Am now in Dubai.
Sep. 19th, 2010 04:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckykaaCuriously Facebook and twitter are blocked by this hotel's wi-fi service as "social networking". Either that or Dubai itself has issues with these sites. Since I can't get POP3 email access I'll put this down to bizarre hotel net filters. Whatever the case, I'll not be on facebook/twitter for the next few days.
Missed the place I could go to to get tax refund on purchases. That was a bit annoying.
Have now completed the epic 14 hour flight where I got next to no sleep following a night of no sleep. I last slept 36 hours ago. Was expecting to land in Singapore, like the Brisbane and Melbourne flights do. Turned out this one is direct. The range of a 777-200LR is very impressive. Have to9 feel sorry for the flight crew though. They looked pretty exhausted leaving an 8 hour flight. 14 must really be tiring.
For a UAE based airline they didn't seem to have a lot of cabin crew who spoke Arabic. That seemed odd.
I was asked if I was a drink. I said "have you any red wine". The steward said "Of course". I should have realised it was a silly question since his name was Jesus.
Room is very nice. Actually a "serviced apartment", so it's essentially a bedsit. I get a microwave oven, two halogen hobs, fridge freezer cutlery, crockery and a washing machine, as well as comfy sofas around the telly. Have showered, changed, replaced blade in razor, and feeling pretty refreshed. Will have to poke my head outside and see Dubai.
Missed the place I could go to to get tax refund on purchases. That was a bit annoying.
Have now completed the epic 14 hour flight where I got next to no sleep following a night of no sleep. I last slept 36 hours ago. Was expecting to land in Singapore, like the Brisbane and Melbourne flights do. Turned out this one is direct. The range of a 777-200LR is very impressive. Have to9 feel sorry for the flight crew though. They looked pretty exhausted leaving an 8 hour flight. 14 must really be tiring.
For a UAE based airline they didn't seem to have a lot of cabin crew who spoke Arabic. That seemed odd.
I was asked if I was a drink. I said "have you any red wine". The steward said "Of course". I should have realised it was a silly question since his name was Jesus.
Room is very nice. Actually a "serviced apartment", so it's essentially a bedsit. I get a microwave oven, two halogen hobs, fridge freezer cutlery, crockery and a washing machine, as well as comfy sofas around the telly. Have showered, changed, replaced blade in razor, and feeling pretty refreshed. Will have to poke my head outside and see Dubai.
