The last day was spent discussing an MOU. I took another visit to the Specialist Hospital for more details. Then it was a 5 hr ride in a cramped van (instead of the earlier planned bus) to Lagos. While the road was better on the way back, less road blocks (maybe because it started raining or they were concerned only for the delta bound traffic or its a weekday), the rain slowed us down. The pools of water hid the potholes and we had to be careful. The car in front of us with Orisoft guys nearly had an accident with a truck coming the wrong way and the car's driver trying to pass a parked trailer as well! If the oncoming truck didnt give way, they would have been plastered on that truck. The traffic was bad in Lagos particularly the last stretch to the airport. In fact after we arrived at the airport, apparently there was a small accident and that held up the Emirates crew for 1 hr. As a result we were 2 hrs late, again.
We were stiffed with a request for USD 200 for some guys "helping" us through Emirate check in. The final "fee" was paid by Raymond at the last security check after immigration for the mistake of putting his wallet through the scanner.
The connecting flight from Dubai to KL was also Emirates. That helped to ensure we would not miss the connection. The Lagos, Dubai flight was a B777 and the entertainment facilities are crap as selected movies start at the same time and hence you could not determine what movie and when to watch it unlike on the Airbus.
We stayed at the Concorde KLIA overnight and was back in Kuching on Sunday. There were some Desperados at midnight at Concorde eating greasy kuey tiaw and sub standard curry mee although the Grant's cantonese mee seems ok.
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