coolmunda

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!

coolmunda

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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

coolmunda

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! 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

Mehnaz

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

Starsky

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

TeenDabbyWala

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?

coolmunda

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

coolmunda

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.

shobig

Did you visit Cyclone or Rush Inn hotel ?

coolmunda

^ neither, we stayed at the new peninsula