I am sitting in Gatwick airport and my body can’t quite
figure out what time or day it is ……. I am just going with it till I reach
Inverness tonight. I left Adelaide on the 24th and spend one night
in Sydney to see the biennial with some friends ….. If you haven’t been it is
worth a trip ….. as always there was some I loved and some …. I didn’t, and if
you haven’t been out to Cockatoo island I would highly recommend it, not only
is there some great art to see but the island itself is amazing.
I managed to catch up on some sleep, watch a couple of
movies and do some sketching on the flight to Dubai. I have never been to Dubai
and was interested to see some of the buildings and crazy constructed islands
just off the coast …. But I missed all the sights flying in as it was still
dark. On the way out we did get a good view of Palm Island and some of the
amazing skyscrapers that Dubai is know for ….. I couldn’t get my camera out in
time to get any photo’s for you but I will try on the way back through.
Dubai Airport in hands down and by far the busiest airport I
have ever seen!! There was a sign saying that 200,000 people passed through
Dubai airport every day ….. and I swear they were all there at once when I
arrived. There was huge line-ups for everything including the bathroom ….. now
I am not going to go into to much detail here but there was a full time cleaner
that just stayed in the bathroom ……
to much information I know ……. but some of the noises coming out of that
bathroom terrified me.
As this trip is the first time that I haven’t seen our
daughter everyday of her life, I was expecting to miss her a lot …. And I
really do. I have seen so many children around the age of our daughter Neko on
this trip and it really pulls at the heartstrings. Thankfully I have my laptop
and mobile …. That’s a cell phone for all you North Americans …. And so far
have managed to talk to Gab and Neko a couple of time in transit. Gab told me
that the first morning I was gone that Neko got into our bed and pointed to my
side and said Daddy ….. oooohhhh! What a little cutie!!
Gab and Neko seeing me off at the Adelaide airport.
It wasn’t till I had almost arrived that I really paid
attention and realized that I had a 7 hour layover in Gatwick, which by the
time that I sorted out some baggage issues, checked my bag and thank goodness
had a shower, in what I must admit was a bit of a questionable and grungy
shower, wasn’t enough time to get out and see anything. Which is fine as I am
planning to spend three days in London on the return trip and I am sure that
anyone sitting next to me on my next flight will greatly appreciate that that I
took the time for a shower.
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