In the latest edition of The MMA Diaries, Karim Zidan travels to Moscow. The first entry sets the scene in Krasnogorsk, a suburb near the M-1 Challenge 56 venue, where he experiments with Russian fast food cuisine and learns about the nation's developments over the past decade.
Day 1 -- Entry 1 (Welcome to Moscow)
"Cabin crew, prepare for landing."
Those words were music to my ears; 15 hours of travel were finally coming to an end. Nearly free of the crippling anxiety that gripped me throughout my air travel, I eagerly pulled my seat into the upright position, fastened myself into position and watched from my window as the aircraft bobbed and weaved over miles of forest until we found the runway.