Etihad Airways seem to be a pretty good carrier too, and Clare has just had a Mushroom Double Swiss in the local Burger King (they only sell them in far flung places so it's a bit of a treat). Me? Well, I had to help Clare eat her airline food, so I'm stuffed.

This is our first time in the middle east, even if it's just a 2 hour stopover before we board our 7 hour flight to Bangkok.

We're leaving the middle east just as a big debate has broken out..you see, Dubai is only 70 miles away from Abu Dhabi, and the argument is that the people of Dubai don't like the Flintstones, but apparently the people of Abu Dhabi do!

(baddoom tish....I'm here all week...thank you very much)

See you all in Bangkok in about 8 hours!

Rob and Clare