I had left on a late night flight from Shanghai, so my arrival to Dubai was in the early morning. I was quite glad that there was a sandstorm/poor visibility meaning that we had to circle for about another hour to an hour and a half. I got to get a bit more sleep in. We landed and I was through immigration pretty quickly. Since it was still early, around 7 am, I decided to sit in the Costa at in the arrivals section and have myself a nice, strong coffee to wake up a bit. After about an hour, I headed over to the subway, which is very conveniently located nearby. I took the train to where my hostel was located in the older part of Dubai. After getting a little bit lost, I found
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