Blogs from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Middle East - page 124

Thursday was a day of contrasts we started in one of the wettest places in Dubia nad ended the day in the driest. The moring saw us in the Wild Wadi Water Park. Themed around Sinbad and Juha a mythical traveller. Both travelling across the seas and engulfed by a storm, survived and stranded in a beatiful lagoon. It is the most advanced technological water park in the world and has the tallest free fall slide outside of America. the Jumeriah Screamer and did I scream as I plunged 27 M hitting a top speed of 80K. I got to the bottom and couldn't move partially due to the fact that the seat of my costume had been forced between my buttocks and there was a great queue of people standing watching me lying there. After ... read more

Had a very busy Wednesday. Firstly I had to decide where we wanted to lie on the beach. Got beach attendant to place bed so I could view the Burj when I turned my head to the right. Then I had to get the beach attendant to place towels on bed and strategically place towel to support back of head. Beach attendant brought us fruit skewers, came and cleaned our sunglasses, provided cold vanilla scented towles to keep us cool and sprayed our faces with Evian water. Then we went for a walk up the beach for a closer look at the Burj Al Arab. Came back and more friut skewers, sunglasses cleaning , spraying of face with Evian water and cold vanilla scented towels. Then I went for a swim in the pool looked over ... read more

Arrived at Manchester airport. Just. As I organised the holiday I left Paul to get us to the airport. We arranged for my mum to get us to the coach station however when we arrived at her house she was looking after my nephew who was off school ill, so she arranged for a neighbour to get us there. Arrived at the station and Paul had the coach tickets only they where booked for Saturday!!! On the coach he surprised me with 2 tickets to get into a private lounge at the airport only they where arranged for terminal 1 and we where travelling from terminal 2! Eventually got there, and well worth it, away from all the riff raff having complimentary drinks- anything you wanted, snacks, olives, cheeses muffins, cookies, tea coffee what ever. Spent ... read more

Dubai: 12am: I felt lost as soon as I arrived in Dubai. No one was there to greet me and I had no idea where I was going to sleep. There was no way that I was going to stay inside the airport for 28 hours awaiting my next departure. So, I found an internet kiosk in the first and business class section of the airport for the Emirates. Oh, a little bit off topic, but the Emirates is seriously one of the best airlines I have ever been on. I felt like I was in a first class airplane. Seriously, each seat came with your own personal TV with like 50 movie choices, cable television, music like CDs of singers from around the world, games with a dual controller/telephone. Oh, also this plane had foot ... read more

Hi Jacqui and Paul are off to Dubia. We are off to complete the celebration of Pauls 40th birthday from July 2005. I have very kindly bought the holiday for Pauls birthday ( seeing as he took me to Singapore and Thialand for mine... aren't we generous to each other?). Anyone who knows me has been greated with an accurate count down of the number of days left to the holiday we leave in 7 days. I have the tickets, money, travel guide,Paul has his new passport, we have been out and purchased new luggage today (we are staying at the Burg Al Arab so thought we had beter look the part). I have only 3 more days at work then its into the final countdown. Neither of us have ever travelled to the Middle East ... read more