept the injustice, the young Satyarthi asked by Indian standards, he cuts a distinct figure. Wearing a crisply his teachers and family members why that boy had to work. pressed salwar kameez (traditional Indian tunic and trouser suit), Unsatisfied when told that it was normal, he plucked up the Satyarthi is almost incongruous within the suit and tie business courage to ask the boy’s father directly. The father answered: “Sir, environment of Delhi ‘O’ Delhi. we people are born to work.” Satyarthi paused, before looking Satyarthi greets me with a warm, enveloping two-handed me directly in the eyes, “His answer chilled me.” Then, with a handshake and a smile that makes me feel I’m an old and dear steeliness at odds with his gentle manner he adds, “Then and friend as he apologises for his lateness. We’re shown through now I refuse to accept that some people are born only to work to our table as Delhi’s rich and powerful halt their meetings to and some to realise their dreams.”
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raises his hands to underline his bafflement and grins. “But why should I? I am a child. I have to live true to that and that will keep me young.” Despite his child-inspired outlook on life, Satyarthi’s story betrays the early maturity of an old soul. At a time that most of us are busy with computer games and pop music, the 11-year- old Satyarthi organised his first social action. Concerned by the amount of fellow students who’d left school due to the cost of textbooks, he persuaded friends to pool together their pocket money to hire a vendor’s cart and call out for old school books. Within one day they collected more than 2,500 books that they used to create a book bank. The food arrives and Satyarthi sends the waiter over to me to fill my plate first. It tastes delicious to me but I’m concerned my choice may be a little bland for my companions, as Satyarthi happily munches on raw chillies between mouthfuls. The courage to follow his moral compass, is what has given weight to the decisive moments in Satyarthi’s life; none more so than when in 1968, the year of Gandhi’s centenary. Inspired by his book bank success, he had the idea of inviting high caste local politicians to eat a feast cooked by untouchables. Choosing the lowest people in India society, the “so-called untouchable” sweeper women whose job it was to clean faeces from public toilets. Satyarthi asked them to cook the meal. At first they refused, insisting that the leaders would not come. The
RAIDS SOON BECAME ONE OF SATYARTHI AND HIS TEAM’S MOST EFFECTIvE METHODS OF FREEING PEOPLE, AND WHILE HE TAKES A GREAT DELIGHT FROM HIS WORK, THERE’S A DARK AND DANGEROUS SIDE TO IT TOO
idealistic teenager convinced them “No, I’ve heard their speeches they will come, I trust them.” The politicians in their turn told Satyarthi that the feast was a great way to honour Gandhi’s centenary and to underline their public message that caste prejudice was no longer acceptable. On the appointed evening the time for the meal came and went with no sign of the nation’s leaders. “I cannot express the agony, anger and frustration that I felt. My friends and I couldn’t look at each other. Eventually I thought, it’s Satyarthi continues to honour the purity of his five-year- late let us eat the food. I sat down and started eating but I broke old self’s vision as he lets me in on the secret of his glowing down completely. As my tears fell, an old untouchable woman put countenance and undimmed faith in goodness. her arm on my shoulder and she said “My son why are you crying? “The most important thing inside everyone is a small child You did what nobody has ever done, you have eaten our food.” that should not die. This child is a value, a virtue, a feeling that Satyarthi goes on to describe the scene that awaited him makes you simpler. Children have always been my philosophy, when he returned home that fateful evening. “Caste leaders were my teachers, my heroes. Sometimes people say “You have gathered around my family, threatening to socially boycott them”, become a Nobel laureate now you have to be serious.” He considered a terrible fate within Indian culture. He describes the
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Raids became one of Satyarthi and his teams’ favoured option for freeing labourers, and while he takes a clear delight from his work, there’s a dark and dangerous side to it. Two of his team members have been killed in the line of duty. One was killed during a raid and one was targeted afterwards in a revenge attack. Satyarthi himself has been injured many times and even as he relates his litany of injuries; back, shoulder, legs and head, his voice maintains a lightness. Only as he tells the story of how he and his son had a very close call with a mafia gunman, does he betray the slightest hint of self-concern. Suddenly his assistants rejoin the conversation. They confer, looking ominously at their watches: It’s time to go. Satyarthi is about to address a chair of judges with regard to much needed changes in legislation. I walk with him and his assistants to the door to say goodbye, receiving a big hug from Satyarthi as he leaves. long and painful night that followed as a “reincarnation” as he took In a lineage that includes such luminaries as Martin Luther King, the unheard of decision to “outcaste the entire caste system”. For Mother Theresa and Nelson Mandela, Kailash Satyarthi’s life and the first time in our meeting I see a trace of anger as he recalls the work embodies the spirit of the Nobel Peace Prize. I didn’t know it double standards of the self appointed guardians of Indian society. at the time but, as the lift doors close, I realise I’ve just met my hero. A gifted student Satyarthi went on to study engineering. Despite being from a high caste, his family wasn’t overly wealthy and had poured all their funds into his education. For this reason alone it was a hard decision to leave behind his “glittering career” to follow his passion. With the unwavering support of his wife, Sumedha Kailash, they left their home in Bhopal to move to New Delhi in 1980. With limited finances they could only afford an 8 x 10 foot storeroom where they lived and worked along with their one-year-old son. Despite financial hardship and a dearth of space, he and Sumeda welcomed everyone who came to the door in need of help. He single-handedly created a magazine Sangharsh Jaari Rahega (The Struggle Will Continue) of which he was writer, photographer, type setter and distributer. Another momentous day in Satyarthi’s life came when a knock at the door thrust him from the role of journalist to social activist. A desperate father had gotten hold of a copy of Sangharsh Jaari The Bill Rahega and travelled from the Punjab to seek help. The man had been held as a slave working in a brick kiln for 17 years after taking Shahi paneer (US$2.10), Paneer bhurji the difficult but common decision to enter into indebted labour (US$2.10), Dhaal makhni (US$1.30), when newly married. His children had been born there and now Dhaal tadka (US$1.05), 4 x Roti (US$0.60), the kiln works owner had decided to sell his young daughter into 4 x Butter roti (US$0.90), 2 x Steamed rice slavery and the father was in a desperate and powerless situation. (US$1.80), 3 x Mineral water (US$0.90) “As I sat hearing his story, I thought to myself, what would I do if that was my daughter? I suddenly put down my pen and decided to take direct action.” Total: US$10.75
