Day 0.

Outside Terminal 1 Dubai International Airport on a Thursday afternoon to start my journey to Namibia.


After checking in I headed through immigration and then onto security where my Phantom quadcopter drone was pulled aside after the X-ray. After a quick swab for explosives I was quickly on my way though.

Looking across to the very empty Terminal 1 while taking the train to Concourse D.


After Jordan had invited me to join him for a few days in Namibia, I started looking at the best way to get there from Dubai. Qatar Airways fly to Windhoek but as it is only every second day it didn't match up and it was also quite expensive at $1237 return.

I found a cheap flight on Ethiopian Airlines to Johannesburg (JNB) for $400 however, and then bought an onward return ticket to Windhoek (WDH) for $273.

Hence my flights for the trip were:
Day 0: Flying Ethiopian Airlines (ET) from Dubai to Johannesbourg via Addis Ababa (DXB-ADD-JNB).
Day 1: Flying South African Airways (SA) from Johannesbourg to Windhoek (JNB-WDH).
Day 5: Flying Air Namibia (SW) from Windhoek to Johnannesburg (WDH-JNB).
Flying Ethiopian Airlines (ET) from Johannesbourg to Dubai via Addis Ababa (JNB-ADD-DXB).