Ski Dubai

First stop Dubai, Thanks to my sister for the free accom and cheap airfares :) Had a good time and watched the all blacks v france final in a bar packed full of kiwis. Went to ski dubai for my first snowboarding of the trip, was an interesting experience walking in from 40deg heat to a ski field environment. Also went to a waterslide park and went …

It's about 40 degrees here, every day! So what would you do to cool down? I've been to waterparks and lounged around by the pool, gone to beaches, I've eaven taken a cold bath! So I asked my friend what I could do, and she told me, "you should go skiing!" I looked at her, it's boiling hot, the city is surrounded by a desert, and you're telling me …

As with many of my trips, the decision to go to Dubai was made at the last minute. My friend and I were planning a trip to Egypt and we thought that it would be best if we made the most of our time and went to more than one place.


Usually when I plan a trip, rather than staying in a hotel, I found it best to rent out an apartment even …

We started our day with a buffet breakfast in the hotel. I had cereal with milk which tasted good but commented to Jeff that it was the most different tasting I had ever had. He said it was likely goats milk which I had not even thought about but I'm sure he was right. Not sure if I'll be having cereal again. They had a hot bean mix I've never had …

You have probably heard a lot about Dubai – the oil money, the huge buildings, the ultra-luxury hotels. In many minds it has been built up beyond the realm of our imagination, an almost surreal place that sounds more like fantasy than reality, where big money is making almost anything possible.

No question, Dubai has the "anything is …

Friday, March 22nd 2013

We've been away from Canada for one month today. Having left on the 23 of February, we have been away 28 days, four weeks. We've enjoyed every moment but we still miss our home country. The boys particularly miss the snow, school and house chores...

In light of this 28 day milestone, we've decided to …

Leaving Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the world, we were on our way to one of the richest, the United Arab Emirates and more specifically Dubai, 'the Rubbadub' as my cockney friend 'Cockney Barry' would call it, that lovely rhyming simpleton.

It was quite the change, but a very welcome one as this section of the trip was to relax …

Our last day in Dubai dawned all too soon. Where does the time go? After a last swim in the hotel pool we went out to make the most of our final morning. We went first to the Mall of the Emirates, another shopping mall but looking a little tired in comparison with the newer and more splendid Dubai Mall. Renovations were underway, however, so …

7 nights in Dubai in August. HOT, but fun. Visited with Gonzalez family from Saudi Aramco …

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He Said: Prior to the controversy a few months back when a number of US ports were purchased by a Dubai company, Dubai and the United Arab Emirates were certainly not on the radar of most Westerners. That's not a big surprise, it is a tiny nation and ...

... tourist information, not for lack of trying and hours of walking in the heat, we decided to head to the Mall of the Emirates. This is the largest mall in the eastern hemisphere. Aside from over 500 shops and numerous food courts it has an indoor ski ...

... forty minutes of standing in line before we could get a cab. Checked out the Mall of the Emirates...home of the famous middle east ski hill. Ski Dubai is as claimed.  An engineering feat, no doubt...and a tourist attraction in itself.  ...

... and saw some of Dubai's "over the top" shopping malls. The most bizarre of these would have to be the Emirates Mall which is home to "Ski Dubai". What a crazy idea in an extremely hot and arid country to decide to set up a world of snow and ...

6-11-07 Desert snow skiing...is that possible??? AWSOME!!!   So today in Dubai, was awesome!!! We started the day by having a complimentary breakfast that we didn't have to argue about which was a plus and then we headed to the roof to check out ...

... been snow boarding for a few years and wanted to prove to myself that I could still do it, we went off for an adventure to Ski-Dubai. www.skidubai.com We rock up there in our shorts, t-shirts and sandals in the blistering heat of 43 degrees. It's a ...

... left until this adventure is over, we decided to hire a car and take off into the desert to discover some of the REAL United Arab Emirates out there...... At just £6 a day to hire an economy car with essential A/C it was too good an opportunity to ...

We originally planned to spend the morning at Ski Dubai, however looking at the time we felt that we might not enjoy rushing for time. Instead we headed for the Dubai Museum to understand a bit more about the city and how it came about. I thought the ...

... East. As the Dubai government continues to maintain the flow of foreign cash into the most populated Emirate of the United Arab Emirates through tourism, the city is expected to accommodate over 15 million tourists by 2015.   While visiting this ...

... lunch (photo taken from the hotel looking at the 7 star Bur Jarb Hotel on the waterfront). Also checked out the Ski slope in the emirates mall which leaves the Snow planet for dead!! Took a cruise on the Dubai Creek in a traditional wooden water taxi ...