After twenty six hours I am finally here! I walked through the big doors at tullamarine, wiped the tears from my face and waited to board through gate 8. Thankfully I got an isle seat... for the next fourteen hours I was in and out of sleep and chatting to the NZ woman next to me (who was a little strange). finally it became time to land. Once in Dubai we got off on the tarmac into the stifling humidity even though it was only 5am and onto an equally as stuffy b...