Dubai

We're here on our one-day Dubai stopover, wherever Dubai actually is. From what I have seen from most people, just about everyone knows approximately where Dubai is, but no-one knows with any real precision! Even after being here for 12 hours, I don't have ay really clear idea, as the maps show only the local area, not the regional level.

Dubai airport is pretty impressive - not quite on the gran scale of Canberra airport, but I guess they can handle the smaller volume of flights they have through.

The weather here is warmer than Europe, but still only in the high teens - it is the cold season here. The plan is to do a bit of an open top bus tour we think, and then have a swim in the rooftop pool. The main reason for staying here was to break up the two flights and to make the next leg (the 13 hour flight) more survivable, so we really aren't planning to do too much in our brief stay.

The hotel is nice, but we gt picked up at 7am tomorrow for the flight to Sydney, and then that will largely be that.