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Dubai,
Dubai,
United Arab Emirates
Friday, May 9, 2008
Just landed from New Delhi into the Dubai airport. It's the middle of the night and I feel like I'm in the middle of a multi-level shopping complex not an airport. In between all the shops you can spy the gates but it's really over the top. Not the first time I've been here but it continues to amaze each time. In about an hour I hop on another Emirates flight to Osaka...I'm sure it'll be over 10 hours but I haven't confirmed that yet. Luckily, I have my business class RTW...so I'm in my Tantra t-shirt from this cool Indian store, backpack and cardboard tube containing my Buddhist Tangka rubbing elbows with the 'other' half. Thank goodness my travel agent found that super discounted fare last year...it's made all the difference on these long hauls.
I sat next to a really nice Sikh businessman on the previous flight and was invited to his daughter's wedding in New Delhi at the end of the year. He reminisced about his time hitchhiking throughout the Middle East when it was still safe to travel through Iraq and some family caravan travels through Europe...as well as grilling me about my African Safari experiences. I think he wants to go. You never know when the next interesting person will pop up to talk with when traveling. I think I will miss these unexpected conversations when I return home...
