Day 234 - You can buy THAT at an airport?

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It was a short 5 hour flight to Dubai. Ed slept and Gemma didn’t. We also made time for the meals - whether it’s just a sign of being on the road for so long (and most recently in Africa) we don’t know, but the food was great. We had a 5 hour stopover in Dubai which wasn’t quite long enough to leave the airport so we just marveled at the no-expense-spared terminal building and marched excitedly to the shops. The advertising had led us to believe that if you couldn’t buy it here, it didn’t exist. And we were going to buy a new laptop. But we ended up leaving empty handed because their selection was rubbish and included just a single Sony, and not a very good one at that.

We boarded our Dubai-Sydney flight and passed the 14 hour flight mostly watching movies - 7 between us. Ed also managed a couple of hours sleep which was a couple more than the by now zombie-like Gemma. The day ended as it had begun - sitting uncomfortably on a plane.

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