Hotel Marina Dubai

... finished and some nearly finished, and some just starting. We got to Karen and Ross' place, what a lovely apartment in Dubai Marina. The view was fantastic looking down onto the boats in the marina, and at all the sky scrapers surrounding the ...

... is the tallest building in the world, and it stands astutely against the many other towers in progress downtown. Likewise the marina area is in a building stage, but it’s serenity and foreign appeal create more warmth than the blistering sun.  One ...

... local girl who knew where the Marina was but didn’t speak much English, and me with a bit of French but not knowing where the Marina was. Anyway, with lots of sign language and some laughs, we got them on their way – I was sorry to get off at ...

... move onto Hanoi (Vietnam) via Bangkok tomorrow evening. DAY FOUR Longest day ever! We checked out of the hotel at 2pm and had a walk around the Dubai Marina area before being picked up for our Desert Safari at 4pm. The Desert Safari took us an hour ...

... where it is and could end up driving aimlessly around. We agreed to get the taxi to drop us off at the Metro station called Dubai Marina. This was on the main highway so couldn’t be missed. Our hotel was only 400 metres from a metro station further ...

... view of Dubai (30th floor!) We spent the rest of the day there as we were so tired. In the evening we took a cab to the Dubai Marina. We thought that was the place to be. It was not. If this was the super luxurious Dubai everyone was talking about we were ...

... 321m.  We took several photos at different angles, but our favorite is the one we took from a beautiful hotel close by.    The Burj Dubai, not yet completed, stands at over 800 meters, with 167 floors- the world's tallest building. ...

... a few stores amd fill the last remaiing space in our luggage which ended up at 62kg; close eneough to the 60 kg allowed. The hotel visa service was efficient and we got our visas for the return journey in time. I am still puzzled though why e had to ...

... and more designed for kids than adults. Tired and still blown by our second ride of Rossa, we drove home.  Back in Dubai we found the marina and went for a walk (being forced to cross some construction sites and what have you, but around the water we ...

... the hotel I had a good sleep for a few hours until Hilal woke me up. It was around 6:00 now and he wanted to take me to the Dubai Marina for dinner and drinks. Since he was very tired we took a 15 min. taxi ride there. I have to say, I’m usually the ...

... sehr schöner ereignisloser Tag unter Palmen (s. Foto). Nach Sonnenuntergang, der schon kurz vor 18h war, bin ich dann in Richtung Dubai Marina gestartet – mein Magen hat geknurrt! Man unterschätzt immer die Wege in dieser Stadt – wenn Du ...

... up as well. Hahahah, ok, what a funny story. Ayman came and picked me up and Chris called to have lunch at the Marina area. Dubai has a bunch of pockets of different themed locations and the Marina area is, well... a marina with a ton of high rise ...

... arrangements to meet with Bashkar, Mini and their son, Manu, who we had met in Hong Kong and who live in Dubai. They picked us up at the hotel and we drove into the city to an Indian restaurant. As in most countries there are regional variations in ...

... Ahmed went with his uncle for dinner while I went with Chris. Ayman was also with Chris so all three of us went to the Marina area in Dubai. Ok, at this point I have to say that this city is exactly what I was thinking about. It's just amazing guys! ...

... mich behandelt wie eine Bedrohung! In Dubai angekommen, nahm ich die brandneue Metro, die direkt zu meinem Hotel in Bur Dubai, einem aelteren Stadtteil Dubais, fuehrte. Rolltreppenaufgaenge waren mit quallenfoermigen Lampen, von denen lange Tentakel ...

... be short also. Just getting lazy in updating my blog. We picked up Raymund in the morning from his 5-star hotel, the Sheraton (I think) located at the Marina. Yep, his first comments also was that it was bloody hot and humid. We took him for the ...

... construction site. Dubailand (like Disney World), the 3 Palm shaped islands, Culture Village, Internet City, Media City, and the Dubai Marina are just a few of the hundreds of major construction projects currently underway. It is amazing to see all of ...