Amy just wanted to go shopping and "spend some time away from India, where nothing seems to work very well".   She left this morning for a 5 day shopping trip to Dubai and Abu Dhabi.   I was wondering why I haven't heard from her and checked CNN to make sure there was nothing wrong.   Only an internet outage.   Things could be worse.    Don't think that I am worried about her traveling around the middle east.  I am not.  She is with a friend who is the wife of a career Foreign Service officer who has lived in the UAE for many years.   They assured us that it is one of the safest countries on earth.   

It will be interesting to hear her tell just how much chaos can descend on an ultra-modern city when the Internet crashes.  Somehow I wouldn't be surprised if she caused the problem by checking email at the airport.....if not, is is quite a coincidence.....