Thursday, 25 October 2012

Waiting at another airport

Im at Abu Dhabi airport, and thankfully there is free wifi, otherwise I don't know what I would do. I was quite pleased initially that I had a 4-hour layover thinking I might have to change terminals, but no, everything is in the same place, and as it isn't a very big terminal that I'm in that makes everything close by. It also means that going to the transfer desk to check in for my onward flight was really easy and no problem whatsoever, and so suddenly 20 minutes after arriving I was all ready to go, only 3 hours 40 mins to wait. I've had something to eat, wandered around a little, bought some headache tablets (ah the joys of flying) and even Skyped home to say I'm one step closer. Again, thank goodness for free wifi. I have been able to check my email, seen an amazing email from a lady I just met a few weeks ago who wrote a book on Afghanistan, and I now have a long list of people that I should get in touch with. Life is sweet (apart from this blasted headache). I'm actually quite glad that I have a few days before I really need to jump into things, because it will be great to have some rest. I used to love flying but not so much. I am about to get onto my 3rd flight of the day! It was actually (or at least it felt like) it would be a bit touch and go that I'd even make it to Abu Dhabi today. My flight leaving London was delayed by 30 mins, and I only had an hour in Amsterdam to get from one flight to the other. Thankfully I made it, and without having to run huffing and puffing like other people I saw, to my connecting flight - next time though I'm going as direct as I can!

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