after the most awesome take off I sat for like 5 hours straight that is 5 hours on the same two butt cheeks. As you can imagine my pain of sitting still was only matched by my fear of having to climb over the nice Muslim lad next to me and the big foreign lady next to him. Nothing like bashing in two sets of knees and then having to sit next to them for another 3 hours! at around 4am I lifted my window cover and beheld the most flippen amazing sight!!! Sunrise at 35000 feet. Imagine a dead straight flat sky line starting at crimson red and fading through orange and yellow to blue and a dark night sky. I was so amazed i diturbed my neighbour from his thrid gratuitously violent movie of the evening to look He in turn phoned all his buddies (on the nifty in flight sest to seat phones and proceeded to gradually wake up the rest of the people around us. The brilliant sunrise was followed with a very bright red sun which was beautiful until I realised the number of people who were being blinded by my window directing the sun into their eyes.... whoopsie....
Landing was almost as exciting as take off (except well like the rollor coaster reference in reverse) and Dubai was cloudy so we flew through tons of pretty cotton wool clouds before landing! Stunning!!
After leaving the huge crowd that was transfered to different flights, the airport was deserted. But first (being a girl and all) I had to pop off to the loo's (see earlier fear of climbing out my seat refernce). I walk in and I go "woooh foreign country!"" There is an asian lady cleaning the loo! weird... And then the two ladies also in the loo start speaking afrikaans to each other and I go "woooh! where am I? Am I still at home?" double weird.
Wandering around the airport is interesting because the place is pretty new and freshly built. mmmm Fresh Paint smell! And then the airport is populated with people all in white dresses and the white head dress with the black bands. All of them! So to get my electronic Visa I had to go to a particular little office. I get there and there are a ton of white dressed men all having their morning skinner. And they didnt have the decency to talk in Afrikaans or and african language so I could vaguely follow. Rapid Arab is not the same! anyway I got my visa (also in arab) and was finally allowed to exit. Yaay!!
Now I am off to a resturant for supper. Im hungry again! Must Feed!
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