Broadway Dubai

Hi everyone

On Friday, we visited the amazing Burj al Arab hotel for lunch. The only way you can get in is if you are a guest (it costs $1000's a night) or if you make a booking for lunch or dinner.

This hotel is the only 7-star hotel in the world, and unless we win lotto I don't think that I'll ever be able to stay a night ...

... two amazing hotels - the Burj al Arab (see next blog entry for our visit there) and the Jumeirah Beach Hotel.
Today, it's raining - which is pretty odd for the desert - and if it keeps raining our evening desert safari might get cancelled- which would be a real shame as my mum is really looking forward to it.

Tomorrow we're off to Switzerland, where it's -2 degrees and snowing in Zurich, which will be a big shock to us all.

luv Amy

... off, haha. My next stop was going to be Ibn Battuta Mall, but I figured I'd rehydrate before the cab ride. I got a [relatively] expensive watermelon juice f(about $6) from a shop since I heard watermelon juice was good. I was disappointed---tasted literally like water from a watermelon---was very thin with hardly any flavor. Cab ride to Ibn Battuta Mall was fairly long since it's practically on the edge of Dubai (far West). The mall is ...

... red beans, rice, curry rice, macaroni salad, green salad, bbq chicken legs, chicken and lamb on a stick and dess**t was oranges, apples, bananas and custard and bread pudding. I went to get my henna, but the woman said she was finished for the night. I was v**y disappointed as it was the one thing I really wanted to have done. Next time. The belly danc** soon came out and was v**y ent**taining, not to mention a v**y pretty woman with a v**y nice body. She did sev**al dances ...

... inouie. Dubaï mèle cet aspect brutal d'un parc d'attraction financé par les petro-dollars et construit par un immense petit peuple asiatique assez largement dénigré ; et l'indéniable attraction de ces lumières, des couleurs et de cette exploitation jusqu'à l'étouffement du concept d'"entertainment ...

... the pool, and ordered up a few cervesas. You will note in one of my photos that I decided it bst to combine my drinking with the day's workout, hence the Ab crunches with beer in hand. (You're welcome, Paddy!!). The pool bar was MOST EXCELLENT, and we met a nice couple from New Jersey that we compared Dubai plans with before exiting the scene to get ready for the big event this day - High Tea at the Burj al Arab Hotel. Having changed into appropriate ...

... but here we found another good news (!).. the Cairo bound flight is also delayed by two hours. So We have to wait for four hours at Dubai and will reach Cairo three hours later then the schedule. Our plane will be at Gate #9 so we got the business class lounge near this gate. Once in, I went to the skywards desk to use the Internet and mailed to my wife about the delay. I came back to the lounge after the emails. then we opened our laptops to check if we ...

Un petit tour dans la vieille ville avant de reprendre l avion en direction de paris. A la douane j ai eu droit à une fouille approfondie à la recherche de drogue.Sympa de se retrouver à poil devant un flic de Dubai, heureusement qu'il n' a pas cherché plus en profondeur, je ne suis pas un fan du touché rectal....

Sorry for the long entry - this place gave us a lot to ponder! PEOPLE OF DUBAI We'll start this entry with the people of Dubai. Dubai is a wealthy Sheikdom, part of the United Arab Emirates and the only one of the emirates that is not dependent on oil revenue for its livelihood. The royal family decided that they instead wanted to turn Dubai into the premiere shopping and tourism destination in the world. With no one to argue, they set about doing just that. The ...

... through immigration as it was so busy. Changed $50 AUD and got 140 dirham. It cost 36d for the taxi to our hostel which was only 10 mins. away. Our room and breakfast for two night was 300d (AUD$130) - basic but fine We got to bed at 11.30 pm local time (2.30 am Thai time).