Saw the majority of the group off at midnight. Almost missed them because I thought they were leaving at 12:30 am. Got to say my goodbyes to those from other schools and see you around campus to those from my school. All packed and ready to go but not sure of the weight. Took both bags to the exercise room because it has a scale--turns out it didn't agree with the airline scale. Breakfast with the few left and then a quick trip in a cab to the airport in plenty of time to depart. My first layover--a long one--was in Dubai. Emirates grants free hotel and food vouchers when you have long layovers unfortunately you have to register for the service when you book (my bad). Luckily I found a great 3 star hotel with the awesome help of Travel Tours at the Dubai airport. My options were 313USD; 212USD; or 84USD--and that only with some major finagling by the tour guy--who also recommended staying off the tour buses and just riding the Metro since all I wanted to do was see and be. It all added up to what I probably would have spent anyway, so thank you to the helpful hotel registration people who assisted and directed me away from their businesses--really they did this with smiles on their faces and handshakes all around. Guess I looked like a straggler because I really was one.
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