Another early morning as we headed to the Dubai airport for our 13 hour flight home.

Leaving our hotel in Dubai

finally a clear morning as we drove by the city and it’s impressive architecture (less humidity)

We left Dubai just after 8:30 am local time with a view of the city.

taking off from the Dubai airport with a view of the city

We tried to get some sleep to help us with the jet lag, but found it challenging and instead enjoyed checking out the land we were flying over.

our flight path

view of Mount Damāvand (highest peak in Iran and Middle East and highest volcao in Asia) which is 41 miles northeast of Tehran, Iran.

over the west coast of Norway

over snow-covered Greenland

over Newfoundland

flying over Plum Island on the Massachusetts’ coastline

We landed back in Boston just after 1:30pm local time.

landing in Boston

What an amazing journey it was.  We were grateful to met so many interesting people, experience and learn about a variety of cultures, countries and wildlife, but most importantly to be able to enjoy it together as a family.