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The conventional route with hotels – as the Manhattan skyline that can only desks, while flat-screen TVs – with the with most buildings – is to start from be described as breath-taking. Rooms, usual myriad of frenetic US channels – the bottom up. The ground floor. Zero. while not huge (well, ours wasn’t), are bring a touch of homely familiarity. This well-established wisdom is, thankfully, nevertheless impressive, with Art Deco The star of the show, however, is eschewed at the Mandarin Oriental New touches mixing nicely with hints of Asia; undoubtedly that incredible view, and with York, which occupies floors 35 to 54 of the subtle creams and beiges alongside the floor-to-ceilings windows flooding the vista North Tower of the Time Warner Center. occasional splash of colour of Asian in, it’s hard not to spend your entire stay Thankfully, because their lofty perch artwork. Marble bathrooms further the simply stood, staring out. brings with it views of Central Park and luxurious feel, as do the 1940s-inspired mandarinoriental.com
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Located on Marine Drive, India’s most and discover a rose petal bath or a The interior of The Oberoi quietly expensive strip of real estate, The personalised set of towels to take hums opulence with a simple and Oberoi honours the Indian notion that home with you. elegant finish of black granite, white ‘guest is king’. The spacious rooms are tastefully marble and gold fabric. With its vast Always willing to go that extra step, decorated with floor-to-ceiling and tranquil lobby, along with a variety the obliging yet easygoing staff give windows that offer spectacular views of drinking and dining options, 24-hour red carpet treatment to every patron. of the Arabian Sea, while each has spa and two pool options, The Oberoi The Oberoi team are encouraged to been thoughtfully furnished and every offers a welcome respite from the express their creativity, so don’t be detail of your stay is carefully tended commotion of Mumbai’s streets. surprised to come back to your room to by the appointed butler. oberoihotels.com
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When you speak to Parisians about Canal special place in Parisians’ hearts because character spends her time strolling along the St Martin there’s a word that is commonly it has been immortalised in some of the arched iron bridges of the canal. Director used to describe its newfound trendy status: classics of French cinema. Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s film heralded a change ‘Bobo’, which stands for bohemian bourgeois. The 1938 love story Hotel du Nord was in public perception towards Canal St While its original 1802 build was to set in a hotel that still exists along the edge Martin, inadvertently ushering in the Bobo create an artificial waterway for transporting of the water, while a more recent homage revolution. The cafe-lined canal is now the goods and fresh water, the canal holds a was in the 2001 film Amelie, whose main place to be seen.
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Canauxrama
If you want to experience life on the canal then you need to take a boat along its waters and watch Paris and its people glide by. The oldest company offering cruises on Canal St Martin is Canauxrama, established in 1983. They’ve been offering panoramic cruises of Paris’ canals and the Seine for 32 years. The cruises along Canal Saint Martin begin at the Arsenal Marina quay on Boulevard de la Bastille and terminate at Basin de la Villette. The boat takes a leisurely pace under 100-year-old trees and wrought iron footbridges that line the canal, but the most enthralling aspect of the journey is when the boat passes through a mysterious tunnel, called the Vault Of The Bastille. Here, experimental films by Japanese artist Keiichi Tahara are eerily projected onto its dark walls. 13, Quai de la Loire | +33 1 42 39 15 00 | canauxrama.com Potemkine
Art-house movies from the French New Wave during the late 1950s and ’60s changed the way we view cinema today. This boutique DVD store pays homage to the rich past of Parisian films. The name Potemkine comes from the seminal 1925 silent Russian film Battleship Potemkin, but this is no wilting DVD rental store, however. It’s bursting at the seams with special editions, rare copies of long forgotten films and modern classics. Aside from the flicks, Potemkine has become a hub for the city’s filmmakers. Artists and creative media fashionistas hang out in the cafe to discuss projects, attend the well curated events and listen to special guest speakers. Owner Nils Bouaziz, who opened the store 10 years ago, proudly boasts the likes of director Peter Greenaway as an example of the talent that speak at his events. 30 Rue Beaurepaire | +33 1 40 18 01 81 | potemkine.fr
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This concept furniture store sells and displays work by international designers who are inspired by the colours and designs of the 1950s, with a focus on Danish design from that era. All of the pieces are made in Lebanon, where founder Houssan Kanaan originates. There’s a strong commitment to the use of traditional methods of handcrafting, and this dedication is symbolised by the front counter of the store originally being his father’s old carpentry table. Houssan’s wife and artistic director Meghedi Simonian was born in Iran and has lived in Paris for ten years. She explains that the concept of the store is for the furniture to have a practical purpose, along with simple design and sleek lines. The store has a well-displayed showcase of stylish furniture, lamps and sofas. 28 rue des Vinaigriers | +33 (0)9 53 40 86 98 | kanndesign.com MachicaDou
