Ko Samui, Thailand

We landed in Dubai just past midnight, dragged our weary bodies to the business lounge, and ran for the cappuccino machine. Adri got the correct local time from the lady at the front desk and we proceeded to relax with a few snacks. We planned to have about 30 minutes for duty free shopping and left the lounge at the appropriate time. Bought a couple of things and the next moment I looked at the departures screen only to see that it was “last call” for our flight ! We were still some 10 minutes away from our gate. We got there just in time to board, but it was a pretty close call. Assessing the situation we realized that the girl at the front desk must have given us the incorrect time, somehow. We arrived home at around 11:00, took the Gautrain to Sandton where Lood picked us up and took us home, home sweet home…