It was my first time to visit Dubai by chance, because it was my boyfriend's business trip between 09Apr and 12Apr07 and since I work for an airline, then I bought myself a stand-by air-ticket (Emirates) to go along with him. We stayed at the 5* Crowne Plaza hotel and it's situated at the financial area, on the Sheikh Zayed Road. We managed to visit a few places in Dubai: Jumeirah Beach Park, Mall of Emirates, Ski Dubai, Dubai Museum, Souk Madinat Jumeirah, Gold Souk, Old Souk, Dubai Marina, Mercato (Shopping Mall), Deira City Centre (Shopping Mall) etc... The climate wasn't that bad in early April it is still bearable about 20-29 degrees. The main transportation is taxi. We basically took taxi everywhere! Since it is so cheap, it’s only few pounds each time! But
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