Day 6--The Long Trip Home

Yeah, it LOOKS like this, but it feels like an broiler!  :-)

Typical last day of vacation:  Get up, breakfast, pack, get out of room.  They picked up our bags at Noon, and we headed off to lunch.  Slight drama with trying to catch a shuttle to the other side of the island so we ended up just eating at the buffet, and sitting by the pool on that side.  About 2, we went to the lounge(?) and took showers, and got dressed for island flying (different than international flying!), then sat in the air conditioned room near reception until our flight. 

So going to miss "His and Hers" Bacon!

Our chariot awaits!

Although we enjoyed our trip, neither of us were exactly sad to be departing.  Sometimes you just kind of get to that point where you’re ready.  So we boarded our first of three flights and thus began our 30 hour journey home.

In Male (Mah-Lay)*, we transferred from the sea terminal to the land terminal, did the whole check in thing, and changed into jeans (I don’t fly in shorts for too many reasons, but in a sea plane, I figure it’s better to swim in shorts than jeans!), and then went to find the lounge.  It was actually very nicely apportioned, with lots of nice seating.  The food selection was slightly less than our spoiled standards (albeit better than the folks outside).  But, we didn’t need to eat really anyway.

*Side note, the restrooms here are not labelled "Men" and "Women" but "Male" and "Female".  So our running joke was "Mah-Lay" and "fe-Mah-Lay"!!  Guess you had to be there.  :-)

Dinner!  (This is normal, right?)

The flight to Doha was smooth and short (4 hours).  But they served a nice little meal and the dessert was as tasty as it was visually striking!  Arriving in Doha, we found the lounge Theresa can access, and she went to catch a little shut eye (so I’m doing the mid trip update).  Last flight is at 1:10 AM.

Check out the dessert!!!