UAE

We slept until 10:30 this morning – a combo of the two hour time difference and our late night. Nick headed out to the mall solo for his genius bar appointment at the Apple Store. I had to drag Millie out of bed so we could get our free breakfast before it closed. She and…

Hello darkness my old friend… we are back in Dubai. Unfortunately just about every flight from Cape Town to our upcoming stops passes through Dubai. Instead of having a hellish travel day we decided to break up the journey and spend one day here before moving on. On the Dubai agenda: visit the Apple Store…

We had another admin morning today, though unplanned this time. We realized last minute (less than 24 hours before our flight) that we need visas for Kenya and neglected to get them. I visited about 10 years ago and was able to get one upon arrival so assumed it would be the same still. Well,…

We had a “working” morning today, where Nick and I plan and Millie attempts to play independently. This is not a strength of hers but she tried. Nick used the time researching some upcoming stops, and I spent a painful couple of hours getting our budget spreadsheet up to date and then analyzing various pivot…

This will probably be a shorter post since I was off my phone most of the day, so no photos! We slept in again (still on Turkey time) and took an Uber over to Atlantis. Everything is luxury in Dubai… even an UberX , which is the entry level Uber. The waterpark we were visiting…

Total minutes slept on overnight flight: zero. We landed at 2:30, got to the Airbnb building at 3:30, finally got into the apartment at 4, am promptly passed out. We had to wake up Millie at Noon. All things considered, she did okay. She kept falling asleep for 30 seconds at a time while waiting…