After a lovely seven hour flight, on a plane which felt like a mansion taking off, we have arrived in Dubai. By 'we', I mean my family and I. We have not yet punched each other. It's 2:30am in the morning and I've just eaten a huge omlette croissant - no, I didn't think that food combination was possible either. Our connecting flight to Male, The Maldives leaves in a couple of hours - another four hours and another time difference away. We are back in Dubai for a proper snoop in about nine days' time. In the meantime, Dubai airport is pretty - it has a huge fountain and lots of mini founains around it all lit up by different colours. My sister has jut looked over my shoulder and laughed at me for these
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