Blogs from United Arab Emirates, Middle East - page 175

I arrived in Dubai one day before Dom. Emirates flew me here and got me settled into my new apartment located downtown on the busiest street for shopping, restaurants, and night clubs - Sheikh Zayad Road. I was very pleased with my new accommodation. I share a three bedroom apartment with two other girls - an Australian and an American. Each of the bedrooms is ensuite and there is lots of space for all of us. The Building itself is brand new, has 53 floors, 24 hour security, a fully equipped gym on the 53rd floor (overlooking the sea and the famous 'Palm'), and a rooftop swimming pool. Its SWEET!! Dom arrived the following morning at 3am. As I waited for him in the arrivals area of the airport, which is actually outside the airport, the ... read more

The only thing Abu Dhabi lacked on a Friday afternoon was nine Hawk aircraft flying inches apart from each other in a stunning aerobatic display. Luckily the Red Arrows were in town and gave us a half hour of Britain’s finest showing people how to really fly over the Corniche. Anyone who has ever seen me reverse park knows that I have got precision vehicle manoeuvring skills, so I am fully qualified to assess these boys, and yes, they are quite good. Although how hard can it be? It’s only like driving, but with an “up/down” component, and you don’t even have to worry about hitting the curb or taxis cutting you up. Once I’ve seen the Red Arrows back a Land Cruiser in the spot between the fire hydrant and the badly parked BMW, with ... read more

Some of you that have visited this site will be aware of Kathryn and Scott's world trip. You can see their blog here: www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Scottandkat/ They've been kyacking, surfing, biking, rope laddering and bouncing along on giant inflatable penguins all across South East Asia. At present are driving around Australia in a van and generally laughing their a*ses off. They have been keeping a pretty sweet jounal of it all which makes better reading than a lot of travel guides. But here is the rub - do they bring you mildly amusing shaped vegetables? No they do not. Sorry Scott and Kat, but untill you can come up a nutsackier potato, your blog will be getting less hits than the average Eurovision Song Contest winner. This my friends is what the internet is REALLY about. ... read more

I know you must be bored by all this luxury I am describing on a day to day basis and I promise to not talk about it unless I am asked when I get back. Today we spent the morning by the pool, whereas we had our faces sprayed with Evian water by the beach attendants at the Al Qsar here they provide you with your own personal can of Evian water, cold towels and lavender facial spray to keep yourself cool. Little treats such as miniture watermelon smoothies and the permanent refreshment of ice cubes for your water throughout the day. This afternoon when it got too hot by the pool we retreated to the suite and prepared ourselves some fruit from the bowl, mango, passion fruit, grapes, kiwi, sharron fruit, pineapple. Then to the ... read more

arrived via a cream mercedes, all cream leather and walnut interior. Greeted with cold lemon scented towels and a hugh plate of the biggest juiciest stoneless dates you have ever seen- the size of a large plum - I had 2. Our suite was ready but there was a techical problem so they sent us upstairs to the lobby lounge where everyone comes for their 40 pound afternoon tea and provided us with one - free. Everything was silver tea/coffee pot, milk jug sugar bowl, sugar tongs , linen napkins and even linen doilies on plate with cakes. The waiter pours your tea through a silver strainer and when I went to refill my cup a waiter appeard from nowhere and did it for me. We had ginger and lemon cake. Then to our room sorry ... read more