Blogs from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Middle East - page 22

Day 1,Well hello, Well they decided I was ok to leave the country,(probably better off out of it than in it!) we had a good flight and have arrived at the hotel and then spent the next 6hrs asleep. We have been for a walk along the creek and had some Arabian food which was very nice. We intend to go to the top of the hotel 14 floors up to watch the fireworks, whether we make it, it's another matter! Assma I'm yet to find the jewellery, but I am on to it! Can I just say thanks for all your messages and calls over the last few days, sorry I haven't replied to them all, we would never of got here! We really have got amazing friends and family thanks xx Seems really strange ... read more

So I made it out onto leg one of this adventure! I left YVR at 1030 on the 28th and kind of assumed that the would be issues in SEA with the EK flight. I got there and waited for four hours to see if they could get me on. I was the only one on the wait list.....that was surprising. The agent cleared me to go to the gate and then had me wait there. Her words were 'It will be a miracle if you get on'. But I did! There was soon much craziness at the gate. For those of you airline employees...they had 84 gate check items!!! I guess we don't have it bad in YVR. The flight was 14 hours and I swear there was the Natinal Infant Choir of India was ... read more

Where there is camel milk, there are great sweets to be had by all! One of our missions on this trip was to sample the sweetness provided by our dromedary friends at the Camelicious Dairy. At the dairy, we tried Al Nassma Chocolates. They are high-end chocolates with flavors such as date, macademia nut-orange, pistashio, arabic coffee ceam and such. The chocolate company proudly states they are the first company to make chocolate with camel milk. We were told camel milk is so low in fat, the company must first turn the milk into powder before they can produce the chocolate. Either way, it is delicious! They make chocolate bars and camel shaped chocolates. They even sell large chocolate camels covered in gold foil. They remind me of those big hollow bunnies we use to get ... read more

Geo: 25.27, 55.33... read more

Geo: 25.27, 55.33TIME CHECK: 0515hrs - Awake and packed. I glance out of hotel window. A dim half light is gathering slowly as a lone pool attendant goes about his chores in readiness for the new days intake of tourists. We are ready and down in the reception by 0630........the ever faithful Lala is waiting for us. Within 20 minutes we are bidding our farewells at the Airport and quickly pass through airside......Flight EK061 (777 ER 300) to Dubai: Flight Time 4 hours. Time to sit back a sum up the events of the last 10 days listening to Led Zep and sipping on a Tanqueray. The flight is full of pushy Middle Eastern upwardly mobile types.............metallic toenail polished and bear footed, bedecked with designer gold sunglasses, they busy themselves ramming outsized Dior bags into other ... read more