Saturday, April 26, 2008

DAY 139 - RETURN TO DUBAI DAY 1

Burj Dubai, World's Tallest Building!

Back in Dubai today, we contacted the joke of a shipping agency who informed us that the next ship might be in two days but they weren’t sure. This was typical of the shoddy outfit and it left us not knowing our exact plan of action. We got ourselves back into the cheapest accommodation we could find again and needed to call the next day to find out further information.

If the boat was going to be delayed, we much rather be waiting here in Dubai then in Bandar Abbas in Iran and was at least some consolation, especially for the Aussies who wanted to celebrate Anzac Day.

That evening, as our luck would have it, one debacle led to another when the shipping company informed us that our car ferry was now stuck in Kuwait. This left us in the uncertain position of not knowing what date we could return to Iran. We finally came to an arrangement whereby the Hummer would travel on a separate ship, thus giving us another few days in Dubai. Hopefully the ferry does leave this time or we may as well start looking for jobs in Dubai because we can’t seem to leave this place!

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