Dubai.... I've arrived!!!

So very tired!!  After a 14 hour flight from the US to Istanbul, a four hour layover and another four and a half hour flight to Dubai, we arrived at 2:30 am.  Customs was very disorganized and not consistent; some of the other students were just waved through! For a country that is based on international trade and service I was expecting it to be streamlined and efficient.  However, that was our introduction to the Middle Eastern way of doing business!