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After driving the dunes we ended up at a the safari camp that just appeared out of the sand. Here hey served a great buffet and put on a wonderful show of belly dancers and other Arabian dance. There were camel rides and a whole array of fun. They even served liquor that tasted delicious […] Read the rest of An Arabian feast
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Never seen a standard car been put thru the paces like these Landcruisers, the video doesn’t show the height or speed, it was like a roller coaster, the driver was amazing. Your browser does not support the video tag Read the rest of A pleasant drive in the desert
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It’s Friday the holiest day of the week, so guess what the fully automated train system does not work or religious reasons before 1pm so it’s a long hot walk into old town area. It’s hot but the humidity is a bit better. it took about 2 and. Half hours to reach the creek, by […] Read the rest of A walk to the creek
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To give you some idea how big this is Melbourne’s Rialto is 270 meters, New York’s World Trade Centre towers were 417 meters plus antena, this thing is 824 meters. The visibility was too poor to go up it today, and it ended up being sold out anyway, with the haze you couldn’t see the […] Read the rest of Burj Khalifa
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The size and quality of the shopping centers are breath taking. The Dubai Mall was the most impressive it would have been 4 chads tones in size and row after row of luxury brands. This centre featured a huge aquarium and even a full size ice skating ring while the mall of the emirates up […] Read the rest of Shopping centers
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The architecture is spectacular but the weather is a killer it’s only about 36 (it was 46) last week so we should not be whining..the temperature is not the real problem it’s the humidify and the brightness, plus NO BEER! Well not entirely true beer is forbidden for Muslims and no where sells it except […] Read the rest of Marina cruise
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plane arrived in Abu Dahli at 6;15 pm and it was dark, baggage and immigration took seconds then climb aboard a shiny black Cadillac for hour drive to Dubai. Its 34 degrees out there but the humidity is worse than a sauna will be interesting tomorrow when the sun is out. Hotel is amazing beds […] Read the rest of Dubai
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well sadly we have left London and are now on our way to Dubai a shiny black BMW 5 series was waiting at our hotel at 6 am for the half hour trip to Heathrow. The car pulls up at the airport and we are greeted by a lovely lady in pretty much a genie […] Read the rest of Bollinger for Breakfast
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It’s our last night in London and the city looks so spectacular at night. many of the grand old buildings are highlighted by lighting. Read the rest of London at night
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The cellar bar dates back to a 13th century monastery, the place had a rebuild in 1667 (yes 1667, over 100 years before Captain Cook ‘discovered Australia) after the great London fire. Charles Dickins drank booze here as did Dr Samuel Johnson who wrote the original English Dictionary. This pub also had a famous talking […] Read the rest of Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
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