Travel weary and bleary.That describes most everbody in the transit area at Dubai.Somehow though there is a contingent of people who still look a million dollars.They are the ones who hog the on- board toilet towards the end of the flight in economy or spent the last 15 hours at the pointy end of the plane with the all encompassing luxury we can only all dream about.We are the majority. Crumpled looking, dazed and watching the clock for the next marathon flight. ...

 "If nothing ever changed there'd be no butterflies" (author unknown) is a good philosophy when plans unravel and new plans need to be made!We needed to make new plans. We had return flights booked from Dubai to Khartoum, Sudan, for a 4 day visit due to leave 2 days after we arrived in Dubai (from South America). We had booked these after Ebony's January Emirates work roster had come out and we knew she would be away for these days but back after wards w...

Dubai is working hard to be the biggest and the best of everything and whilst the city is achieving this in rapid time one does wonder at what cost? We did see some examples that caused us to ponder on this - not all is as it seems.We arrived in Dubai at night after our one and only Emirates flight to date. Having a daughter/stepdaughter working as cabin crew for the airline made it interesting, as we could closer imagine her day to day work and appreciate that E...