Our NZ to London adventure April 2013

Most travelers who fly to London or simlar distances expect to have a stopover somewhere along the way. As Quantas and Emrites now share similar fiights, ours was to be Dubai. What does Dubai really look like? An oasis in the desert - a feast to the parched eye? I was not to receive an answer this trip, becuase not only was it to be dark when we touched down, but the question was, would we land there at all? Apparently there had been a significant rain and sand storm over the city for quite some time and we were only made aware if this when we were asked to prepare for landing, two hours out. Rather strange..... Soon after we were infomed that we would not be landing at Dubai becuase of the storm but would be travellng on to Bahrain to refuel and weather permitting, go back to Dubai. So here we sat, at the end of a long row or refueling aircraft, waiting, waiting waiting... Finally we departed to Dubai, touched down, swapped passengers, boarded and took off in a yellowish foggy dawn and arrived in London around 5 hours late - a total of 29 hours on aircrafts, plus airport time - yikes! no wonder I was so tired......