Monday, February 24, 2014

Days 3 and 4: On to Sydney

After rising at 5.30 for an early ride to the airport for a flight due to take off at 8.55, it was somewhat depressing to spend the next 7 hours of Day 3 at the airport.

Unusually for Dubai, I imagine, the city was shrouded in thick fog, which seemed to send the airport into a tailspin. Many incoming flights had been diverted to Bahrein and since the fog did not really start to lift until 11.00, the airport was clearly finding it hard to cope, with very little information forthcoming.

However, we did take off eventually, but not without incident, since 7 passengers were missing when we were ready to go, and only 3 of them could be traced, resulting in off-loaded luggage.... I can only conclude that they were somewhere in the vast airport, fast asleep.

In the end we arrived in Sydney and It was time to start exploring. From my hotel room I could just about see a glimpse of the Harbour Bridge, but a better view could be seen only a few minutes walk away at the Circular Quay, which also provides a good viewpoint for the iconic Opera House.









I couldn't wait to see more on Day 5!

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