The Palace The Old Town Dubai

Travel Blogs from Dubai

First day away from home

A travel blog entry by cintony

After feeling a bit crazed ticking last things off the list we boarded our plane at 10pm. Keep in mind that this is the first time we have left our 3 (adult) children for any great length of time so I was feeling a tad emotional as well as a bit anxious, being the nervous flyer that I am. We flew with Emirates on an A380 and, despite beings 15 hour …

A Great hotel

A travel blog entry by lavender_89

We decided to visit dubai and to stay in The Palace of the Old Town this is the lobby

Goodbye Cyprus, Hello Dubai

A travel blog entry by johnadams39

... Dubai so we made a day of it and after a TGIF lunch explored the marina and beach before heading off to the airport.

Emirate Airlines offer a generous 30kg luggage allowance so we had no problem with the bags although I suspect we will not be so lucky once we get to Asia and rely on budget carriers.

We stayed at the Pearl Marina hotel which is located at the newly developed Dubai Marina. ...

Waterpark Day!

A travel blog entry by danib1985

... here, working. There was a massive group of Indians who had just arrived at the water park and were setting up camp n getting their trousers off. And some of them, bless them, were just stood their in their white boxers, pulled up way over their belly buttons, just the cutest things ever. They r so dippy at times, and oblivious to any vanity that it is just adorable!!! And they are very polite too! So anyway that was as I was leaving, walked home and got majorly lost!!! ...

See you soon, monsoon!

A travel blog entry by pioneers2012

... cause without them these past 6 weeks would not have been the same.
I am sitting on this plane somewhere between laughter and tears remembering all those camel moments; instances when I got 'tossed by them; when Sarah and I underwent the LCD induction (Local Committee Drinkers, no core functions but a very high retention rate!) and still retained our dignity; when we were climbing the Lion's Head without a single sip of water; when we got up at 5am to go ...