The terminal

I Have never wanted to see the film the terminal and I now feel that I have stared in it. Spending 13 hours in Doha airport was certainly not the first adventure I anticipated, but at least there was another plane the same day. There's only so many times you can wonder through duty free but with free wifi I could easily send the message of my revised Bangkok arrival time via Facebook. How simple the world has become. 
Still had to be on standby on the flight, as it was overbooked by 15, so there was a lot of tense pacing around in the final hour before departure, but at least I was awake! 

An unexpected day in Doha airport ......

And this is a first..... Was so tired when I arrived at Doha I relaxed for a nap and fell asleep. Then like a scene from a movie I woke  up with all the chairs around me empty and my flight had gone. No-one woke me up. I now have a 12 hour wait for stand by on an already overbooked flight to bangkok on Friday night!!!!! In all my years of travel I have never missed a flight, so all my joking of scouting around potential football sights here has come back to haunt me. My free food voucher has got me egg and chips and a cup of tea. Wow I can't wait for lunch and dinner :( 

It's time to pack.....

And I have dusted down the back pack, spent a fortune at Boots and organised my 2011/12 annual travel insurance.  Just four days of work and then a travellers life it will be for me !!!!!