Here is the first account of the travels. day 1 long long flight, stop in Dubai for 3 hours and nothing much to do there. Not slept on the plane either. Left OK this morning, with plenty of time to wait at Heathrow, arriving a 5h30 for a flight at8h50. The taxi ride was fast. I went straight in, no queue, nothing. I had a small breakie and made my cup of tea last. Flight OK, food good, but not one interestingl on the plane, nor at Dubai airport either, nobody much fitting the backpacker's look. Watched a couple of movie, or three, nothing memorable. Same from Dubai to Bangkok. 3 hours at Dubai airport, which is like most other airport, completely artificial and this one mainly empty. Airports are all the same. This one very
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