Dubai Visa Delay

Well, today I woke up at 7 AM to catch a 9AM flight to Nairobi. I still had not received my visa by the time I woke up. Zach and I went to the airport in Sharjah and we were running late. We only could bring 10kg carry on so they tried to make us pay for our extra weight of baggage. This cut down on more of our time. Air Arabia informed me I could not get on the flight without a visa. I knew this was coming but was hoping that the visa would come in before the flight. Zach ended up taking the flight and I had to wait and figure out when and if my visa would arrive. I was a little stressed and decided to weigh my options. My visa was supposed to come in 24 hours but there was no more flights out of Sharjah for the day. I was prepared to stay the night and go tomorrow. At about 10:30 in the morning I finally received my visa after waiting patiently at the airport to determine my next step. I found out there was an Emirates flight out of Dubai at 3:30 pm. I booked it thirty minutes via taxi to helpfully catch the flight. Also air Arabia told me they could not refund me the flight since it was a connection so I had to pay for a new flight either way. I was able to buy the Emirates flight for 400 dollars. It sucks but I am excited to fly the best airline in the world supposedly. In the Dubai airport there's so many British people I do not know why. It's a little too posh for my liking. Dubai does a good job of merging futurism and conservative Islam values. It's an interesting dynamic. I stopped by the Emirates NBD bank to inquire how trading on the stock exchange works here. Now I'm waiting for my flight to Nairobi at the lounges in Dubai. Not ideal situation but it is a good lesson to learn to check all the visa laws ahead of time. Being from the US we are fortunate to travel visa free to many countries but this was the first time I needed a visa before even boarding a flight.