‘OK, Time to Go’: Cabs, Cash and Twisted Routes to Escape Dubai

Across the Middle East, stranded travelers are being forced to improvise byzantine routes out of the widening war zone as commercial airlines put most of their regional services on hold.

The barrages of missiles and interceptors flying over the hubs of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha forced nations to close their airspaces, putting the onus on visitors to chart their own ways home. Those odysseys typically involve make-shift arrangements, long drives through the desert — and often considerable sums of cash.