This small, endearing boutique is filled with the passion and commitment that owner Camille Klarfeld has shown in creating her atelier, which is at once a workshop and secondhand clothes store. Machicadou is very much a family affair. Her father built the mezzanine that acts as a space to restore and up-cycle vintage clothes Camille has handpicked. The name is taken from a family joke and is a made-up word that describes the meal made from the leftover food from dinner the night before. What really marks this store out as unique, however, is when exploring the details of its contents. Camille makes every visitor feel a part of her family as she walks you through her array of jewellery, handbags, home decor, children’s accessories, designer labels and her unique designs. 165 Quai de Valmy | +33 1 44 72 04 07 | machicadou.blogspot.com
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Labelled as a design bookstore, Artazart has the visual impact of an art gallery and museum of creative objects from the past and future. Since 2000 its founders Carl Huguenin and Jérôme Fournel have dedicated their store to the celebration of the image in all its forms. Their hand-selected collection of photography, painting, graphic design, children’s books and magazines is visited by design professionals from all over the city. Listed in the Huffington Post top 10 art and design bookstores around the world, Artazart’s bright red shop front can’t be missed as you walk along the canal path. Aside from art and books, the store is the perfect place to pick up unique creative objects like pin-hole cameras, cyanotype photography kits, bicycle accessories and hard to find art supplies. 83 Quai de Valmy | +33 1 40 40 24 00 | artazart-paris.fr Antoine et LiLi
As you walk along the canal you’ll come across a colourful collection of storefronts, with baby pink, sunshine yellow and apple green beckoning you inside. You have arrived at the neighbourhood’s longest running boutique, Antoine et Lili. Originally opened in Montmartre in 1998, it has since expanded, now with 17 stores all over the country. Established by Alexandre Gattegno and Martine Sénac, it’s a woman’s fashion boutique focused on the chic Bobo style that typifies the area. The designs are created in-house and are inspired by Martine’s world travels, with each season focusing on a new influence. The strip of stores is unique as it features one very special offering, which has adult designs in children’s sizes, along with a boutique accessories store stocking original items from around the world. 95 quai de Valmy | +33 1 40 37 41 55 | antoineetlili.com
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This hotel is a classic icon of Parisian history. Built in 1912, it consisted of 40 rooms that were home to the workers, sailors and migrants who worked on the canal during its industrial period. In 1938 a film was released with the same name and it’s now a bar, bistro and popular stop for people wanting to experience a piece of cinematic history. It has narrowly escaped being knocked down on many occasions but most famously in the early ’80s. The building had fallen into disrepair and was about to be demolished by developers, but outraged locals protested and camped out at the front of the hotel. In 1989 it received heritage status and Parisians celebrated their victory. It was eventually restored in the image of the original movie. 102 Quai de Jemmapes | +33 1 40 40 78 78 | hoteldunord.org Le Comptoir GeneraL
Hidden away down an unassuming alleyway, you’ll eventually find the best kept secret in Canal St Martin. As you walk into this building it isn’t clear if you’re entering an old Grand Hotel or an exclusive club. The decor is the result of a collaboration between artists, gardeners, set designers and visionaries who have created a menagerie of eclectic objects around what at first appears to be a cafe and bar. Dedicated to the exotic, with a focus on items and styles from Africa, this live-in museum is also a hair salon, travel agent, clothes store, a music label, greenhouse and photo studio, as well as occasional venue for cinema and guest events, and offers the most undiluted vision of Canal St Martin’s Bobo vibe. 80 Quai de Jemmapes | +33 1 44 88 24 48 | lecomptoirgeneral.com
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CorCel ColleCtive While a bustling Sheikh Zayed Road might dominate the city, a slower pace is emerging on side roads and cyclepaths. Less a mode of transport, more a way of life, this is how you really navigate Dubai
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new independent bicycle movement is transforming how Dubai commutes and spends its leisure time, powered by fixed-gear and single-speed biking enthusiasts and the homegrown bike retailer, Corcel Collective. Founded by a small group of friends – including ex-professional footballer, Christian Frealdsson (above) – the lifestyle brand has expanded rapidly in just a few years and is now preparing to open a flagship store in Dubai Design District.
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Riding a bike in an uRban enviRonment is a fast way to tRavel and has benefits foR both youR health and the enviRonment
I moved to Dubai from Stockholm three years ago, where I’d been riding bikes, single-speed and fixed- gear, my whole life, mostly for commuting but also for fun. Riding a bike in an urban environment is a fast way to travel and has benefits for your health and the Fixed gear bikes let you have environment. My friends and full control of the bike. When I wanted to create a lifestyle you’re riding fixed it’s not like cruising, brand that catered to our you have to pedal consistently, as you new community of riders – ride without brakes. When you learn it was clear that there were how to control the bike it’s a very others like us who wanted nice feeling. to ride their city. Now, There’s a growing fixed-gear two years later, we have a community in Dubai but it’s tricky showroom in Al Quoz and for beginners, so we not only sell a number of collaborations, fixed-gear bikes, we have a range of including Puma Select and single-speed bikes (free wheel) and Level Shoe District, where one of our brands, BIKEID, comes we have a pop-up store. with an automatic two-shift gear.
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Design and simplicity are also a focus. Dubai is completely flat and for the leisure biker, gears don’t really make sense. They also take away from the bike design and I want people to ride their bike and be able to store it in their house without feeling that they have to hide it because it doesn’t look good.
