Wil & V

WilandV

Wil & V

Wil & Velinda Brown, Edinburgh, UK



Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Dubai September 4th 2009

Arrived in Dubai a couple of days ago but straight to bed. Yesterday we used the open-top bus to have a look around Dubai city center, getting off here and there to see some sights. Luckily enough the bus operator supplied free bottles of water which was a God-send. It must have easily been around 50C out there, Unfortunate for us is that Dubai is in the start of Ramadan which means that we're not allowed to eat or drink anything publicly as the locals are fasting from sunrise to sunset. Can be quite challenging finding places to eat lunch when 99% are all closed. Today we too the open-top bus tour out along the cost of Dubai to see all the luxury hotels that have been built but which are mostly still being built. Lovely ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Midlothian » Edinburgh August 31st 2009

Well, it's been 3 years since both Velinda and I have travelled to Australia together and two more sleeps till holiday time. We're both in all-hands-to-battle-stations mode to get all our work projects to a state where we can toss them aside with complete disregard for three weeks. Suitcases are packed. Velinda's 99% Wil's 0.99% (I've got more tech than trunks in my suitcase) Really looking forward to the 22 hours of flying. No - wait.... that's not right. We have a 2 day stop-over in Dubai before flying into Sydney. Then it's zig-a-zag all the way up to Brissie taking in the Blue Mountains, Hunter Valley, Port MacQuarie, Kempsey, Coffs Harbour, Maryborough and Biggenden en-route. See you all soon. Wil and Velinda... read more




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