A few months after my return from Africa I was sent out to the Far East to prepare for a delegation of industrialists who were to visit five countries to explore investment possibilities.
As a result, the governments involved were very anxious to give a good impression and went out of their way to make the visitors feel welcome and wanted.
Arriving a week before the main party, I was met at the airport of one of the countries by a small, dapper man, dressed in a green suit and sporting a wispy moustache, unusual in a country where facial hair is rare.
He took me to one of the best hotels in the city and I was show to a suite - I noticed that my bags had arrived in the room before me -- and was informed that I was to be taken out for dinner with a senior government minister at eight.
On the dot of eight there was a knock on my door and I opened it to find a stunningly beautiful girl waiting to escort me.
She was about five foot six, curvaceously built and her dress had a plunging neckline that left little to the imagination. The skirt was slit at the side almost to her hip and displayed a well designed leg the colour of honey.
Her English was very good and as we rode the elevator down to the reception she told me that she was called Nooa and was to be my guide/companion/general factotum for the duration of my visit. Should there be anything I required, I should ask her and she would arrange it.
The meal itself was excellent although I would rather have eaten it in the company of Nooa without the Minister who was a bit of a bore and full of himself.
I endured three hours of his company at the restaurant and later driving round the city and seeing the night sights and some time after eleven we returned to the hotel.
I was about to say goodnight to Nooa when she entered the lift with me and we rode up together.
I realized what was up and I explained to her that I thought she was a little young for me.