Abu Dhabi, only 1,959.02 miles to go......

As we drove to the airport our worries about the weight of luggage were confirmed at Heathrow by the scales at check-in. However, after playing the volunteer worker card and a few glistening tears from Lucy the situation was resolved by the kind gentleman at the desk choosing to let us pass without paying a fine.

We arrived in Abu Dhabi bleary eyed and sleepless after a comfortable flight, but missing most of the night due to time changes. But, so wonderful to see one of our great friends with whom we spent the next couple of days.  After concluding quickly that all there is to do in the UAE is shop, sand and sea we went ahead and enjoyed just that.  Ok, so the shopping bit was more like window-shopping, but we compensated by enjoying both the beach and a trip into the desert. On our last day we drove up to Dubai for some fun at a water park on The Palm Island.

Jumping on sand dunes as part of desert safari with friends!

It was very relaxing and for most of the time we forgot that we were in the middle of emigrating to Nepal. That was until we were asked by someone, “Where are you from? Where do you live?”. We realised that the first answer seemed quite straight forward but the second one was not so easy! How could we say we lived in Kathmandu when we had yet to set foot in the country, but after all the goodbyes our heavy hearts were sure we did not live in London anymore.  So we live in the State of Limbo, do you know it?  The now, but not yet kind of life?  We had a great time there, saw some incredible things, spent time with precious people, but the real adventure begins about 1,959.02 miles from here in our new home!