During my stay in Dubai, I visited the Annual Dubai Shopping Festival (Global Village); Dubai Creek; City Centre and 3 of the private resort beaches. Not only is everything luxurious but also beautiful. The weather was on average 27C and the sea was perfect for swimming. I stayed at the Dubai Marine Resort and Spa. All the resorts are expensive; there isn't any way around this; especially during the festival. Taxi's are cheap (compared to Europe).
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- Cons:City Centre is very, very crowded; don't go on a Friday night
- In a nutshell:Sun Year Round; What more could you ask for!
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I went to dubai in jan 2005 for an exhibition, last day we had a great sale there, then some body picked my pocket for US$1200 adn UAEDHM3000.00.. dubai is not 100% safe . that was the terrible day of my life
Nice tip about City Centre internet. I used the one at BurJaman centre which was all I found.Good place to get cameras and computer accessories.
Great pages with beautiful photos. I am visiting Dubai soon.
Cynthia you have been to a lot of places. Dubai would be a cool place to get to some day, I guess its safer there, cheers!
so great page with lots of good comments and infos - well done !
Hey Cynthia, what a wonderful year you've had! The travelogues look gorgeous, especially Pisa. I'm from India, but livin' in Dubai now, and I enjoyed your Dubai page as well. Mine is a work in progress, so check back often :) Ciao, Siddharth.
,,,surely a dream and luxury vacation spot!
Nice to actually learn a few things from a VTer's tips! Good to know about the Internet connection, but I wonder how often the cabbie uses that line? :-)
Dubai would never have made my "wish list" if not for your extensive descriptions and photos. Very well-done.
Merci/thanks for th message you left on my dubai page ;) Vincent
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