The journey started slowly - security in San Francisco moved at a snails pace then the baggage system at the airport was broken so we had to wait for an hour on the plane until our luggage was loaded. I was in a middle seat - not good and made worse by the toddler in the seat behid who either cried or kicked my seat for the whole journey. No sleep as usual for me but I did catch up on four films and the entire last series of Downton Abbey. Arriving half an hou...

Not much to say - five and half hour from Nairobi to Dubai - watched two films, didn't sleep. A quick change of terminals and a wander around the shops, breakfast and then onto the next plan. This may well be the longest I spend in Dubai in my life - less than an hour!