After Dubai, we were scheduled to head into the capital city of our country on October 16. So, we headed off to the Dubai International Airport to catch our flight. On the way there, thanks to an hour-and-a-half traffic jam, we were able to have good conversation with our driver, who was from Pakistan.
He was a very friendly guy, probably about late 20's in age. We enjoyed talking with "Nas" and hearing about his family in Pakistan and his life in Dubai. Keith even had the privilege of sharing his personal story and some "good news" about Father. Ask for Nas when you think of him.
Leaving the Dubai airport was relatively easy. Our flight was a little delayed -- about 3 hours -- but other than that nothing significant to report. The ride was smooth, the food good, and all three of us passed out promptly after the plane took off.
Our arrival in the capital city was interesting because, for security reasons, they normally don’t like to have flights arrive at night. We exited the plane, went through Passport control, got all 157 of our bags loaded onto two luggage carts, and proceeded out the terminal to make the walk to the parking lot. Then the fun began!
There were several persistent locals ready to push our carts for us. After our carts collapsed for the 2nd or 3rd time, a local man jumped in and took control of one of the carts for us. After about a half-mile obstacle-course walk, we arrived at the cars and scrambled about to get them into cars and all accounted for. We were almost successful. It turns out that one of our companions had an umbrella disappear. Thankfully, one of the men who were helping us just happened to find it stashed – uh, I mean misplaced – behind a concrete barrier in the grass about 20 feet from where we were.
Regardless, thanks be to Father that we made it into country and to our guest house safely, alive and well, and with all of our bags! To finish it all off, to end the night, we sat down to our first local meal and then headed off to bed.
Thanks for reading and, please, stay tuned!
PS - Sorry for no pictures on this post. Internet/website issues...
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