Blogs from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Middle East - page 110

SCUBA Saz and the wrongest day ever So they’ve now been in Dubai over a week and knowing that Ficks has his open water diver licence, knowing that they could go diving together as they travel round the world, knowing that she loves a challenge, Saz signs up for an open water course at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel. Such an amazing idea, such a beautiful location, such a professional bunch of instructors…such a shame she appears unable to blow out through her nose to clear her mask! 5 attempts later and close to hyperventilating she leaves the pool in tears…Ficks as always is amazing and they decide to get some food for dinner in Spinneys (the local supermarket) to calm her nerves, forget about the scuba for a while, relax…..the afternoon can only get better ... read more

We have had out first visitors. Glenn and Diana McCready paid us a visit from NZ (family relations) and we managed to show them a little bit of the town. After they arrived first thing on Thursday morning we convinced them to come out with us on a Dhow Cruise on the Dubai Creek. This was an evening dinner cruise with a buffet meal. We were seated outside and it was SO HOT!!!! Too hot to be comfortable actually. I had worn jeans in the expectation of sitting inside and I nearly died. The food however was lovely, and the cruise itself was interesting. We had a better view from the top deck on the outside but the cruise itself might have been more enjoyable had we been in the air conditioned comfort below. We met ... read more

1. When driving in Dubai (I have not made any mistakes driving on the right yet, other than twice opening the passenger door looking for the steering wheel) if the person on front of you at the lights does not take off like they are at the Meremere dragstrip when it turns green, give them hornage. 2. Noone will let you into a gap when you are trying to pull into traffic - you have to barge your way in. But it is ok here, everyone drives like an asshole and it is expected, so there is no road rage. 3. Apartment hunting - it is a long process - be patient and demanding. Agents will not return you calls, not meet you on time, or sometimes at all. And when you get an apartment (one ... read more

OK then a quick test, but also a little imagery from a recent trip to Dubai last month, want to try and make sure that I get this right for posts on the US trip. My brother and I went over to Dubai for 3 days for our mothers wedding, and during some great nights (very drunken) and some extremely hot days did manage to get a few photos, as well as stay sober long enough to enjoy the wedding ceremony, although the sobriety didn't last long as the groom could testify. Anyway as mentioned this is mainly a quick test for uploading pics and alike. So first pic is of the Bury Al Arab hotel, which is a lot bigger in person than you expect it to be, haven't been inside but understand very nice. ... read more

This is Just a quick log to show all my fellow dancers out there that Faithless and Armin Van Burren teamed up together on the Friday evening of the 25th of May to perform in front of 7000 expats in a forum to dance us to our knees. I went with my best girlie pals from melbourne and it was everything and more than i thought we had a blast. And it showed me im still never tooo old to shimmy and I even wore my fancy new red heels to prove it! Here are the photos...................ayayyyyayayayayayayayay xxxxxxx Also I have included some photos of a night out in Dubai at Trilogy nightclub......the Sheikh himself likes to party there. ... read more