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Private Tour of the Gynarchy

Day 1 – Arrival at the Airport They say that first impressions are everything and be in no doubt that, as she entered the arrivals hall at Barbaria International Airport, 23 year old miss Miren from rural Gujarat in India was truly impressed by what she saw: the large, purple and white flag of the Gynarchy; the line of smartly-dressed, immigration officers sitting behind their raised desks in their navy blue uniforms; the very fact that the Arrivals Hall was divided into two sections – the first, a beautiful shade of lilac, for females; the second, grubby and grey, for males. She smiled wryly to herself as she thought of how her boyfriend, Ravi, would be required to go through the grubby, unwelcoming side of the Hall if he were accompanying her on this trip to the Gynarchy – which he most definitely was not! As she smiled, she followed the separate signs which welcomed females into the Gynarchy, and was soon standing in front of passport control desk no 18. The immigration officer was...