You know that you are in an arabic country when your diet coke is not "diet coke". I have arrived. My first impressions, hot and sandy, construction zone and chaotic traffic. Its great. Emirates were OK. The flight was delayed and I was cramped, so now I am dealing with extreme jet lag and massive cankles!!!! Off to bed for some much needed rest.

Its 11:30 at night, we have just landed and the temp on the plane said 35 degrees and it was NOT lying!!!