Blogs from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Middle East - page 15

My bag was almost torn apart as a giant and muscle bound Emirate border guard dug his way through. It felt like he was searching for any reason to give me problems. The American guy next to me was also selected for the search. I had made my way through Oman via bus, and everyone else was going to have to wait for them to finish and let us through. So I hoped. The only thing I figured might give me problems might be the Kamasutra deck of cards I had somewhere in there. Somehow I felt they wouldn't be appreciated so much. But him and his compadre that he called over seemed to be more interested in the plethora of pharmaceutical drugs I was carrying with me. Up until now, I never realized I had ... read more

Seven years ago, we traveled to Dubai at Easter for 10 days for the first time - a long anticipated trip that saw us fall in love with the diverse, modern City. In the years since then we have visited at least once, but usually twice a year, always as a family of 5. Even transiting through Dubai to fly further afield makes my heart jump and I feel a strong pull towards it, an undescribable feeling of longing. We have stayed in a few hotels across the City. The children's favourite would be Atlantis The Palm, an amazing playground where kids and adults of all ages are treated to everything from swimming with Dolphins or Rays to a world class Waterpark on site, a Mall and wonderful restaurants. As they mature they enjoyed our stay ... read more

Hello again! It is so long since I posted that I had trouble remembering the password to get in! We decided to take a new route to Oz this time. In the past we have always headed west, usually via Vancouver, L.A. or San Francisco. Emirates Air offered a number of attractive perks including free accommodation, transfers and meals on the return leg because the layover will be more than 12 hours between flights! We had already decided to break up the outbound trip by spending 2 nights in Dubai which is roughly 1/2 way to Sydney. Here are a few pics and observations from our brief visit. Remember to click on the first pic for better viewing... read more

Geo: 25.27, 55.33Aquí tomamos el tour que sube al Burj Khalifa, básicamente es una visita al Dubai Mall. Luego, desde el camión, vimos resort Lost Atlantis en la Jumeirah Palm Island, dinde también están las villas de los famosos. Después fuimos a tomar fotos del Burj Al Arab. A regresar al barco, comimos, y como no nos tenían en la lista de los Back2Back, tuvimos que ir a Guest Services a ver que onda. Tomamos un taxi y fuimos de regreso al Dubai Mall, es una grosería el tamaño de ese Mall, y cuentan que están construyendo otro mall más grande aún, que será abierto en 2016 o 2017. Durante el cambio de crucero sólo tuvimos que empacar todo, porque íbamos a cambiar de camarote, y la gente del crucero se encargó de moverlo. Nuestro proceso ... read more

Geo: 25.27, 55.33Este avion era un 340 y estaba más espacioso, afortunadamente. Y 4 horas después estábamos aterrizando en Dubai, a las 2:15am. Para pasar migración tardamos un poco más de una hora y seguían llegando vuelos a esa hora. Esperamos el shuttle bus, pasamos a cargar gasolina, aquí en Dubai está a 1.80 Dirhams el litro, algo así como $8.40pesos. Llegamos al hotel a las 4:45. Después de 36 horas, por fin había terminado la peregrinación. En vez d dormir inmediatamente nos bañanos y bajamos a desayunar a las 6:15, ya con la panza llena dormimos hasta las 11:30 e hcimos checkout. Tomamos un taxi y en 20 minutos ya estábamos en el puerto. Abordamos y como es tradición fuimos a comer. Antes de zarpar dieron la plática sobre Khasa y Muscat y después descasamos ... read more