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Sundowner Desert Safari Adventure
... walk all the way over the other side of the complex, that I gave up the internal fight. :) Instead, we picked the kids up around 11am and went to the pool for a swim. Very nice and chilled. At 3:30pm we were picked up at our hotel in a Land Cruiser and headed out on our Desert Safari. We drove out of the city for almost an hour, then over the sand dunes for ...
My adventures commence once again!
After 8 weeks wasted due to having to return to the UK to resolve 'tenant' issues and sort my house out, i have set off again. The itinerary has now changed, and i ended up getting a cheapish flight to Delhi via Dubai with a plan to spend a month seeing Rajasthan before heading North up to Ladakh and northern India to do some trekking ...
Hot & Humid in Dubai
... for the next leg, a 5 and a bit hour flight to Moscow. The flight was slow to board and when everyone was finally on they discovered a major operating issue with the plane - the in flight entertainment system was not working!
How could anyone take a 5 hour flight and not have access to a billion movies and tv shows to watch on such a "long" journey?
You would think they'd just say never mind it's only 5 hours but ...
Dubai - stopover #2
The stop in Dubai was for about 3 hours, roughly 15 hours flying behind us and around 7 hours to go. Temperature was 37degC when we were landing, with views limited as there was a dust storm. We couldn't see anything out the airport windows beyond the control tower, but it was still amazing the see the environment that they live in there...sweeping the sand off the driveway during summer school ...
First stop on a race around the world..
... and connected to the rest of the city. In between all these zones is either construction.. or sand.
That night we took in some Lebanese cuisine from the Mall, not a lot of effort there but it was delicious and not overly expensive, plus we got to see the amazing fountain dance, set to the theme from City Slickers.
We’ve had the luxury of an oasis pool setting at the Qamardeen for when the midday heat becomes a bit much. The past few days ...