Blogs from United Arab Emirates, Middle East - page 19

Today is our first early morning of the holiday as we have a breakfast booking in the Burj Al Arab for 9.30 this morning. This is the only seven star hotel in the world. Following yesterday’s failed trial run on the buses, we flagged down a local taxi and enjoy the luxury of our ride through Dubai. We were dropped off at Souk Madinat so that we can walk down the roadway towards the Burj and take in the view. The building is just as spectacular as we were expecting it to be. Security to enter this building is very high. You have to have proof of a booking inside to gain entry. Our reservation this morning is in their Bab Al Yam restaurant on the ground floor. From the time that we entered the building ... read more

Today is the second day of the weekend here, so still no breakfast in the business lounge so we headed to the Chef´s House for our complimentary breakfast. As we have a morning free today, we took the tram round the marina. We got off at Jumeirah Beach Residence tram station 1. From here, we were able to take a short walk along the sea front. Very much a tourist orientated area, but it is nice to say we saw it this time. We walked for about a mile, then decided it was really too hot to walk any further so headed to Jumeirah Beach Residence tram station 2 and got the tram back to the hotel. Back at the hotel, we made use of the business lounge as today is our last day and we ... read more

Dubai is all about valuing yourself, personal esteem, wellness, wellbeing, diversity, respect, honesty and eating. It is a Muslim country. If any of these things cause you a problem, Dubai is not a place you should really visit. Today we enjoyed temperatures of 38 – 40 degrees with heavy humidity. The heat here is very different to Tenerife. As we had been travelling for two days, today we are taking it a bit easy. Travelling days are always tiring when covering the bigger distances no matter how seasoned a traveller you may be. We started the day with breakfast in the business lounge. All part of the free Business Class upgrade we were given. Only a small selection of food available in the lounge, but it was plenty for us. A great start to our day. ... read more

It is 7.10am and I’m sitting at Terminal 3 at Dubai…… I know, it’s something like 1pm at home… I sat next to a nice couple from Doncaster, flying to Glasgow for a funeral. Every now and then I would see the lady leave her seat and head in the direction of the toilet. I wondered if I had again attracted folk who suffer from motion sickness; it turned out she was just a nervous passenger and liked to get up for a walk every now and then. I would really recommend flying with Emirates. The staff are very attentive, food good, a fair amount of leg space (but it does help if you are my height, the mid 5fts)…. But the biggest and most impressive thing is the entertainment system. There are over 2500 channels ... read more

After a lovely full day at the beach in Fiumocino, caught our 10.00pm flight from Rome to Abu Dhabi...we have two nights here but Mark has a 4hr layover and heads back to Melbourne. Unfortunately our friend Desmond is away in Ireland but had everything organised for us and sent a driver to pick us up from Abu Dhabi airport and whisked us to our beautiful suite at the Dusit Thani...32 degrees at 6.00a.m....lots of sand and dust in the air....waiting for us was Desmond's PA Shane to welcome us and check us in, she has been absolutely magic checking on us and making sure we are OK and booking dinner etc. We are very lucky to have been staying at the Dusit Thani, every single staff member has been exceptional, could not do enough for ... read more