There’s an established and growing community here that gets together for rides, Dubai Fixed Gear (DXBFXD). I can also see that more people are riding bikes in their daily life. Not only for exercise but also to commute. Dubai is becoming increasingly bike friendly and large numbers of tracks are being built. I’m sure this will change how people get around the city.
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Personally I love to ride my bike in Jumeirah and Satwa. Older parts of Dubai like Deira and next to the Creek are also perfect for a ride.
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Dubai is creating many rental bike stations around town, especially in Downtown and Jumeirah Beach. A bike ride on the back roads of Jumeirah, close to the beach, is a perfect way to see the city in a different way. corcelcollective.com
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THESE ARE DANGEROUS TIMES. A COMBINATION OF POACHING AND HUNTING IS PUSHING A NUMBER OF SPECIES TO THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION. THE OI PEJETA CONSERVANCY IN KENYA IS MAKING STAND
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OS60_066-074 The Last Northern White Rhinos.indd 67 1/21/16 1:10 PM Oi Pejeta the world’s wildlife has The reality too is that criminal gangs been lost, and humans who feed the illegal trade in rhino horn are largely to blame. across Africa and Asia are the same If we continue at the gangs that traffic drugs and people. current rate, it doesn’t Rhino horn, for these people, is simply C O nservanC y is take a mathematician to another revenue stream. As Vigne puts it, figure out the end result. “They have no scruples. They’re criminals, Rhino populations pure and simple, and will use any method in particular have to achieve their aims.” suffered massively, not Faced with a seemingly impossible h O me tO the last only at the loss of their situation for the northern white rhino, natural environment, the team at Ol Pejeta is pinning hopes but also at the hands on a revolutionary form of IVF (in-vitro of poachers. With rhino fertilisation). The call to action has spread horn demanding ever- worldwide, with scientists and genetic increasing bounties, experts gathering recently in Vienna to male nO rthern white particularly in the Far pool together their knowledge in the East where it’s mistakenly hope of finding a solution. perceived as having The process is akin to sailing into medicinal properties uncharted waters, as IVF has never before and attributed among been tried with a rhino. “As we speak trials rhinO O n the P lanet other things as being a are going on to develop IVF protocols in cure for cancer, there southern white rhinos, the closest living is a seemingly insatiable relative of the northern counterpart,” says demand. “This is all about Vigne. In what could now, with hindsight, His name is Sudan and such is the education,” explains Vigne. “The people be seen as a conservation success story continuing threat from poachers that who demand and consume rhino horn the southern white rhino itself was on this gentle creature lives under 24-hour must take full responsibility for the the brink of extinction a little more than armed guard. At the grand old age of 42, poaching pressure that rhinos face. It’s a century ago. At one point less than a Sudan has already exceeded the average simple. Stop buying it. Then poaching hundred were left. They now number in life span for the species by seven years. could stop overnight. Rhino horn is excess of 20,000, albeit in game reserves Until recently there were just four keratin – the same substance that forms and protected areas. northern white rhinos left in the world. fingernails. It has no medicinal powers With just two surviving female With the death of Nola, a 41-year-old whatsoever. It cannot cure anything.” northern white rhinos the decision to female, at San Diego Zoo in November 2015, three remain, all living at Ol Pejeta. As things stand, we’re witnessing the extinction of the species. Sudan is too old to mate with the two remaining females Fatu and Najin, and so, you would think, the story ends there. Yet somehow, in this most tragic of scenarios, there is a glimmer of hope. The team at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, headed by CEO Richard Vigne, is determined not to give up the fight. The northern white rhino is just one of many species on the brink. Across the planet we’re experiencing extinction events on an unprecedented scale. According to the WWF (World Wildlife Fund), destruction of natural habitats and the illegal wildlife trade are the root causes. It is estimated that in the past 40 years alone more than 40 per cent of
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initially trial the new IVF protocol on southern white rhinos therefore makes perfect sense. Vigne says, “Once the IVF technique has been developed the challenge will be to replicate the process on the two remaining northern white females at Ol Pejeta.” The new IVF procedure and trials will be expensive, time-consuming and complex to achieve. According to Vigne, if fertilisation proves successful and results in a northern white embryo, “it will then have to be stored in liquid nitrogen until such time as the process to successfully implant the embryo into a surrogate southern white rhino female has been developed”. Clearly time is not on the side of the experts and Vigne admits that the odds are most likely stacked against both them and the species. Naturally too, funding is key, resulting in the launch of the #MakeaRhino (gofundme.com/ makearhino) campaign, the brainchild of Ol Pejeta’s marketing manager, Elodie Sampere. The minimum amount required to fund the revolutionary IVF programme is estimated at US$800,000. “It may sound like a lot,” says Sampere, “but this has never been tried before and every penny raised goes directly to the cause. If we’re successful, anyone who has donated will have played a vital part in saving the species. The bottom line is that without money this process will go nowhere.” Naturally, visiting the 90,000-acre conservancy is the ideal way to not only see and interact with the unique wildlife and environment to be found there, but also to witness first-hand the invaluable work being carried out. Ol Pejeta can justifiably claim to be a true once in a lifetime experience and its base of Kenya was awarded Best Safari Destination at the 2015 World Travel Awards. Ol Pejeta is not just the home to the world’s last three northern white rhinos.
