Day 1.5: Abu Dhabi
12 May 2006 |During the long flight from Taipei I watched the movie Syriana. It’s a movie about the oil business and politics in the Middle East. It probably wasn’t such a good idea as it got me pretty worried about stopping in The United Arabs Emirates. I mean… Isn’t that in the Middle East too??? To be fair though, Abu Dhabi is one of the richest cities in the world and their airport is well… Luxurious. We were only there for two hours, but that was enough time to buy some imported American magazines and shop in the duty free store for a while before departing for Europe.
Shortly after taking off from Abu Dhabi, I took this picture. It’s the navigation display from my personal seatback monitor. Talk about flying between a rock and a hard place!
Next Stop: Czech Republic