My journey to the other side of the world in the name of love (and pomegranates)

Sunday, 8 May 2011

Bad things come in 3's...

Greetings from Dubai!
So after 2 uneventful flights (I wasn't even kicked off the plane in Singapore!) I arrived in the wee hours of the morning to Dubai airport only to find that one of my bags had not arrived with me. Not the small suitcase with the unimportant things, but my main backpack with all of my clothes, shoes, toiletries, even my sacred jar of vegemite! The airport staff, while friendly, seemed to have no idea where it was, so I made my way to Soph's apartment sans bag. All I wanted to do was get in my pj's and crawl into bed, but as my pjs were in said bag, I couldn't even do that! Spent all yesterday in the apartment reading horror stories on the internet about bags that disappear forever, before receiving a call from the airport to say that my bag had been traced and would be delivered that evening. One bad thing, resolved!
Had a nice relaxing day again today - went to an all you can eat asian buffet with Soph and Rob where I think we all got our money's worth of dumplings, noodles, curries, tempura, sushi and more! My last taste of Asia before I am engulfed by endless tagines and couscous. Went to take a photo of our happy little threesome, only to discover that my brand new camera doesn't work! Hopefully can get it replaced under warranty. But that was the second bad thing in the space of 2 days. Just great.
So as bad things are meant to come in 3's, I am just waiting for the third thing. Hopefully it doesn't involve missing my flight to morocco!
But despite these setbacks, I am still having a good time! Its nice to be back in Dubai. Can't wait to go shopping in the mall! And tomorrow I am off on a day trip to Oman to go diving - they have recently seen whale sharks there, so fingers crossed! And then in 4 days time I will be in Morocco after 6 long months, it can't come soon enough!

3 comments:

  1. Diving sounds great but I hope your bag has arrived so that you have bathers. I guess can't send us a photo yet. We are out of Ampilatwatja in 2 days Dadso

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  2. You need a button called super jealous! Whale sharks - you're kidding!!!! Lucky duck. Mind you the luggage and camera saga is a bit annoying to say the least. Hope the diving is wonderful.

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  3. Hi Phoebe,
    We had Moroccan chicken in your honour to celebrate Liv's birthday and Mother's day! We hope you have found your back pack and you have safe travels to Morocco!

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