Monday, October 12, 2009

Another day in paradise

Well, I'm at Dubai International airport getting ready to fly to Bahrain again.  The great thing about DXB is that it has free WiFi everywhere!  I was able to track my progress through the airport using Google Earth.

I'm starting to get settled in here in Dubai.  It really isn't that difficult to adjust because everything here is very Western.  If I long for Chili's I can go to the Mall of the Emirates, if I want some Lean Cuisine I can go to Spinney's and get it (not LuLu's though, but they have great spicy chicken shwarmas!)

The return trip through the Bahrain airport won't be nearly as much fun.  Bahrain's airport isn't the equal of Dubai's, it is like a regional airport stateside, smaller, more crowded but a lot easier to navigate.

Well, I'm off to fly Gulf Air (broke down and got their Frequent Flyer Club card too).

Friday, October 2, 2009

On the way again

I'm airborne enroute for another deployment. This one has got to be
one of the hardest I've ever done. 12 years of sea duty and 13
deployments and this is by far the worst.

The saving grace is that this is probably my last deployment.