Day 79 - We are trying to leave, not enter

The alarm went off at 4am to start our 22 hours of travelling. We had decided that we would rather take a series of short flights with layovers rather than sitting on a flight for umpteen hours. We took a
taxi to Tel Aviv airport to take our first flight of the day, 45 minutes to Amman, Jordan. We were a bit surprised that before we could join the check in queue we were subjected to an interrogation where K had to remove her glasses. M was told that he needed to provide another form of documentation apart from his passport (luckily he had his driver's license). Then M's stamp from Antarctica was queried, next we had to explain our relationship, and finally M had to say his birth date and then K's! Seriously guys we are leaving your country not entering and we are trying to join the check in queue not the customs line!

At Amman we joined the transfers desk queue and to the annoyance of all the people behind us once again we had to provide lots of documentation, including proof of our return to Australia. Then security decided to go through K's luggage and wanted to know what her medication was for - hey
guys, we are only passing through!

A few hours later we boarded our flight to Doha while not looking forward to our 5 hour layover. The section of Doha airport we were in was dead, as in it felt like it was the middle of the night, just us and the cleaners at 4pm on a Tuesday. We finally went to the lounge only to find it's one of these
annoying airports where they don't let you in to the lounge until boarding time and there aren't enough seats outside so lots of people have to sit on the floor. Just open the lounge door!

Doha Airport .... the world's most forlorn mascot

By the time we boarded in Doha we were still doing ok, and settled in for the last 6 and a half hour flight to Phuket.