Our last morning in Damascus - how would we spend it? In the Bazaar, of course! One of the main handicrafts in Damascus is inlaid wood work. There are many beautiful jewelry boxes and furniture pieces made from many different types and colours of wood which have been cleverly mastered to fit together. I had my eye on a board games table which folded out from a slim side board to a card table. The salesman told us that it would come apart into two pieces which would in total weight 10 kg and one piece would even be small enough for hand luggage on the plane.
Apart from the stones which I had been collecting along the way and the odd souvenir, we knew that between us, we were 10 kg under the total allowed weight. It seemed do-able!
After bargaining the "best" price it was organised for the packaged table to be delivered to our hotel just in time for our departure to the airport. This occurred about 15 minutes late and the packages seemed slightly larger than what I recalled hand luggage was supposed to be.
Arriving at the airport, we tried to check in our two suitcases and the two pieces of table (as we were advised that the table pieces would certainly not be allowed as hand luggage). After some discussion and dubious looks, we were allowed through and took our places on the flight to Abu Dhabi.
A three hour flight and we were in Abu Dhabi and catching the bus to Dubai. After about an hour, we passed some landmarks which told us that we were nearing the centre of Dubai.
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