Airport Delay

The start of our trip out to Khovd was delayed by about 35 minutes as they shut down the entire airport about 20 minutes before we were supposed to board. The reason? The Emir of Kuwait was in Mongolia, and his flight had to leave first. So, we got to watch the excitement from inside the airport. At first there was just the airplane, with a rolled out red carpet which 2 women were repeatedly dusting off with little brushes. Then, a troupe of fancy black cars sped into view and pulled up in front of the airplane. And, here is one of the many, many, not-that-exciting photos we got of the action. We aren't sure which one is the Emir, any of you recognize him? :) All of the excitement was over in less than 10 minutes. I wonder what the Emir of Kuwait thinks of Mongolia....?