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The conservancy also includes the largest black rhino sanctuary in East Africa, while Sweetwaters Sanctuary, also situated at Ol Pejeta, is the only place to see chimpanzees in the region. It also hosts a spectacular variety of other species such as lions, leopards, elephants and endangered Grevy’s zebras. “Of course the best way to support wildlife is to go on safari,” says Vigne. “Conservancies such as Ol Pejeta are perfectly safe and here you get to experience conservation you can touch.” Highlights of a visit include meeting the northern white rhinos, bottle-feeding a baby rhino and lion tracking. Vigne sums it up by saying, “It’s not just a safari; you’ll be part of what we do here.” Conservation, community and communication lie at the heart of the project. Recent high-profile visitors,
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such as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, reflect Ol Pejeta’s commitment to using technology not only in the fight against the ever more sophisticated methods of poachers but also as a conservation tool and something that benefits the indigenous community as a whole. New innovations include plans to offer virtual safaris for those unable to visit in person. “The vision is that someone sitting at their desk in London or New York will, in time, be able to travel virtually around the conservancy,” says Vigne. Increasingly solar technology is being utilised in a drive to go ever more green and reduce emissions. Alongside all this lies Ol Pejeta’s concept of Integrated Land Management, to clear areas of rank grass, making way our fellow creatures is inflicting upon which allows commercially bred cattle for new growth. It’s all about securing the world. The message from Vigne is to occupy the same area as wildlife. the wild areas of Africa in a productive stark and simple. “We must change the Through careful organisation the system way with obvious benefits for the entire way in which we consume. The natural contributes to fixed costs that offset community in perpetuity”. resources of this planet are finite. The financial problems that can be caused by The issues being addressed at Ol truth is that the entire global community fluctuations in visitor numbers. According Pejeta in one way or another affect bears responsibility for what is rapidly to Vigne it’s “an ongoing learning curve. us all. The plight of Sudan, the last becoming a tidal wave of extinction. We’re also discovering that we can use male northern white rhino on the There is still time to halt this process but our cattle to create a better habitat for planet, is a stark reminder of the we must act now. We need to change wildlife through increased biodiversity. often irreversible damage that greed, the way we live.” For example, we now use closely packed corruption, ignorance, lack of concern olpejetaconservancy.org herds of cattle instead of controlled fires for the environment and disregard of #MakeaRhino
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t used to be a fairly complicated procedure to walk Anyone who has been to the lienicke across the lienicke ridge on the far western ridge will recognise it as taking centre outskirts of erlin. or a start, it involved nerve jangling stage in the Steven Spielberg film B i e negotiations between the two superpowers of the pies it’s also playing on board time, the nited States and the Soviet nion and Emirates this month . Anyone who has some of their key allies. a or sharp legal brains were not, should. For here you will find history required; horse-trading skills had to be finely honed. The writ large a spot that has witnessed negotiations could last months, if not years. human drama and political intrigue of the Those selected to make the journey had to be very very highest order. carefully screened. And when they were finally allowed to ere, too, in the glorious forest and walk on to the bridge, military and intelligence forces water-filled world linking the western on both sides would follow them every step of the way. outskirts of erlin and the easternmost These days, walking over the Glienicke Bridge is somewhat easier. You can approach reaches of the former garrison town of it uite freely from both east and west and cross it in either direction. Once on the Potsdam, you will find a place of quite other side, you can, should you wish, turn around and retrace your steps back to staggering natural beauty, a retreat of such the other side. You can walk without stopping. You can run. Or you can pause in the serenity that for more than years middle where, to this day, you can still see the faint remains of the thin white line of it was the favoured playground of the paint that not that long ago was the graphic demarcation point between East and princes and princesses of Prussia. West at the height of the Cold War. I decided to begin my own journey It was across this line that, in ebruary , the Soviet spy udolf Abel and the to the lienicke ridge by water, American spy plane pilot rancis ary Powers were e changed. It was here that, in taking a minute round trip cruise une , some agents who had spied for the West were e changed with four who from Potsdam, capital of the state of had spied for the East. And it was here that, in February 1986, as part of another, final randenburg, which in East erman exchange, the Soviet dissident Anatoly Shcharansky (Natan Sharansky) took his first times was a key listening post on faltering steps to freedom. neighbouring West erlin.
