It was another mad rush, we went to see Charles Peat & David Dodd to say our goodbyes. We'd left our bags in Charlie's office and headed to a Korean Restaurant.....then we rushed down to the other side of town to say our farewells to Keith & Stevo. Getting a cab proved to be a nightmare and so the usual panic kicked in. Eventually we managed to flag a taxi down and then the driver played silly b*****s pretending not to know where Central was. It's time li...

We got through customs and passport control at about 5.15 am and to the hotel at 5.30. We'd booked the place for that night and so needed to check in.They creamed us and charged us for 2 nights, Thanks Ibis, we wont be using your services ever again. We got up about 11.30 and as suggested we went to Ravi Restaurant. A very down to earth Pakistani restaurant and a bit of a novelty for the locals. Still, the grub was great and we filled our boots for five pounds ea...

We arrived into Dubai at 2.15am, we were bleary eyed and sceptical of what lay ahead. The endless walk off the plane led us into the Arrivals hall. And very fulll it was with hundreds and hundreds of people queueing. Dubai holds 59 world Records said the billboard by passport control, but it took us an hour before we could actually read the sign. Those of you that have been here will know what comes next. The chaps manning the passport desks have the utmost power...