- The Land of Extremes
So now that I'm back in New York and in the full swing of school and my day to day life, my summer travels seem like already distant memories. But it was just a few weeks ago that I found Posted by jme75 in Jenny's Travels | Sep 14, 2008
- Dubai, London, Brussells - all in a day
Friday 18 July
Starting to read something like a postcard now but with so much going on over the last 36 hours or so it's hard not to do overdo the narrative.
Friday was another very hot Dubai day - yes I Posted by Fine leg in Deep fine leg | Jul 20, 2008
- Dubai bound
Never thought this day would ever come, but now we're away, and I am happily cloistered in a coffee shop in Dubai writing the next installment of the Journey to Deep to Fine Leg. Actually, this is written over Posted by Fine leg in Deep fine leg | Jul 17, 2008
- in transit
From Brunei we then travelled to dubai then on to london. Dubai is the most amazing crazy airport. We landed in Dubai 2am their time, and the airport was packed... people everywhere!!! There was at LEAST 350 people all Posted by Staplt01 in European Travels | Jun 23, 2008
- Dubai
As I come to the end of my time in Egypt, I begin to realise, as anticipated, that my blog entries are becoming very retrospective. Also, due to time restrictions and internet access limitations, I've given up on the idea Posted by dan_ricko in Dans Travel Blog | Jun 7, 2008
- ESTO ES DUBAI- This is Dubai.
AQUI ESTAMOS EN LOS EMIRATOS ARABES, Y UNO DE LOS 7 ES DUBAI. EN LA PENINSULA ARABICA!
DE VERDAD ES UNA CIUDAD COMO NUNGUNA OTRA EN DONDE SE MEZCLAN EL MUNDO ULTRA MODERNO CON LO ANTIGUO! SU MONEDA ES EL DIRHAM Posted by wanderers in TROTAMUNDOS | May 11, 2008
- please slow down
The drive out to bab al shams was pretty funny. Our cabbie actually had an accident. The guy was on the phone at an intersection and the lights went green and he went but the guy in front stayed where Posted by hgillies in Gap year | Apr 19, 2008
- loosie loosie
We decided to hire out a car and face the crazy trafic of dubai. Ive got to say that I was a little scared. The people here dont care much for speed limits and endlessly parp the horn. Crossing the Posted by hgillies in Gap year | Apr 17, 2008
- Dubai and the journey home
Friday was spent travelling, by shuttle bus to Auckland, and then by air to Dubai, via Brisbane and Singapore. The only point of interest (?) was the discovery - and confiscation - of a corkscrew I had inadvertently left in Posted by mwhittle in Visit to Kiwi-land | Apr 13, 2008
- Where's the gold?
Here goes my first entry, I'm not sure who will actually bother to read this, but if you are whoooooooooooo you da best. Anyway the flight took something like 17 hours, it was pretty intense. Not much happened, and i Posted by hgillies in Gap year | Apr 13, 2008
- Day 97-100
Well after the coolness of Europe I reached the frenetic and boiling hot Dubai for a quick two day stopover before heading home. I had booked a group tour, so on my first day their I headed off on a Posted by jess_capri in European Adventure | Feb 20, 2007
- Emirates Airlines and Dubai
Well, if you have to take a long flight, Emirates is the Airline to take. This, by any measure was a long flight and thus warrants its own blog entry. The service was great, the food was fantastic, Posted by Blakei in On the way Home | Feb 13, 2008
- Dubai? Yes, we buy!
A bus ride from Austria to Munich, with views of Germany along the way, and we were ready to fly to Dubai - via Heathrow unfortunately. We were very glad not to have been around Heathrow when the BA flight Posted by Shoey in Around the World in 43 Days! 2007-2008 | Jan 22, 2008
- 17 October - UAE
Well today we went to the Dubai Museum. For the entry fee of less than $1, it was fabulous value for money. We learnt a lot about arab culture and society and their short built past. There Posted by cssc in Europe & Dubai | Oct 17, 2007
- 16 October - UAE
Well let the crazy stuff begin...
Took the beach bus today (Jumeirah region). Well what an eye opener. Over 25% of the worlds cranes are now situated in Dubai. They cant build things fast enough! I have Posted by cssc in Europe & Dubai | Oct 17, 2007
- 15 October - UAE
Got the hop-on-hop-off Big Bus trip started today. You have 24 hours from the time you start the trip to see all you can. Dubai is such a sprawling city. Its chocka with traffic and the Posted by cssc in Europe & Dubai | Oct 17, 2007
- 14 October - UAE
Awoke to the sound of the 5am prayer call! Oh its so loud in our hotel!
Found the Spice Souks and Gold Souks in the "old town" (all of 50 years at the most!). Fabulous smells and colo Posted by cssc in Europe & Dubai | Oct 17, 2007
- 13 October - UAE
Well the so called easy trip to the airport turned into a nightmare as we were dropped over 1km from the checkin desk due to the never ending construction of Terminal 5. But we managed a Posted by cssc in Europe & Dubai | Oct 17, 2007
- Dubai
I'd been interested in visiting Dubai for some time but when we actually arrived I was just so tired that I didn't really care. Alot of people I know had said the Emirates were a really good airline with Posted by paulymx in Paul & Shelly's French adventure | Oct 14, 2007
- Zwischenstop Dubai: Aber wo gehts hier nach Bangkok?
Posted by miriheb in Rene und Miriam on tour | Oct 11, 2007
- 21 August - Perth - Dubai - London
Thanks Kerry for giving us a lift to the airport in the middle of the night! Do you know how hard bit is to find fridge magnets in tourist meccas! Couldnt you have asked for something easy like Posted by cssc in Europe & Dubai | Sep 19, 2007
- retail therapy ;)
after a long journey from Sydney.... I was greeted by warm dusty weather and also truly warm people of dubai (actually 80% of the population is immigrants from all over the world) must say from the airport you see the Posted by juliatyler in Dubai the city of gold.. ;) | Sep 10, 2007
- First Class of No Class?
Okay.
So it wasn't quite first class. However, the glasses of (free and good) red wine and (real, not Bambino or El Presidente) champagne, the brunch (consisting of fresh fruits, fillet of beef, rhubarb tarts and Godiva chocolates Posted by NomadicOne in Thoughts of a Nomadic One | Jul 7, 2007
- Dubai: Super Size Me
In Dubai everything has to be the biggest [and biggest = best]. I saw the biggest flag in the world (!) and most likely the biggest indoor ski slope. They are currently building the tallest building in the world and Posted by lauraclark in Laura's travels in Thailand | Jun 6, 2007
- Dubai is cool
Second day in Dubai
When we got up I thought that we were going straight to the souks (old markets) to have a look around. But Rach tricked me into going to one of the big malls and when we got Posted by jamienrach in Jamie'n'Rach | May 9, 2007