In Transit In Dubai

Dubai airport is one long corridor that, even at 6:30am, seems to be bursting at the seams with people striding purposefully from one end to the other occassionally having to make way for beeping golf carts carrying other, less pedestrian travellers. I joined them for couple of laps, trying to get my bearings and find toilets, money, coffee and food (in that order).

Once all of that was out of the way I did another half-lap before I found a seat. I was pleasantly surprised when, upon opening my laptop, I found that there is free wireless internet here. According to the airport’s welcoming page it was rolled out only three weeks ago. That’s a big step up from Sydney International which wants you to fork out $15 or something for an hour of connectivity. Still that’s better than the connection fee and 60c a kB they wanted for email access on the plane. Okay, this is all very nerdy, but I haven’t travelled internationally with a laptop before. I promise I will put it away when I get to the beaches… maybe… ;)

My flight to Athens is not even listed on the departure screens yet. I arrived here, bleary eyed, just before 5am and my next leg doesn’t board until 9am. The sun’s just come up but all I can see out the window at the moment is fog. Hopefully I will be able to get a better glimpse of Dubai from the air on the way out.

Posted by Mark on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 1.09 pm AEST