Flights from UK to UAE

It's proving difficult to return to UAE due to all the flights being booked.
Apparently the offer from Emirates has been so successful ahead of Ramadan
that Emirates have overooked all flights.
Now what does that mean to business people and holiday makers?
Some may get pissed off that they can't get on a flight.

I will see if I can get on the Etihad 09.20am on Sunday, which is taking some overspill from Dubai.

We shall see!

Home

All is well and the weather is ok in UK at 24c.
I think shopping today.

My colleague has my suite for the weekend, so I guess I will get back to wrecked room which has seen loads of debauchery (Not).

Home

My Daughter managed to get me air tickets yesterday for UK
I went to Dubai to collect them last night so counting down for my short visit

Trying to leave Abu Dhabi

This is coming to the quietest time for the Middle East with most locals opting to leave.
What happens this year when I want to leave?
Emirates does a special for holidays and all Emirate flights are full until 7th Sept.
Then I try other airlines. They are full or are putting their prices up.

What is this world coming to????

Just another driving story

Driving down a major road 5 lanes and it's busy coming home from work.
There is traffic waiting to merge from the left (outside lane for the left hand drivers)
There is a car that has entered into the outside lane, but for some reason doesn't want to continue, so what does he do?
Yes he is reverse back along the fast line!!!

Classic!

Yet another traffic horror

Just past Abu Dhabi airport on the road to Dubai I was about to go into the inside lane and turn off to my hotel.
Doing about 100km/hr there were some coaches or something in front and I slowed down and then I saw brake lights come ( this ain't right I thought).
As I approached there was an overturned mini van with its top torn off.
Inside bodies and limbs all over the place.
Loads of people stopping to jump out and help, which meant the way ahead was empty for me!!!
Can't say from what I saw too many survived!

Another Driving story

Yesterday I was driving back to my hotel.
This is quite a big road and isn't used very much.
The road has 3 lanes either side and a service road.
A taxi had crashed. No one else involved and apart from a car that had stopped to help
no other car was around.
The taxi had managed to hit a post. It completely demolished the front of the car with most hanging off.
The post was on a pavement!
I can only think that the taxi driver had fallen a sleep at the wheel.
This was at about 6.30pm so I am not inspired about a family taking a taxi!