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made of wood, then stone, then finally working for the good; I was an undercover agent working for the free world. I felt a bit steel, a reconstruction of the 1907 version like a James Bond. And I like the fact that now, at the age of 71, I am an ex-spy who also that was blown up as the Red Army serves as a bit of an entertainer.” I could have talked with him a lot longer, but felt that it advanced on Berlin towards the end of the was time to cross the Glienicke myself. war) and the dramatic events that unfolded It was nearly dusk as I walked the few yards from the villa to the bridge and the fading here during the height of the Cold War. light lent it a very atmospheric quality. There was a modest flow of cars travelling in each There is great video footage of John F direction; tourists on Segways laughed as they crossed in convoy. A couple holding hands Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev squaring walked across in the opposite direction. up to each other in the run-up to the I made my way to the middle and placed one foot on each side of that faint white line 1962 exchange of Powers and Abel; there’s and reflected on just how momentous that step used to be. Then I took in the view from a telling interview with Nathan Sharansky the bridge itself – to Babelsberg Palace on one side and Peacock Island on the other. I revealing that the reason that he had his found myself agreeing with the great explorer Alexander von Humboldt: “The view from hands so firmly clasped around his waist as the Glienicke Bridge can compete with the most beautiful in the world.” he walked across to freedom in 1986 was that his trousers were too large and he feared they would fall down. There are some gruesome exhibits – including the blocks of nails that were laid in the Havel as an extra deterrent to East Germans who thought there might be a chance of swimming to the other side. There are more joyous ones, too – especially those depicting the lines of Trabants driving over the bridge on November 10, 1989 – just hours after it emerged that the Berlin Wall was no more. It was at the Villa Schöningen that I spotted an intriguing flyer – “High Noon at Glienicke Bridge” – and discovered to my astonishment that it is now possible to arrange a talk and tour of the bridge with one of the men who had been exchanged in the June 1985 spy swap – Eberhard Fätkenheuer, a former CIA agent and arguably the most fascinating guide in the whole of Berlin. I arranged to meet him and hear his story: of the school years in which he began to fall foul of the East German authorities; of an unlikely friendship in his twenties with a young man from Vienna who, having spent years building up trust, asked if he would be prepared to spy for the Americans; of clandestine training sessions on Lake Balaton south of Budapest; of assignments, since Fätkenheuer’s job was to observe and report on troops and missile movements of the Soviet and Warsaw Pact forces based on East German soil; of the sense of risk, excitement and elation he felt at the time; and of the subsequent fear when he was found out and sentenced to prison (he served six years). Did he have any regrets? “None at all. I was convinced I was
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t did not take me long to connect with my own inner James Bond. I was in the It was time to up my game and have Berlin Spy Museum, one of the city’s newest attractions, located at Potsdamer a go at the hardest level (moving laser I Platz, and for many years the heavily guarded no-man’s-land that divided East and beams). That was a lot harder. But by now I West in the centre of the city. was on something of a roll. I’d enjoyed looking at the museum’s many and varied exhibits – from an original It’s a doddle this spy businesss. And Enigma coding machine to a lipstick pistol to an umbrella of the kind used to poison I gather there may be something of a the Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov on Waterloo Bridge in London. vacancy coming up in the 007 department. I’d read with interest the accounts of espionage through the ages (Cromwell had a pretty effective secret service, as did the ancient Persian King Cyrus II). I’d read again about the intriguing life of First World War spy extraordinaire Mata Hari and watched a film demonstrating how men possessing sensitive information were tricked out of it by women using their “honey trap” charms. Then, next to the display of James Bond gadgets through the ages, I’d stumbled upon the room set up with laser beams through which aspiring spies could try to navigate a path. With the Bond theme tune playing, Agent AB signed up to have a go. As I looked at the sea of laser beams criss-crossing the room and tried to work out how to get through them, a few drops of sweat formed on the nape of my neck. Even at the lowest level of difficulty it required deft moves and clear thinking. Damn! A loud alarm went off as on my first attempt I touched one of the beams. I returned to the fray, all the more determined. And began to get the hang of it. Soon I was manoevering those beams with true Bond-like dexterity. And geting to the other side of the room. At first in 37 seconds, then in 22 (that said, someone else has managed it in just four). I had a go at the medium level (more lasers and much more difficult angles) – and eventually managed to complete that too.
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OS60_085-105 Briefing.indd 85 1/21/16 1:55 PM EmiratE s nE ws emirATes AirliNe fesTivAl of liTerATure Q&A The Emirates Airline Festival Of Literature has grown rapidly. The inaugural festival in 2008 was a Ian RankIn We caught up with the award- five-day event with 65 authors. Now, eight years winning crime writer ahead of next later, the event spans two weeks and features month’s Emirates Airline Festival Of Literature in Dubai more than 150 authors from 30 countries. Most impressive is the list of events that visitors can enjoy – from visits by stellar writers such as James Bond author Anthony Horowitz and actors Steven Berkoff, Meera Syal and Robert Lindsay, to Poetry Live! where students will get the chance to talk through their work with the poets they’re actually studying. There’s even a Literary Cruise along Dubai Creek featuring the philosopher AC Grayling, who’ll extol the virtues of literature to a like-minded audience. Dina Al Herais, Vice President Commercial – VIP Customer Relations at Emirates, said, “The Emirates Airline Festival Of Literature is one of Dubai’s most diverse events that appeals to people of all ages and backgrounds. This year we’re confident that it will continue to offer even more opportunities for education, engagement and entertainment.” Running from March 1 to 12, ticket prices start at Dhs50, with several children’s events How do you generate a and activities available free of charge. Tickets are available from the festival website and at realistic plot for your novels? select WHSmith stores across the UAE. I begin with a theme I want to emirateslitfest.com explore. There’s also usually the germ of a true story – maybe something I’ve read in a newspaper or magazine. That gets my imagination working. I New service for THe PHiliPPiNes don’t do too much planning before I start. I just let the story tell me where it wants to go. So the first draft is quite rough. I do the bulk of the research before I write a second draft, and then the third draft is a polish. That’s what my publisher sees. How does being a crime writer affect your life? I suppose I’m always looking for possible plots, so my imagination is drawn towards the more gruesome and offbeat stories in the news. Just today someone on the street told me about a chainsaw kept in a cocktail bar in Edinburgh – it was there to cut the blocks of ice, but Emirates is launching a daily circular cities in Europe, 16 in the Middle East my mind started to ponder other, service from Dubai to Cebu (CEB) and as well as a number of destinations less savoury, uses. Clark (CRK) in the Philippines. across our extensive network in Africa What advice would you Starting March 30, a Boeing 777- and the Americas”. give aspiring writers? 300ER aircraft will begin service and Emirates flights to Cebu and Clark Write lots, read widely, become strengthen international connectivity to will depart daily from Dubai as EK 338 self-critical, learn to differentiate two of the Philippines’ fastest-growing at 2.55am, arriving at Mactan-Cebu between useful feedback and the international hubs. International Airport at 3.50pm. other kind, get a thick skin (to deal Thierry Antinori, Executive Vice The service will then depart from with rejection), keep going, get lucky. President and Chief Commercial Cebu at 5.25pm and arrive at Clark How about crime fiction Officer, Emirates, said the opening of International Airport at 6.45pm. set in Dubai? the service “will enhance the choice for The return flight will depart Clark at Hmm. I can think of a few possible travellers in the Philippines, who will 8.20pm, arriving at Dubai International plots, but I’m not going to share them be able to conveniently connect to 39 Airport at 1.25am the next day. – I might need them some day.
