This blog entry comes to via a dusty old Internet kiosk in Dubai and the latest disruptions caused by the unpronounceable Icelandic volcano. Everything was looking really smooth on our flight from Melbourne to Singapore to London until our Singapore to London leg got diverted to Dubai because of an emergency medical situation. Strangely enough, just as we were about to touch down, the pilot announced yet another twist to this complicated story announcing the latest ash disruptions.

Considering the size of the plane and the number of people they had to shift, I was pretty impressed by how Qantas organised it. Sure, they could have communicated what was going on or the plans a bit more, but understanding that we touched down at 4am in the morning, I understand that they were pretty short on staff.

Being one of the earlier ones to get on a bus, I was checked into a hotel and therefore, was fortunate enough to freshen up, get some local cash and head out to make contact with the greater world. Don’t expect too many updates though because my hotel has pretty much next to no internet and I’m hoping things go back tomorrow morning with our scheduled 2am flight.