Greetings from Dubai!

I have crossed the ocean!

I now have a full day waiting in the airport.

My flight is only at 02h00 tomorrow morning.

Oh well what's another day of floating for a traveler like me?

It's nice to be on the road again.

I'm in a place called the "quiet Lounge" dipping into my first Haruki Murakami (After Dark). Quite romantic really except this shirt is starting to turn on me. A squirt of Cologne and  possibly a new Paul Smith shirt from duty free and I'll be a fair tribute to Paul Bowles' character Port from The Sheltering Sky.

 I will call Machiko as I arrive in Osaka if the hour is decent. I have a slight sense of fore boding about my luggage as we were delayed 45min in Johannesburg waiting for missing baggage (the pilot revealed over the PA). I had some last minute issues with some hand luggage condemned to the hold & it had her present from James Webb in it. It better be waiting in Osaka for me.........

What's more The Bicycle I had to freight over is probably going to arrive in Osaka rather inconveniently on the 13th Jan....?

Might have to wait a week for me to return.

"Why don't you buy another one there?", I hear you question.

Well, she's slightly hard to come by...... as well you know.

We shall see what we shall see.

Regards

J