Today I drove from Abu Dhabi to Dubai to get my flight to London. I decided to do some touristy things today that I never do although I’m always in Dubai. On the way up at the border I stopped at ‘Last Exit’. It’s a bunch of food trucks…. Even a Hardee’s and KFC… I…
After a nearly 4 hour car ride to the Dubai Airport from the empty quarter of Abu Dhabi I am flying on Cathay Pacific through Hong Kong to Tokyo, Japan. If my flight is on time I plan to escape the airport briefly as I have 6 hours between my flights. The seats…
I am on a very late flight to London (British Airways) that leaves at 10:25 PM. I’ll have 8 hours in London (not ideal, but long enough to have some sort of adventure, even though it will be snowing. I’ll eventually arrive in Dubai… To add to the mystery of airfares the same flights…
I’m flying on British Airways this morning on my way to Lincoln, UK (via train after arriving in London). I stopped at the Dubai Mall for dinner before going to the airport as my flight didn’t leave until 0220. No passport stamp leaving the UAE since I used their egate system with my Emirates…
This used to be easy. One short direct flight. Now it involves through Kuwait or Oman. I was pleasantly surprised that the plane from Oman to Dubai was a new 737MAX. This was my first flight on a 737MAX.
It’s been a while since I’ve been lucky enough to fly Qatar Airways. They’ve installed new larger seats on their 777. (I was originally scheduled to fly on British Airways, but they cancelled their flight). No complaints here, Qatar Airways always is excellent and they give you pajamas in business class….