Stopover in Dubai..

~ChuniMuni~ · Feb 24th, 2009, 03:21 AM

We have a stopover in Dubai, will b there for 6-8 hours..
what can we do..?

HSK · Feb 24th, 2009, 03:28 AM

With a 6 hour stop over you have only enough time to see Dubai Mall and Mall of the Emirates.

With 8 hours you can up the ante a bit and go for a decent city tour: 2-3 malls, eat out, walk through atlantis, and make a mad dash back to the airport.

coOoLBreeze · Feb 24th, 2009, 04:23 AM

^^ in real life scenario,, you can enjoy the airport only in six hours. Duty free is enough for that reason.

Dont eventhink of getting out of Airport, cause if you get stuck in the traffic, then you can say byebye to your connecting flight

Gina~ · Feb 24th, 2009, 05:32 AM

6 hours would give u enuff time to see Dubai Mall, it's the closest to the Airport or even festival city.. try not to venture out too far like to mall of the emirates or ibn battuta mall.

~ChuniMuni~ · Feb 24th, 2009, 02:48 PM

thanku guys! we'v done, dessert safari, wild wadi etc
So, i think in this stopover we should just visit city center...
where is festival city Gina and what do they have over there?

Gina~ · Feb 24th, 2009, 02:58 PM

I said Festival City and Dubai Mall since they're closest to the airport incase u get stuck in traffic.. they're both malls

have everything and anything under the sun!

firenze · Feb 24th, 2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ~ChuniMuni~

We have a stopover in Dubai, will b there for 6-8 hours..
what can we do..?

Stay at airport, and go through duty free shops ..restaurants....etc..etc.. 6 hour is way too lil time to go to city. It will take you 1-2 get out from the customs, then again 1 hour to enter... Dubays` are famous for hard time !

HSK · Feb 24th, 2009, 04:02 PM

Oh you big babies! Six hours are more than enough to leave the airport.

Festival City is a good idea, it' just 2km away from DXB. Essentially a touristy waterfront mini-city with a bunch of shops.

rimsh · Feb 24th, 2009, 06:49 PM

hey guys,

Is global village still goin on?

Thanks!

tashfeen · Feb 25th, 2009, 12:40 AM

^Yeah it is!

Umer · Feb 25th, 2009, 01:54 AM

What time of the day will you be here? That does make a bit of a difference, because if it's a night-time stopover it doesn't really make a lot of sense to leave the airport. Everything will be closed anyway.

If it's during the day, ie anytime between 10 AM and 10 PM I'd agree with the Festival City suggestion. Dubai Mall is a bit risky, because first of all the distance to the airport is a bit more than that of Festival City. And there's a lot of construction going on in the Dubai Mall area, so you can easily get stuck in traffic there.

Umer · Feb 25th, 2009, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by rimsh

hey guys,

Is global village still goin on?

Thanks!

No it's not. 21st February was the last day for this year.

Fluver · Feb 26th, 2009, 04:30 AM

Stop over at Dubai that to for 6 hours is just wow you can shop a lot of thinks there and there are a lot of tourist interest places there dont miss shopping

Lisa

fluver

coOoLBreeze · Feb 26th, 2009, 05:57 AM

Umer, Ill be in DXB for three days as well,, from 1st till 3rd march.. will be staying at Holiday INN express some where in Dubai Internet City....

.

Umer · Feb 26th, 2009, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by coOoLBreeze

Umer, Ill be in DXB for three days as well,, from 1st till 3rd march.. will be staying at Holiday INN express some where in Dubai Internet City....

.

My office is in Dubai Internet City. Make sure you give me a call when you're here.

coOoLBreeze · Feb 26th, 2009, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Umer

My office is in Dubai Internet City. Make sure you give me a call when you're here.

now thats cool....

zafar2002 · Feb 26th, 2009, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Umer

My office is in Dubai Internet City. Make sure you give me a call when you're here.

What do you do there brother? What is the job market like in Dubai for IT professionals?

ravage · Feb 26th, 2009, 07:49 AM

do the camel ride, i believe they have that at the airport

Umer · Feb 26th, 2009, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by zafar2002

What do you do there brother? What is the job market like in Dubai for IT professionals?

I think the job market is currently quite bad anywhere in the world. And that includes the UAE.

Umer · Feb 26th, 2009, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ravage

do the camel ride, i believe they have that at the airport

Hahahahahahaha. Good one.