How the other .2% lives

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I'm a little late writing this, but I wanted to write a little about my flight. I left New York at 10 AM and arived in Dubai at 8 AM the following morning. I had never flown business class before. Apparently, in business class, there is a lounge you can wait in where they serve you unlimited free food and drinks. Pictures of the food available are given pictures 1 and 2. Note the "mini filet mignon" on the right. Much nicer than the day-old sandwiches you can buy at the coffee shop!

Then the actual seats on the plane were absurdly spacious. I think Betsy and the kids could have fit along with me in the seat. I'm not sure the photos do the seats justice. The food was also very nice on the plane. Pictures 8 and 9 show the appetizers we were given. Note on picture 10 how small the plate is. Picture 11 is my main course.

Despite the comfort, 12 and a half hours is a long time in a plane, and I slept only about 3 hours. Picture 13 is what I looked like after the flight. I was able to ake a shower in the business class lounge at the airport.

Dubai was not really my kind of city. It was all under construction, with mega-high rises (like the tallest building in the world in picture 15). Picture 16-18 show life on the ground, which seemed to be mainly trading. There were a bunch of Souqs (outdoor covered shops) selling spices (picture 18) and junk. Dubai is in the desert, but there is a creek, and pictures 19 and 20 show a dock. We took a boat across the river (pic. 21-22).

Pictures 24-29 show me eating my first authentic middle eastern food. It wasn't that bad.

Dubai is a testament to self-aggrandizement and that's most clearly seen in the downhill ski slope (picture 30) in the middle of the desert. Why would anyone do this? Because they can!

Anyway, that's all there is to say about my time in Dubai. I was there for 19 hours, and I should have been sleeping the whole time, but I slept very little.