Beautiful Dubai

Experiencing Dubai’s first monorail

June 22, 2009

The monorail connecting Dubai’s mainland and Atlantis Hotel at Palm Jumeirah has opened last month and we went to experience it. The driverless light rail system travels along the trunk of the man-made islands from the Gateway station to Atlantis Hotel’s Aquaventure (water park). This monorail system services four stations but for now, only the [...]

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Mock them and they’ll mock you back

June 1, 2009

There’s a palace in Za’abeel that’s one of our favorite off the beaten paths here in Dubai. Peceful, quiet and with lots of green. Green is good when you’re in the desert. We couldn’t get past the heavily guarded Tromphe de Arc look-alike gate so we settle with looking around the lush vegetation but didn’t [...]

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Dubai fountain, finally caught you in action!

May 21, 2009

After our tour of the big ship and Stacey’s show at 7 pm, we took her ashore to see Dubai at night. In boat/ship lingo, going out of the ship to explore the land is called “going ashore”.  That phrase intruigued me as I always associated “going ashore” to “swimming to shore” from a dinghy boat [...]

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Early morning camels

May 11, 2009

We passsed by a camel race course just outside the city on our way to Al Ain Zoo (in another post) and found camel caretakers taking the camels for a walk…or a run? It’s still early in the morning but they are all up and about. We slowed down to the camels pace then went ahead, [...]

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Visiting Dubai’s past – Bastakiya District

April 20, 2009

If you had the impression that in Dubai, there’s nothing older than cheese, well you’re about to be educated. Not all of Dubai is new although during the last 5 years or so, Dubai has experienced an upsurge in infrastructure development, demolishing old buildings and communities and replacing them with posh, giant structures with blinding [...]

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Polo in Dubai

March 9, 2009

I have never been to a Polo match before. Honestly, when my hubby told me we’ll be going to Dubai Polo Club to see the game, I wasn’t really that excited because first, I do not know the rules, second, for the life of me, I can’t see anything except for the running horses (why did they make the [...]

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Day 4, Dubai Mall and checking out the monster

January 26, 2009

Read Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 Part 1 & Part 2 if you want to catch up with this series. It’s rather surprising – after a gruelling bout of migraine the day before and an almost sleepless night because of (single) bed sharing with Pristine, that I would wake up alive, alert and ready [...]

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Essential things to remember when visiting Dubai

January 22, 2009

A friend of mine came to visit last month and I was able to tour around Dubai with her. Here are some things I have learned, found useful knowing and just some bits of information for people wanting to visit. 1. Choosing the season is everything – Temperatures in Dubai ranges from lows of about [...]

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