The flight in...

Right, so I am sitting on the tiled floor at Dubai airport. It is currently 26 degrees, it is 7am and I have had to walk almost the entire length of the airport to get to my gate. It was a little bit confusing what with my flight seeming to go to a few destinations. Hope it is the right gate. I’m screwed if I have to walk back to the start. The reason I am sitting on the hard tile floor is because there is no seating bar about 10 chairs, all taken. It is also nice and cool on the floor.

The other problem I am currently having is the high pressure cabins and the creation of wind. I try to hold them in, I don’t always succeed, and if I am honest, I don’t think it is good to keep them in. Could be explosive.

As soon as I got off the plan and made it through Dubai’s poor excuse for customes, I head to the toilets. Much better after having alleviated some pressure. It didn’t last long, of course, so during my cross country trek from one side of the airport to the other I stopped at another set of loos. They were the squatter toilet. I walked back out. I can’t do it. I would take my chances. I set off at a strong pace and using what can be described as hurried desperation, I found some normal loos. THANK GODS!!!

My bum is still and I have to wait another 2 hours, give or take, before the next leg. Can’t wait to touch down in Cyrpus. This feels like the longest flight EVER!

Woohoo! I was upgraded to Business class for the last leg of the journey. Of course, it was Business class on a little plane. My hips were up against the sides of the chair, but there was  lots of leg room and I got fed a two course meal. Pretty nice. It was a good chance to chill out for a few hours. I had a to laugh, mind you, when the plane took off. I don't think my seat worked entirely correctly, so when we took off my seat began to slide back. I was paranoid I was going to be lying down so I was desperately fighting it. Same thing happened when landing. I was sitting beside this lovely indian lady who had also been upgraded. When they came around with the champagne, it was a HELL YES from both of us. How often do we get to have champagne for preflight. Nice.