Tulip Inn Sharjah

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 ...

... and was treated by how i looked, like i had nothing. Granted I looked a little hippyish and scruffy as I came through customs but I didn't expect the treatment i received. I was pulled into a little room, had my passport removed, asked loads of weird questions about where I had been and where i was going, had the small bag i had on me rifled through and had my 'person' checked. I will leave how that went down to your ...

... we smashed through the dunes in a Land Cruiser, our incredible driver scaring the **** out of us while (I'm assuming) somehow maintaining control. The drive was like a roller coaster, and made me think that if only I could learn to drive stick, desert rallies would be fun. While a great time, this must be the most environmentally unfriendly activities imaginable-zooming over a fragile ecosystem full of rare and ******** life. We capped off an amazing day with some ...

... We weren't that impressed with the view of Dubai from the plane, didn't look too appealing. Taking off was a different matter, we've never see so much sand !! I've never seen a desert for real ! (Pict 25) And then endless sea was only broken when we flew over the Maldives (49) We also got the timing of this flight wrong, it was 13 hours, not 8 as expected ! And we had a right fat ...

... really , was to take a bus. Man, those buses are the epitome of evasive!! After what seemed like an hour of waiting, we finally settled and took a cab. Kc and friends were really hospitable. Kc's boyfriend even took us home to Damas. I cooked some ham carbonara pasta and we settled by watching Milan on dvd. January 06, 2007 Sunday Utterly lazy day. Got up at 12, cooked and ate, slept some more, got up at 5, watched forrest gump, then fixed the kitchen. Darth and I ...

December 25, 2007 It's Christmas in the Philippines and I wake up with a tummy stuffed with pansit malabon, ham, paella and salad. I hurry to pack my things, since I need several other foodstuffs to bring to Dubai. My flight is EK 355... It's such a coincidence that this is the exact same flight I had going to Dubai almost two years ago. :) I have to rush to Glorietta and MCS to buy the usual ...

... the airport we were kind of getting ready in the hotel lobby. They were a little miffed with this but they had no departure room so stuff em! Left for the Airport which took forever and a day. Been a thursday night every man and his camel were flying out. The taxi driver was a pakistani muslim and kept on telling us how hard he works. He also told us about skulling ...

     After 28 hours of traveling, which included 18 hours on the airplane, I arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In the United States there are 50 states, but in the UAE there are only 7 Emirates and the total size of the country is about half the size of Pennsylvania. The UAE is in the Middle East and borders the countries of Oman and Saudi ...

... swim this morning. Very nice too. Taking care not to get burnt. The Gulf sun has the habit of sneaking up on you and burning you to a blister. A long and leisurely lunch, read the paper and then another swim. This evenings meal was from the Philippines, cooked by Marsha and her sister. Everyone agreed it was quite delcious and ate most all of what was provided. I reckon everyone was being polite by not actually clearing the table like a bunch of locusts. Much chatter and tale ...