Sharjah Rotana Hotel

DUBAI! Like Vegas, only WAY more expensive.<br>The cheapest hotel within 5 miles of the Dubai Airport? $550 a night! The minibar might as well be a safe. The airport terminal is like a gleeming, brilliantly lit movie set. Dubai is home of the world's best hotel, the Barq el Arab, the only 5 star hotel anywhere. Brunch is $150, plus drinks, even alchohol! I managed to crash ...

A shift was noticed in the marketing strategy used by hotels in the Gulf region particularly in Dubai, with more and more hotels turning to the popular social networking sites to attract more guests.<br><br>This shows the huge potential these ...

... t a nice expereince. Although you know that you have nothing illegal on you you start to worry anyway. Like what if someone hid something in your bag etc. They wouldn't care, it would be straight to prison for a long long time. <br><br>In the end we only stayed one night as our minds were set on getting home and starting to build our life again. Maybe we will come back to Dubai on holdiay in the future when we look respectable.

... and a couple of cracked tiles (plus the patched up hole in the wall that I made!)....but besides all this I love it. Marina Diamond. The apartment is fitted out with fridge, stove, washer and ...

... wave down a taxi and take the inexpensive trip home. Although i hadn't really planned much, other then getting out and seeing some sights, the one thing i didn't come arcoss was the Burj Al Arab Hotel. You know the one, claimed as the world's only 7 star hotel, made famous by Fedora and Agassi playing tennis on the roof. Oh well, as long as i get a job in the next few days, i will have plenty of time to see it...

... beach and taking a dip in the Arabian sea. I"m going to try to upload some pictures now, but I"m not sure if it will work, if it doesn't, I will upload them from Jay's apartment in Hong Kong. Argh! The hotel only has internet on two computers and it won't read my card reader. I will try to load photos, and maybe videos Monday night from Hong Kong. MJT

... nicest malls, topped by Madinat Souk. (this was before the advent of MOE, Ibn Batutta, and Festival City.) After a bit of shopping, I took a cab to Millenium Tower on Sheikh Zayed Road. I spent the night at Jhenn's flat, and Darth fetched me in the morning. December 31 2007 Monday Darth's Birthday! We had breakfast at Ikea, Dubai Festival City. It was heaven --- I wanted to live there! After that we fetched egie and headed to Ibn Batutta Mall. Ibn Batutta is a well ...

... in the 100 degree weather! Many fun things await you in Dubai, for one is the Desert Safaris. A tour guide can take you and a guest for a fun and exciting ride in the desert, which is then followed by a traditional bedouin dinner with a belly dancer. The city of Hatta is nearby, which is a good place for a day trip, to go clay pigeon shooting, or eat a nice lunch. Dubai is centered around tourism, so it is very easy to find a place to go that is suited for you!

... World Cup. I wish I had gotten to see more of the horses and less of the fashion show, but you only got to see the horses run past once each race, and each race lasted less than three minutes. I also got to see Sheikh Muhammad, who is, of course, a human, and not a horse...and a very cool human at that ...

... as one would expect but a mealy meal concoction, which, on reflection I have had once before in the dim and distant past. It was accompanied by kebabs, squash, and other such delicacies. Very nice too. Good company, and I was amongst the last to retire. Friday 9th September : Starting to have some very odd dreams again. Slept in and then went down to the Breeding Centre office to try and sort out my emails. Absolutely impossible to get at anything unless it is coming to my yahoo ...