The flight from Rome to Dubai was around 5 hours. Emirates is a well-run airline but the flight turned out to be completely full - thanks to Chinese returning from visiting parents or in-laws for the Chinese New Year. Maybe the next leg won't be quite so crowded.
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| Another weary traveller |
Dubai Airport's Terminal 3 is spectacular. I've no idea what terminals 1 and 2 might look like, as it takes the best part of half an hour to walk from one end of this terminal to the other and I am too tired to have any inclination to explore any further.
Which is my point. I am tired: very, very tired after travelling all day yesterday and spending 5 hours squeezed into an airline seat spasmodically dozing.
And many of the people here feel just like I do.Like this guy 5 feet away from me, lying on the floor because there's nowhere comfortable to sit.
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| Free power, but standing room only |
Like him, I'm sitting on the floor because although the Korean electronics giant LG supplies a complimentary recharging point for laptops and mobiles, it's just a row of sockets on a fancy display stand and if you want to use it, you have to sit on the floor. After taking this photo I nicked a chair from Starbucks because the marble floor is (a) too far down and (b) uncomfortably hard, When you've been travelling for a day and a night, you really could do with some basic creature comforts. And thinking of creature comforts, I can feel a Starbucks' hot chocolate with whipped cream coming on. I'll call it chair rental. Or I'll call it one final high-calorie fling. That's two good reasons.
But who needs reasons, anyway?
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