Not too much report after a looooooong 12 hour flight to the United Arab Emirates.  I was thrilled to have the pleasure of being assigned the middle seat….I can’t think of many things worse than being stuck in that seat for that long.  Luckily Emirates Airlines had tons of entertainment so I watched 4 movies and countless episodes of Arrested Development.  Once I arrived here, I hopped on the metro and took a cruise downtown.  I was really surprised by the amount of construction going on, it seems as if half the city is still being built.  I loved getting to see the city from the train, but my ventures on foot didn’t go as well as I’d planned.  First off, it was 100 degrees, like literally, and I have on  jeans and sweatshirt…I felt uncomfortable just wearing the tank top I had on underneath so I just sweltered.  I tried in vain to buy a more modest, but light shirt, but did end up getting a cell phone that I can have on me in case of emergencies, a few books, and a pashmina scarf…all duty-free and for the equivalent of about $75.  So, not a bad day all-in-all, but since I didn’t sleep a wink on the flight here I know I”m going to be completely wiped when I arrive in Delhi tonight.

Here are just a few photos I shot while wandering.  All but one are of the airport, as I said, all the places I attempted towalk were not exactly rife with photo-ops.

When took this was I going up or down the escalator? Thoughts?  It’s tricky.Crazy huge towers in the financial district, taken from the metro train
and I’ll be seeing you soon!

xoxo,

klc