The Flight Night

We've made it! 

The first flight, 14 hours to Dubai was relatively easy. Lee slept about 2/3 of it which was perfect! Emirates Airlines is pretty set up for babies. They put bassinets in the wall in the bulkhead seats. Lee wasn't into staying in the thing but it worked great to store things and give us more room. Here's a pic...

They also gave us a bag of baby things including; a bib, lotion, wipes and a little toy. The toy was perfect! A ring with three coins that made a clacking noise, he loved it and played with it in all his awake time. And watched sports.

We had a short layover in Dubai. Enough time to buy some water and get to our gate. The airport is massive and has the feel of a fancy Arab shopping mall. Makeup counters, jewelry stores, a food court, all very high end. Even a Starbucks. Our next flight, to Kochi, was 4 long hours. No sleeping and plenty of crying. We were all pretty done with the traveling.

We arrived and made it through immigration pretty quickly, we got our visas online which was a bit of a gamble but it worked out well. Baggage claim was chaos. It appears Indians travel with massive amounts of luggage. Everyone had at least 6 suitcases, it was unreal. We finally got our measly 3 things and set off to our hotel. I had booked a room at nearby airport hotel so we'd have place for a nap before going out to Fort Cochin. 

We arrived in Kochi at 3:30a. You could smell the smokey, humid, tropical air in the jetway envelop you like a thick wet blanket. It felt almost exactly like Mombasa. Burning trash, tuktuk exhaust, beeping, honking, people everywhere, even at 4am. We made it to our hotel, which was very fancy and western, and crashed. Goodnight, we will see you in the day light India.

Emirates stroller in Dubai.

Kids nappy change? It was a room with a long counter that had a sink on each end. Each sink was equipped with what I recognize as the spray thing at our kitchen sink. There was a chair facing a wall and no trash can.