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Dubai Rock Festival Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Dubai By tassMarch 9th 2007Some pics of a great day!...Lasted 2 days, couldn´t manage to be there the 2nd, to enjoy Robert Plant, but hey!, prodigy and Iron Maiden were fun!... read more

Our final destination before returning to the UK was Dubai where we spent just a couple of nights. It was a long flight from Auckland to Dubai, especially when our entertainment units packed up - a 13.5 hour flight with no TV - nightmare! We were given a glass of champagne, 2 bottles of wine and a pack of playing cards as consolation - how generous! Dubai was the only location where we had pre-booked accommodation. We tried a 'Top Secret' deal on the Internet. Fortunately we ended up staying at the Crowne Plaza, which was very comfortable. We took heed of lots of advice we'd been given about Dubai and avoided the beach or 'building site' locations as well as the busy city centre. Dubai really is one big building site - so much development ... read more

Well when we woke up this morning the sun was shinning and beconning us to the beach, so we set off in Jodie's car to Dhubai and the famous Jameera Beach. Well almost anyway. Jodie decided that we should have a few detours and after driving into a couple of building sites and seeing a few 'Deep Excavation' signs and 'Caution! Road Surprises' signs we made it to the beach. What is a Road Surprise anyway? The road from Abu Dhabi to Dhubai couldn't be any straighter if the Romans had built it and yet every now and again we would see these signs dotted along the road. Dis the road hold surprises for unsuspecting drivers, was this a conspiracy by the government to keep you guessing or someone's idea of a joke? We never ... read more

As I write my final blog telling of the last part of my trip, I've been home for nearly 4 weeks. Much of what I write here will seem like old news as I've spoken a lot of my holiday since I've been back. But I hope that it will add to what I have already spoken about, if you care to read on. This last chapter will also form the official "diary" of my trip. How technology has changed the concept of atravel diary in recent years. When I signed off on my last blog, I was spending a few days in the Wicklow Mountains just south of Dublin. I arrived there in wet conditions but after the rain cleared I enjoyed a day of taking in the scenery around the area. The Wicklow mountains ... read more

Dear Blog, After a bit of an emotional fairwell to my mum at the airport, a very excited Lindsay 'Fogg' finally left for New Zealand. My first stop after 6 hours was Dubai International Airport. For those who have never been I probably wont be able to describe it in a way that does it justice. Its humungous! Like Manchester airport meets Las Vegas meets Meadowhall. Its totally bling but in a sophisticated way. A bit like me really!!!! Anyway, I killed time by looking around duty free, people watching and bought some flip flops. I would also definately recommend Emirates planes too, they are fantastic. I basically spent the entire flight playing computer games (centipede mainly-the others were far too complicated), watching videos (managed 3/4 of The Queen), listened to music (greatest hits from the ... read more