Ibis Dubai

... elbows were all the time poking into my ribs. Hmmm.... I had to change positions so many times. We touched down at Dubai International Airport at 0300 local time. The immigration procedures were not so smooth despite we were officially coming in from ...

... say London, seemed little in comparison. After plenty of photos we wandered for a bit enjoying the warm spring-like temperature (I'd expected Dubai to be like a furnace, fortunately it's a cool 25 in their winter which was when we visited) until we got to ...

... dropped us close to a fortress from the 1800's. Had a look around and went into the museum here. Exhibitions showed how Dubai has really only been built and developed over the last 50 years, where there were only desserts and small settlements before the ...

... We did not visit this place the other day as the others were not too keen on this so I kept this for the last night in Dubai, i.e. today. I was thinking if I should take a cab or take the train. The cab would cost me RM 50 but the train should ...

... mosque area and we were slowly walking into Jumeira area. This is where the Hindu Temple is. There is only one Hindu Temple is Dubai, a Sivan Temple which photos you could see from my last trip to Dubai. We then came to this textile market and we did ...

... in our hands, we all went seperate ways shopping at the airport. The Dubai airport was huge and shopping outlets were everywhere. I guess, in Dubai, you could spend even USD 100,000 in less than one hour. I did quite a bit of shopping too and then ...

... of the hotel and head out to see some more of the “Old City” (the few square miles that comprised all of Dubai before the 70’s).  The souk (which is like an Arabic market) has sections devoted to jewelry, spices, textiles, etc. ...

... tattoo, sheesha and some belly dancing. Was a great night, but glad it was my last. If anyone is thinking of going to Dubai and hasn't been already, I highly recommend going with a group of people. Definitely not somewhere for little old me on my own!!! ...

... that we are flying in the afternoon. I cannot stand walking in the streets for more than 5 or 10 minutes. Now my impressions of Dubai…..well, not much to say actually. I don't believe I can ever stand living in such a country.  There is much ...

... nun in Dubai. Und es ist anders als gedacht. Ich weiss nicht, was ich mir vorgestellt habe, aber auf jeden Fall nicht das. Dubai ist laut, anders, sicher ( man kann schwimmen gehen und alles offen am Strand liegen lassen und kein mensch klaut das) voller ...

... ; You can't really go into any of the cool hotels (or their facilities anyway) unless you are staying there which is a bummer. Being in Dubai is kind of like arriving to a party a few hours too early when the host hasn't laid out the chips and dips yet - ...

Played tourist in crazy Dubai. Went up the worlds tallest building. Saw lots of large shopping malls, some with aquariums, ski slopes, amazing water fountain shows and some even had shops. Had dinner at the Burg Al ...

... were watching pyamas ( arabic dress code) on skis. Having enough of shopping malls we took another cab (that's the way of travelling in Dubai) to the Burj al Arab, where Alex tried to get us in by making up the story of a possible marriage in this hotel. ...

... - ski slope, shopping, lunch Taxi back to hotel Rest Pick up at 16:30 for 4WD Sundowner tour - drove 50 mins outside Dubai to nature reserve - let some air out of tyres - stopped for camel photo shoot. Dune bashing - great fun Sunset ...

... a place caught between – will the desert claim it back as quickly as it arrived? Yes, there are myriad possibilities in Dubai, but for the most part it felt false: an imposition on an unforgiving place. It’s not hard to imagine whistling sand ...

... , so a bit of a fib – we actually had to stop in a store at the mall to buy a rather expensive coupon book called the Dubai Entertainer.  It was about $95 (a bit of a racket) but it should save us a couple hundred, so it'll be worth it.  ...