I'm now sitting in the business class lounge in the Doha International Airport in Qatar as I did yesterday.

To make a very very long story short, my flight home to Kuala Lumpur from Moscow is with Qatar Airways with a transit connection in Qatar. I left Moscow on 31 March 2007. It's approaching 3 April 2007 and I am still in Qatar.

What had actually happened was when we reached Qatar from Moscow, we were denied our connecting flight to Kuala Lumpur notwithstanding the fact that we have been issued the boarding passes for the Qatar - KL sector in Moscow itself.

We made a fuss, got checked in into a hotel in Doha by the airways, had spent one full day in Doha.

Hence from winter clothing to desert clothing...I don't think I had prepared for this eventuality! To say that this Trans-Mongolian trip has been a BIG adventure is a bit of an understatement. I had passed I don't remember how many time zones in these 3 weeks, my body clock is all confused and messed up, so is my diet.

I have walked on a frozen lake last week with layers of clothes on and today I have walked in the desert wishing I had brought along a pair of shorts with me! EXTREME??? I think this word doesn't even come close in describing this adventure.

Nevertheless, the desert safari that we went on was absolutely fabulous with incredible scenes of the desert and sand dunes which meet the sea!

Some thrills and spills too:-

I'm still waiting to board my flight home. It's been delayed...I think I'll lay down on the couch and sleep.

04/01/07 by puiyee
Tags: Trans-siberia, Trans-Mongolia, Russia, Moscow, Qatar