Media Rotana, Barsha - Dubai
South Al Barsha off Sheikh Zayed Road, PO Box 503030 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Dubai Rugby Sevens
... beside her was going through my cards. Oh phew!!! What an incredibly amazing feeling. And they were concerned because my phone/camera was not in the wallet, but I assured them that I had the phone. How lucky was that. Just another example of what an amazing country this is.
So we proceeded out to the ...
Day 0 - ... to Dubai
... Qatar airways flight meaning us waiting for 5 hours in the terminal. And that's what we did!
Thus we had time to hang around in the terminal, to notice that in Dubai, flights never stop even in the middle of the night, to do some sound recordings with some noisy fans outside and a quiet terminal inside, to have a crunchy mango yoghurt at Starbucks, to chat with Marco and the other members of the group, to hang ...
Arrival It is really happening
We arrived surprisingly fresh after the 2.35 am start from Melbourne. The flight was OK as we broke it into two seven hour blocks.
Landing in Dubai was exciting.The landscape was so very different.We flew over deserts for many miles.It is such a clean, calm city. Very hot 40 degrees when Norm ...
Dubai...and the dream is over!
... the free booze courtesy of Emirates, talking about the good times and before long we had landed in our Bonnie Homeland of Scotland. We landed whilst listening to “Caledonia”.
We got off the plane, and after a long wait at the luggage conveyor belt (I figured my luggage had finally been lost, but alas, it arrived. Winner)… we walked through the gate to be greeted by our delighted parents.
And so…
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Postcard from Dubai
The journey commenced when we checked in at the Emirates Check-in Counter at Brisbane International airport. Bags were under weight and we proceeded to the departure lounge. We boarded around 2:00am and the wheels of the plane lifted at 2:40am. We were on our way to Dubai with a quick stop over in Singapore.
We landed in Dubai at around 12:40pm and proceeded through Passport ...
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