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MOH YM65158 InsI de e m I rates ULTIMATE FAN STORY Emirates delivered the surprise of the year to one A380 super-fan recently, with a VIP prize-of-a-lifetime for UAE resident Yves Heye. This is the tale of his unforgettable aviation adventure
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the challenge was simple. tell emirates why you deserve the Yves had a particular fascination for speciality aircraft like the title of ‘Ultimate Fan of the a380’ in 380 words or fewer, and Concorde, as well as for fighter planes from the Second World War win a special VIP tour of Emirates’ first two-class-configured – but it was the A380 that held a special significance for him. “The a380, to be unveiled at the dubai airshow. A380 is such an iconic brand”, says Yves. “For me, their immense size For UAE resident Yves Heye, the opportunity was too good and weight, combined with the fact that they can fly so slowly and to pass up. Spotting the invitation on Facebook, Yves was one of majestically, is what makes them really special. They’re efficient, they’re thousands of people who entered, in the hope of becoming the envy spacious, and for me, they’re the future of air travel.” of aviation enthusiasts everywhere. Yet it was his longstanding fondness Yet there’s another reason for Yves’ ongoing fascination. His for these magnificent planes that made his application stand out. mother once worked for Hewlett-Packard, selling on-board As he explains, “My interest in planes began from a very young computers to Airbus in Europe, and so she gained some fascinating age. My mother travelled a lot for work, and she would often insights into the world of the A380 during the time they were bring home a model plane as a souvenir from her trips. I ended being developed. “It was very interesting for me to hear about up having a huge collection, and my obsession with the world of these new planes, and learn more about the processes involved in aviation never really stopped, even through school.” creating and building them,” he says.
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At the time, Yves was living in Hamburg, Germany, but he was Centre’, which houses an original scale A380 (without wings) where considering relocating to the UAE to work as a firefighter and customers like Emirates are able to go and inspect a fully functioning train the local teams in improved firefighting efficiencies. “I was in layout of what their plane cabins will look like. As Yves says, “It’s a a restaurant with my parents discussing the possibility”, he recalls. brilliant way for customers to check out different design ideas and “Moving to the United Arab Emirates was a big step for me, so I make any final tweaks before the designs are finalised.” wanted to make sure it was the right move. At that very moment, For the final part of his prize, Yves was given the chance to we saw our very first Emirates A380 in the sky through the take the controls of an A380 himself, with a 40-minute flight from restaurant window, flying low over the city on a test flight. It was Toulouse to Marseilles inside an A380 flight simulator. like a sign for me, and so the decision to move to the UAE was “This was incredibly impressive. It was so real. You feel every made in that very moment.” movement of the plane and even though the screen itself is artificial, From witnessing the test flight of one of the first A380s, everything else about it is 100 per cent true to life. In fact, the Yves’ relationship with the pride of the Emirates fleet stepped cockpit itself is built to exactly the same specifications as a real one.” up a notch or ten, when he was treated to a special VIP tour of Taking the controls for the first time, Yves recalls his first the new Emirates A380 at the Dubai Airshow. This brand new impressions. “I was surprised by how responsive the controls were, plane is the first of its kind, featuring a two-class configured and how little movement is needed to change direction or height. (Economy and Business) on a daily scheduled to service Dubai I was also very impressed by the exceptional on-board safety to Copenhagen. While an Emirates two-class currently also flies standards. For one function there are up to six safety systems – to Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Manchester, it marks the first time which is incredibly reassuring to know.” Scandinavia is able to enjoy a scheduled A380 service – and it’s This moment alone was a particular highlight for the not the only way that Emirates is making history. With better awestruck prize-winner. “Flying in the simulator was a once-in- fuel efficiency than most modern small passenger cars (in terms a-lifetime experience for me. They’re booked out a long time in of fuel economy per passenger kilometer), the new A380 has advance for trainee pilots – so I felt very lucky to be there.” moved aviation one step closer to reduced emissions, without Reflecting on his adventure, Yves is clearly delighted with the compromising on comfort. effort made to deliver such a great prize. “The opportunity to go to “It was such a treat for me to experience this new plane”, says Toulouse and see all these things, was absolutely amazing, and I was Yves. “I was shown around the cockpit for about an hour, which was actually quite overwhelmed by all that was done by Emirates and amazing. The pilot patiently explained every detail. I found out, for Airbus to make this such a memorable experience.” instance, about the incredible amount of preparation that needs to Flying back to Dubai after the visit, Yves describes how privileged be done before takeoff. I was shown virtually every aspect of the (and also reassured) he felt to have been given such a unique insight plane’s operation, from starting the engines to setting the autopilot, into these impressive planes. “Knowing what is going on in the cockpit to braking on the runway during landing.” during the flight makes me feel much more comfortable – and also There was one aspect to the tour that really surprised Yves. “It’s somehow much more involved – in the experience of flying.” absolutely incredible just how automated the whole process is these “It’s been great to get an insight into the mechanics of these days. These planes are able to fly and even land themselves. The planes. I hadn’t really thought about it much before, and it’s easy pilot’s role is still very important, as they have to continually monitor to take flying for granted as you sit there reading your inflight the computer systems, and most importantly, anticipate what they’re magazine or watching TV. But for me, it’s a thrill and always so is going to do next. I really have a newfound respect for these guys, exciting to think I may be sitting in that same A380 we saw flying after seeing what they’re in charge of!