JohnM
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To round out a busy and diverse year of travel, two weeks from today I’ll be in 1A on an EK bird from PER approaching DXB to start a six-week sojourn in North Africa and the Middle East. Since I booked, EK has changed one of what was two A380 services a day between PER and DXB, so I’m in a B777. Unfortunately, they have done it to the day flight out of PER which I had deliberately chosen over the night flight. C’est la vie.
The primary purpose of the trip was to visit Ethiopia and Iran. Some time to fill between each has me also going to Egypt and Oman.
When I mentioned I was going to Iran, my Chile/Argentina sidekick Rooflyer was soon on board for that part of the travels.
Here’s the routing: PER-DXB-ADD-CAI-MCT-DXB-IKA-DXB-PER. The Qatar blockade meant a little rejigging of flights to remove QR and DOH from the original plans. Thankfully, that was achieved painlessly.
The planned route in each country:
OK, that’s the introduction. I’m not going to attempt to post live. Transmission will resume upon my return in mid-November.
The primary purpose of the trip was to visit Ethiopia and Iran. Some time to fill between each has me also going to Egypt and Oman.
When I mentioned I was going to Iran, my Chile/Argentina sidekick Rooflyer was soon on board for that part of the travels.
Here’s the routing: PER-DXB-ADD-CAI-MCT-DXB-IKA-DXB-PER. The Qatar blockade meant a little rejigging of flights to remove QR and DOH from the original plans. Thankfully, that was achieved painlessly.

The planned route in each country:

OK, that’s the introduction. I’m not going to attempt to post live. Transmission will resume upon my return in mid-November.