My Trip To Dubai!

Society Travel & Tourism
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OK, so where do I start? just got back this morning. Apart from the stressful change over at Doha the trip was absolutely FABULOUS! I just loved the HOT weather, the people and the atmosphere! I’m missing it already! I wasn’t expecting to see soo many pakistani/south asian people though, which I found really weired! The Bur dubai area is filled with pakis - really reminded me of pakistan!

BTW Doha Airport is really over crowded and small/boring…I will try and avoid Qatar stop over flights in the future!

Some of the places visited:

  • Jumeirah Beach
  • Creek Cruise
  • Dubai Museum

Shopping:

  • Burjuman (way too expensive!)
  • Lulu Centre (they have some good bargains)
  • Karama (shopping for the ladies)
  • Deira City Centre Mall (I loved this…the biggest shopping mall in Dubai)
  • Meena Bazaar (another good one for bargains)

Oh by the way the best part was spending my last bit of dirhams at the Dubai Duty Free Airport which I used to buy a watch, Fragrance, ornaments, chocolates etc, and some Arabic Music CDs (some names as reccommended by Mehnaz - thanks!)

Had to miss out the Desert Safari/Creek Park Cable Ride due to time…but will cover this the next time I go insha allah!

I’ll be posting some pics up later on …really sleepy at the moment..

** I’d like to thank all those guppies who participated in this thread and helping me plan this trip and making it successful!**

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Excuse the not so good quality of the pics - my camera wasn't that great.

Dubai from the sky

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Burj -Al arab Hotel

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The traffic is hilarious - they also drive on the left hand side (not used to this)

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The best food supermarket in Dubai

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This is all for now....post some later

Time Pass
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We had arranged hotel transfer with our travel agent and I was expecting a rusty old coach or something…but when we got out of the hotel we were shocked to see a lincoln town car! :eek: at this point we really felt like we were members of the royal family.

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Unfortunately we had to get a taxi to the hotel from the airport on arrival into dubai due to the late arrival of Qatar Airways

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oh wow, lovely pics. Sounds like you had a fantastic time. :hula:

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What hotel did you stay at? Did you get to go camel riding? :)

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Traffic is hillarious? What does that mean? It’s funny, like clowns?

What car is that, I see a Corolla, but what is that other odd shaped one. Hyundai?

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^ it's a peugeot, u could say it's funny like clowns....the taxi drivers really knew how to drive on those busy roads.

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We stayed at the New peninsula hotel situated in the bur dubai area, unfortunately I didn’t get to go to the desert for camel rides due to time. :frowning:

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Did you visit Cyclone or Rush Inn hotel ?

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^ neither, we stayed at the new peninsula