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We were on our way home after a holiday in Europe. We had spent the night (actually only about 6 hours) at the Dubai Airport Hotel. The day before, we flew from Rome to Dubai. Today, after a short but refreshing sleep, we will be flying back to Singapore via Colombo. Why via Colombo? Well, Emirates operates a daily flight to Singapore via Colombo. What is the experience going to be like? You can watch the video to find out but here are some details. The aircraft today was a Boeing 777-300ER. This was our first B-777 on Emirates as all the earlier flights were on their A380s. Our seats were right at the rear, where the plane fuselage narrowed and the seats were in a 2-4-2 configuration. The flight time from Dubai to Colombo was just under 4 hours. Smooth flight with good food and service on board. Breakfast was served on this leg. I chose the Chicken Curry option and it came with Roti Pol, or a thicker form of Roti Prata (plain). It tasted very good. See 4:40. I watched the scenery as we landed into Colombo. Thick vegetation. See 6:00 Temperature on the ground was 30 deg C. I have never been to Colombo but that place has a long history too, due to its strategic location at the cross roads of trade routes between East and West. When the plane landed, we were informed by the cabin crew that passengers heading to Singapore could not get off the plane. This was a strict rule with no exceptions. I noticed that about half the plane alighted, which means half of us from Dubai had our final destination as Singapore. See 9:30 for passengers disembarking. The transit on the ground was approximately 1hr 30 minutes. Wow, we were going to be stuck on the plane for 90 minutes. Oh well, let's make the best of it. The good thing was that the In Flight Entertainment system was turned on all the way. Many passengers continued to watch movies but I was certainly getting restless. Ground crew came on board to clear the rubbish and prepare the cabin for the next flight. It was interesting to have a half-full plane watching the ground crew work. See 10:10. As I was seated near the rear of the plane, I heard a lot of activity going on, so I went behind to take a look. See 10:30. The rear aircraft door was opened and a catering truck had pulled up to the plane. That made sense. The plane was taking on fresh supplies for the next flight as well as older trolleys were taken off. Since I had nothing better to do, I watched the ground crew do their work. Shortly after, there was an announcement that cabin crew was to begin identifying cabin buggage. See 11:40. Huh? Oh, the idea was to positively ID all overhead cabin baggage to make sure that all remaining baggage on board belonged to passengers that were still on board. That made sense, from a security perspective. This was done very efficiently. A short while after, the plane began boarding new passengers. The flight was full. Every seat was taken. Emirates certainly has good business. The doors closed and we were on our way again, this time to Singapore. Flight time was 3 hours and 30 minutes. Again, it was a very smooth flight. The lunch served was very good too! I had some chicken with fried rice. See 15:46. My kid had spaghetti plus lots of stuff to eat like Kit Kat. Overall, it was a good flight. The cabin crew had to work doubly hard and I didn't envy them. They were still cheerful and professional throughout. We landed in Singapore on time. Overall, the time from Dubai to Singapore took 9 hour 30 minutes, compared to about 7 hours if you flew direct and non-stop (Singapore to Dubai).