Never Waste A Stopover
May 23rd, 2006
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I’m not one to miss the opportunity to explore a new place, even straight after a 14 hour flight. So I made the most of my 17 hour stop over and went to explore Dubai. I got the feeling that this was a global hub that the white man had very little to do with. It was very multi-cultural, with Arab, Africans, Indians and Asians. But I felt like I stood out. I stayed in the old parts of the city and didn’t venture out to visit the million star hotels. I walked round for a few hours, then sought refugee in an air conditioned mall. I then went back to my hotel to sleep away the sweltering afternoon heat, before returning to the airport for my flight the Pakistan.
This made me think twice about all of the air travel I was doing:
