23 May 2016
Dubai airport is quite large
The Emirates lounge at Dubai airport
I have never been to Dubai airport before, now I have been. It should be called Emirates airport as the pictures will show.
I was not actually in the airport for long, only 2 hours between flights, but this was enough time to see that it looks a lot like other airports.
The big exception is the Emirates lounge, which is the entire upper level of the airport, with hardly any people in it.
Before very long at all, it was time to board a different A380 to Manchester, a mere 7 hour flight in daylight which flew by....
I think the human brain learns acceptance quickly, I notice it when jogging, the first 5 minutes are hard then you accept you are jogging, on a long flight the first 10 hours are hard, then you accept you are sitting still watching movies.
Having said that, I spent a lot of time at the bar, looking out the windows. The bar is excellent, a big open space, with strangely no customers. The flight was quite empty but the people in their trying to make me cocktails I said I didnt want and did not drink told me its never this empty.
I was not left wondering if there would be scary northerners on the flight, I saw some horrific smiles, and everyone was walking with a limp due to a life of sitting, drinking and gambling.
Its now been many many hours since I left and I am making no sense so I better finish here.
Theres some slightly dated looking shopping areas, and a train to move you between them.
It has a lot of waterfalls - I thought the train had returned me to the start point as the waterfall and lifts are identical on each end of the train line.
The top 2 floors are the Emirates lounge, with the shopping down below. Its stupidly large for an airline lounge.
Heres a few A380's in a row, they have well over 100 of them by now, as many as every other airline combined I think?
This is my one that will take me to Manchester - I enjoyed the 7 hour day flight much more than the 14 hour night flight, despite existing on minimal sleep.
I cant even remember what meal this is, but it was one of too many.
I was very excited to be flying over Iran, so I went to the bar to look out the window.
The barman was very well rehearsed in posing for photos, this looks like it came off the Emirates website, but I took it.
Iran has many mountains. I plan to go there on my next holiday and run to the top of each.
Luckily, they were also serving a high tea in the cocktail bar, and as I was their only customer I felt bad and ate the lot.
Before having to return to my seat to eat my next meal, starting with the middle eastern soup like they serve at the wonderful Lezzies Persian Restaurant in Adelaide.
And my final photographed food for the flight is a great beef rib eye something steak. I still had dessert after this, and some warmed nuts. Yes really.