The overnight Emirates 777 flight from Accra to Dubai was packed. I felt so terrible that I strapped into my middle seat, put in my earplugs and slept the entire way. With less than two hours for the connection to Cairo it was up to Allah whether our luggage arrived with us. Insha Allah. By the time we de-planed, boarded buses and turtled to the terminal even we had to hustle to the gate for the flight to Cairo.
The Emirates AB380 to Cairo holds around 500 passengers and owing to several Oriental tour groups, not a seat was vacant. Again I slept most of the way and awoke feeling weak but nearly human. We had gotten eVisas online and quickly did the immigration thing. On to baggage claim.
The scrum around the carousel was unbelievable. While Connie watched and watched for our luggage to come around, Doubting John preemptively headed to the the Emirates lost luggage department to begin the now familiar claim process. The woman scanned our baggage stickers and cheerfully said, yes, out luggage was on the flight. Masha Allah!