Dubai, United Arab Emirates Travel Blogs

Dune Bashing & Long Walks
Sep 20, 2007 (39 photos)

... a questionnaire. I opted once again for the Iftar choice.  A wide arrange of appetizers followed buy a great mixed grill. Dubai isn't cheap for the sole traveler. Hotels seem to be generally quite expensive, and when you factor in food and taxis ...

Let's go Snowboarding!
Sep 18, 2007 (16 photos)

... the hotel's health club, I got myself dressed and this time hopped into a yellow cab to head accross to the Mall of the Emirates. Fortunatley, the yellow cab rate is far more desirable than the "executive taxi" the hotel booked for me. Even so, it all ...

Leaving Dubai
May 25, 2007

.....Gone

Dubai... that doesn't look like Dubai!
May 19, 2008 (10 photos)

... I will have to go back to Dubai because apparently you aren't even allowed to leave the airport when you are connecting on Emirates, no matter how long your layover is... I finish catching up on my blog and sleep before boarding another plane headed to ...

Dune Bashing
Jul 15, 2006 (12 photos)

... belly dancing! Initially we had planned to do a desert safari in Oman thinking it would be cheaper as it is less touristy than Dubai but unfortunately we were wrong. The tours in Oman were five times the price so we headed back to Dubai a day early and ...

Wild Wadi Water World
Jul 10, 2006 (14 photos)

... caught a bus out to the Wild Wadi Water World which we had seen on the Amazing Race a few seasons ago. Public transport in Dubai is seriously lacking as after two bus changes we finally arrived close to two hours later. There is a lot of traffic on the ...

Is it an airport or a shopping center?
May 9, 2008

... top.  Not the first time I've been here but it continues to amaze each time.  In about an hour I hop on another Emirates flight to Osaka...I'm sure it'll be over 10 hours but I haven't confirmed that yet.  Luckily, I have my business class ...

Ten hours in Dubai Duty Free
Jul 21, 2008 (2 photos)

Our aim was to try and get a transit visa so we could possibly meet a few friends for lunch but once again the 'Curse of the little green book' struck and we were told the only way we would get a visa on arrival would be if we booked a nights ...

Travel tips and closing thoughts on UAE and Oman
Sep 27, 2006

... the hard sell, there are no beggars or indigent people, and other than the occasional traffic jam, everything runs efficiently. Dubai is quite hot and humid during the summer. Guidebooks say the most comfortable times to visit are between November and ...

Under Construction...Dubai City of the Future
Sep 24, 2006 (8 photos)

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 ...

In transit
Jul 13, 2008

soon

Dubai - City of Perpetual Progress
Nov 17, 2008 (14 photos)

... "where the Emirates staff accommodation is" - it is all over Dubai considering there are around 10,500 Emirates cabin crew living in Dubai! But the biggest barrier to success in getting where we wanted to was the language barrier. Most taxi ...

Gold, Gold and More Gold
Jul 9, 2006 (8 photos)

... any 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 ...

Under Construction
Apr 8, 2008 (10 photos)

· Dubai, United Arab Emirates · GMT +4:00hrs "build it and they will come"  - Kevin Costner, Field of Dreams Under construction Dubai, the jewel of the Arab world, is one of the 7 emirates that make up the oil-rich Persian Gulf country, The United ...

Going through hell to get to heaven
May 3, 2006

Mainly, I just wanted to leave a posting from Dubai, because, hey, I was there for 11 hellish hours, and when's the next time I'll be in Dubai? So why not? The flight, though, turned out to be a lot more adventurous than I really needed. I got on the plane ...

Sweating
Oct 4, 2008 (23 photos)

... in a crazy 2 week dash in Yemen, Oman and UAE, and I knew my mate Lars would be crazy enough. So flights to Dubai were booked and I arranged flights with Air Arabia to San'a. About 1 month later the security situation in Yemen worsened and I needed to ...

Ma'salama (Goodbye) Dubai
Jul 8, 2004 (5 photos)

... , eyeing up my bags whilst I was doing the paperwork for them. Airport Taxis Now, here's an interesting fact for you: The Dubai municipality run the taxi's stringently in Dubai. Yet, the taxi's you get in town start at 3Dh (roughly 50p) so you'd ...

Dubai
Apr 15, 2007 (1 photos)

... fare was served........pita bread, chicken, lamb kebabs, salad and pickled salted vegetables......all rather tasty. Having stayed in Dubai for a week last year to celebrate Caroline's BIG 40 we were now very acquainted on how to get about.& ...

A night in Dubai, or Emirates Rules!
Dec 2, 2007 (2 photos)

... like a shopping mall at Christmas even at 1:00 in the morning.  Even better, because we were waiting so long, Emirates gave us a wonderful free buffet meal at its hotel restaurant.  They had chocolate mousse for dessert.  We also got ...

Finding my feet in Dubai
Jul 5, 2004

... prohibits it and when it cost 20Dh (GBP3) for just 330ml! Foreign Workers Some facts about Dubai: Population: c.1.5million in United Arab Emirates Percentage of population who are foreign: Very high Country most foreign workers come from: India and ...

The BIG idea
Mar 30, 2007

... a crazy idea! One night in early March, while waiting for Inge-Marie to get ready for a Dow dinner with friends on the Dubai creek I started watching the travel Channel. A show was on about a guy called the 'Thirsty Traveler' who gets paid to travel around ...

Dubai is freezing!
Jul 4, 2004 (16 photos)

... streets, they're inside or most probably sleeping, which I was informed by a knowledegable taxi driver, is quite acceptable here. Dubai is rich in culture and mutual respect for each other. There is no pushing, shoving or shouting on the streets or in ...

Farewell UAE
Dec 14, 2007 (24 photos)

... ;       SPITTING (and associated noises)! ·         Dubai drivers - aggressive, fast and fearless ·         Sweaty summers ·   & ...

Dripping in gold and bored to tears
May 18, 2003

... and health and includes the brilliant sentiment "protection from an unpleasant view", which possibly lost something in the translation? Dubai is a way of life rather than just a place. Expat heaven with all the trimmings. The executive housing ...

The Long Journey Home - Part 2
Oct 18, 2008

-- Coming Soon --

Insanity meets Money
May 29, 2008 (2 photos)

Since Dubai was a stop-over on our way to Germany, we decided to check it out for a few days. In a nutshell, Dubai is crazy expensive and probably one of the most artificial, uncharismatic and wasteful places out there (another version of ...

It's getting hot in herrr
Apr 17, 2007 (24 photos)

... 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.  The ...

Dubai
Apr 25, 2006 (10 photos)

... it you can buy it, literally and for a price too. We met up with Martin's sister who was currently working on one of Dubai's millionaire yachts. We even had a sneaky look around this water palace. Wow, how the other half live? Lucky for us she had access ...

UAE
Jul 21, 2008 (7 photos)

... 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 miss. ...

Beach, Dune Blasting, Camel Rides, Tattoos...
Oct 28, 2005 (8 photos)

... reaching our Boudin camp (which was actually the intended destination) I was happy to continue the journey with my camel! All in all, Dubai was fantastic. The 'excursion' was fun - even if my heart didn't stop racing for a few hours. A few more days in ...