Well - what can I say .... it was long! Slightly delayed leaving Birmingham (plane late arriving) - but a smooth takeoff, flight and landing into Dubai (7 hours). I had ensured I was well prepared for the flight... complete with earplugs and eye-mask (in the hope I may be able to sleep). However, in typical style - I made a fool of myself... first of all dropping one of the ear-plugs (never to be seen again) - then the eye-mask pinged off my head, over the back of the seat, into the lap of the sleeping passenger behind me.... Oh dear! I didn't attempt to retrieve it. Dubai airport is absolutely amazing - it is vast! We taxi'd from the runway to the terminal for about ten minutes... then when we disembarked had to walk
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