This morning at 05:30am I landed to a balmy 32 degrees in Dubai. A fairly pleasant flight which I used to fill my soul with one of the staples it requires which was music. I at last got to watch "The Vow" on the flight and then indulged in listening to the entire musical of "Les Miserables"(This brought back many fond memories of Adhil and mum-I think I had a warm fixed grin on my face while listening...wonder if the peeps next to met thought I was loony),as well as listened to the new Emile Sandi album and of course I threw some Glee into the mix.
As we decended into Dubai these brown masses of granules on the ground looked rather strange to me(arial view of the desert)and I then realized that it was my first time landing in Dubai during daylight in summer. Coming from lush greenery I almost felt like asking the first officer to please make a u-turn back to Cape Town. Hee hee. The next thing that confirmed that I had arrived was of course my usual mistaken identity that I am from India. An Indian man approached me on the escalator within the terminal and rapped at me in Hindi.I gathered he was asking where he could find his luggage. I responded in English however he then stuck almost to my tail and each time I increased my walking speed so did he and then yes follows me into the passport control line! I don't suspect my mistaken identity is going to fall away for as long as I live here so best I learn some Hindi quickly!!!!!
Our S.A trip has come to an end and it really really finished off on the beautiful note it played out on throughout. A heartfelt thank you to everyone that contributed to my experience. It meant and still means the world to me.
To my friends and family around the world who have been following my posts I hope you were entertained. I will be posting a link on this blog by this evening of a Facebook link where you can view the photos from the trip that were not added to this blog. (You will be able to access it even if we are not Facebook buddies)
Feeling rather tired so time to catch up on some sleep however at the same time I am energized and excited about Dubai take 2!!!!!Let's see what Dubai has up it's sleeve for me for the remainder of this year :)
So without any delay Lights,Camera Action!!!!
Song for this post:
"She's got her ticket-Tracy Chapman"
She's got her ticket
I think she's gonna use it
I think she's going to fly away
No one should try and stop her
Persuade her with their power
She says that her mind is made up..."