“ over Hamburg that fateful day I decided to change my life.” Yves was also able to walk around outside, which was another great moment. “How often do you get the opportunity to walk right up to one of these amazing feats of engineering, to look at the wheels and the engines, to study it close-up? That was impressive enough… so I was totally blown away when I was called back to the cockpit and pilot revealed some even more incredible news.” Yves’ ‘Surprise of the Year’ – and the totally unexpected second part of his prize – was a visit to Toulouse, France, for an exclusive tour of the A380 manufacturing facility. And once Yves had collected his jaw from the floor and composed himself, he was duly flown to France for a tour of the A380 final assembly line, where he witnessed the birth of a brand new Emirates A380 as it went through production – one of over 60 on order. As Yves describes it, “the entire process of building an A380 takes around five to six weeks – and it was an awesome spectacle to be inside this huge hangar and witness the entire construction process.” Yves was also shown around the facility’s so-called ‘Mockup
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CUSToMS DECLARATIoN FoRM
All passengers arriving into the US need to complete a Customs Declaration Form. If you are travelling as a family this should be com- pleted by one member only. The form must be completed in English, in capital letters, and must be signed where indicated.
ElEctronic SyStEm for travEl authoriSation (ESta) If you are an international traveller wishing to enter the United States under the Visa Waiver Programme, You must apply for electronic authorisation (ESTA) up to 72 hours prior to your departure.
ESta factS: Children and infants require an individual ESTA.
The online ESTA system will inform you whether your application has been authorised, not authorised or if authorisation is pending.
A successful ESTA application is valid for two years, however this may be revoked or will expire along with your passport.
apply onlinE at www.cbp.gov/ESta
nationalitiES EligiblE for thE viSa waivEr*: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Monaco, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom**
* SubjEct to changE ** only britiSh citizEnS qualify undEr thE viSa waivEr programmE.
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OS60_085-105 Briefing.indd 96 1/21/16 1:56 PM & quarantine information Cut the queue at JFK with quiCK ConneCt If you’re connecting through New York JFK, you can avoid long waiting times in US immigration and queues for connecting flights with the Quick Connect service. US Customs and Border Protection Agency created the special service for passengers who have a connecting flight within three hours of arrival at New York JFK.
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have your boarding card or You’ll be given a Quick After passport clearance, If your bag is tagged to your ticket for your connecting flight Connect card. Continue to the claim your baggage and clear final destination, hand it to ready for the ground staff as Quick Connect queue in the US customs, regardless of your emirates staff at the transfer you exit. Arrivals hall. final destination. counter for your onward flight.
quarantine in australia Australia has strict biosecurity laws, so when you arrive you’ll need to declare certain food, plant or animal items on your Incoming Passenger Card.
You also need to declare equipment or shoes used in rivers and lakes or with soil attached. All aircraft food must be left on board. Please take particular care when you complete your Incoming Passenger Card – it's a legal document and false declarations may result in a penalty.
quarantine in Japan Japan has strict rules around exposure to livestock and bringing in livestock items. You will need to go to the Animal Quarantine Counter if:
• you have recently been to a livestock farm • are bringing livestock products into Japan • your visit to Japan will involve contact with livestock
the counter is in the baggage claim area. If you’re bringing meat and livestock products into Japan without an import certificate, you must see the animal quarantine officer.
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ur fleet contains2 aircraft made up of 23 passenger aircraft and 1 cargo aircraft
OEIN ER emirates is the world’s largest operator of this aircraft, which oined the fleet in 2005.
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OEIN Since 1999, Emirates operates two and three-class versions of the 777-300.
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OEIN LR In 2005, the Boeing 777-200LR set a new world record for distance travelled non-stop when it landed at Heathrow airport, London, after a journey of 21,601km (11,664 nautical miles) from Hong Kong - the long way round. Emirates received its first 777-200LR in August 2007. umber of ircraft apacity ange km ength . m ingspan . m
OEIN ER Emirates’ first Boeing 777-200ER joined the fleet in 1997.
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AIR US A this ultra long range passenger airliner was introduced to the Emirates fleet in 2003. This saw the launch of the First Class Suite which has since been rolled out on the Boeing and Airbus A .
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AIR US A First added to the fleet in 1999, this aircraft operates predominately on shorter haul routes.
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OS60_085-105 Briefing.indd 105 1/21/16 1:56 PM Knowledge destination How a city works. This month: Munich
I guess we have to go home and change
you can surF in the park Food is taken seriously Football makes people happy Englischer Garten is home to City Surfing Munich’s famous white sausages are only Football-mad Munich was recently named River – an artificial stream that uses a served before noon, usually with mustard Europe’s third most liveable city. Their main special pumping mechanism to create big and pretzels. So have a light breakfast if team, Bayern, is Europe’s third most successful surfing waves at one particular spot. you’re after one. in history. Coincidence? source: englischer Garten source: munich tourist board source: eiu.com
Munich has the third biggest park space in the world
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