The Trip

Alright I figured I’d give everybody a brief summary of my trip so I didn’t have to cover it for my first “real” update.

Went to sleep about 1-2:30 a.m. and  woke back up at 4. Yeah, no sleep is going to be a theme. Anyway the flight out was delayed because it was, well, winter in Wisconsin, and they needed to de-ice the wings. I managed to doze a bit on that trip but it wasn’t long enough for real sleep. I got breakfast at Auntie Annies (A little too much actually, I felt bad about throwing some of it away) then boarded the next flight to Dubai, the longest stretch of my journey.

Let me just say this, Emirates Airlines is great. Seriously, if you ever get the chance to fly with them take it. They have personal TVs for each passenger with literally dozens of movies to choose from, not to mention TV shows, music, and more. (Wow, I sound like a commercial.) The people were also very nice and the food wasn’t bad either.

Well, 14 hours later I had maybe dozed for two of them. (I have a lot of trouble sleeping sitting up.) We landed and took buses to the airport proper. I have to admit I was a little nervous. It was a foreign country and I didn’t know what to expect. It wasn’t all that different though, crowded with a lot of people speaking other languages but the only two really strange things were the men’s and woman’s prayer rooms next to the bathrooms and randomly hearing the call to prayer while walking around. In fact, I spent a decent amount of time just walking around because I really needed to stretch my legs. Then I actually did get some sleep on these sort of reclining lobby chairs.

The flight out of Dubai to Perth was delayed too. We spent a good half hour just sitting on the tarmac. I watched more movies for the shorter 9 hour flight. I think I did get to sleep for that one, no more then an hour or so but progress is progress.

Then it was just a matter of getting through customs (where they asked strange, unanswerable questions such as “where will you be staying?”) finding my suitcase (in the extremely crowded baggage claim area) and finding the lady with the ywam sign (I didn’t see it at first). A short ride later and I found myself at the house I’ll be staying in until they can fix the air conditioning in the dorms.

Wow, that was longer then I expected. I hope it was at least interesting and doesn’t read like my rambling as long as I can to stay awake until night time.