A little South African attitude and a little Kiwi ingenuity

26 hours later I am classing it up in a lounge in Dubai International Airport. $60 for 4 hours with all the food and drink, space & quiet, I like! :D 21 hours of flying under my belt, its no wonder my legs feel like jelly and I feel like I'm floating. 2 hours to Sydney...9 hours to Bangkok, 5 hours to Dubai...8 hours in transit and then finally, another 7.5 hours to go till London! Phew! Btw, those sleeping pills rock! 7 hours of sleep aint bad in one go.

Arrival into Dubai meant an opportunity find a shower and a bed hopefully. First had to get my bearings so I headed to the info center...there I came across an irritated probably overworked information lady. As I approach the bench, because I'm next in line, a 'gentleman' jumps on ahead of me! I screw my eyes up at him and look dumbfounded (clearly my brain had not registered I had just stepped into a male-dominated culture) however, my South African pride took over ;) and I told him where to go! Behind me! LOL We then had a staring competition, he then shrugged his shoulders like he didnt care. So I did it back, then turned to the woman, who said to the man, "she was here first". So I proceeded to talk to her. He still did not move away. Anyway, I won. That's all that matters - haha.

The obligatory Burger King burger went down like a treat, and it was off to fight the masses for a shower. It was only then that I realised I had not packed in a towel...well lucky for me I had swiped the Emirates blanket from the airplane...yep it served me well as a towel! I will say tho, for a flash airport as this is, the bathrooms are waaaaay under par!

Last leg to go, boarding in 2 hours....That welcome hug from my man can't come soon enough!

My Dream Coming True

In just 10 days I will be jet setting my self towards a dream of mine that I've had since I was 17! A dream to return to Africa and do mission/charity work. That dream is now becoming a reality!
On the 29th July I arrive in London for 10 days to spend some quality time with my man before heading to Kampala, Uganda for an adventure I am both excited and nervous about at the same time.

I will be joining Watoto Child Care Ministry / Watoto Children's Village for 2 weeks as part of their medical global team project. I will be providing Speech-Language Therapy training for Watoto teachers in the Watoto villages in Kampala and the special needs team on feeding problems in children, communication challenges and how to improve communication for the children with varying degrees of special needs. I will also be doing various speech/language/feeding assessments with the children that have been referred to the special needs team.

I've created this blog so that you can follow my adventure and feel apart of the exciting and no doubt, the challenging experiences that I will encounter!