To say the Asian Poker Classic in Goa, India, was an enlightening experience is an understatement. A chartered flight from Gatwick takes a ‘mere’ 10 hours and we’re welcomed by a near-perfect temperature (high 80s every day) but a not-so-perfect airport.

It seems that it’s local tradition for a guy with a rifle in military uniform to keep passengers on the tarmac for 20 minutes while a jet revs its engines. As entertaining as that is, a few brave souls decide that enough is enough and try to run the gauntlet past the guard only for him to lower his gun towards them.