So this is my first post from Dubai about to go to my company stand - hope to post from there. If you ever get the chance to go to Dubai on a Friday evening. Don’t. The immigration hall was packed, I have never ever seen it so full. And that was nothing when compared to the wait for a taxi. The taxi queue overflowed into the scrum that is the people meeting new arrivals. How anyone is supposed find their way home is beyond me.

When I finally got into a taxi the driver explained the problem. Apparently the new terminal at the airport has just opened and the taxi company ordered most of its taxis to wait there instead (looks good for the visiting dignitaries). So there was a queue of 200 taxis at an empty terminal and 200 passengers waiting for taxis at Terminal 1. grrr.