Just thought I'd let you all know we made it to Dubai. Our penultimate flight, indeed flight number eleven during our mammoth journey, arrived at 04:30 local time and the temperature was already 36 degrees. We were lucky to be met at the airport by our friends which was really nice after having to worry about making our own way everywhere for so long, and it sounds like they have planned an amazingly full itinerary or stuff for us to do while we are here. Its lovely to see them and its a real treat to have such luxury after the last couple of weeks of traveling. We can wash some clothes, yay! I cant begin to tell you how exciting this is because without the additional day in Hong Kong we had planned for, I'm down to my last pair of underwear - you see I was going to hand wash some in HK but instead we didn't even have time to shower before running for the airport!
We have just returned from walking our friends dog around our their villa, but we had to cut it short after 7 minutes as at 48 degrees it felt like we were becoming instant charcoal. I think we will wait for this evening to explore further. Oh and we have arrived right at the start of Ramadan, which means no eating or drinking in public, not even water when you are outside. Thankfully everywhere is air-conditioned so it shouldn't be too bad.
In the next day or two, amongst other cool things like touring the dunes and visiting Ferrari World, we will also be visiting the top of the worlds tallest building. Every time I come to Dubai (and I've only been twice before by the way, I'm not a frequent desert rat), I am always amazed at the constantly changing landscape. I don't mean the fact that its in a desert and has the ubiquitous shifting sands, but that the rate at which new skyscrapers and hotels go up is astonishing. I don't recognise the skyline at all. The beach front hotel that Nikala and I stayed at before, is now a marina resort in the middle of a thriving city they now call "old town".
We have just returned from walking our friends dog around our their villa, but we had to cut it short after 7 minutes as at 48 degrees it felt like we were becoming instant charcoal. I think we will wait for this evening to explore further. Oh and we have arrived right at the start of Ramadan, which means no eating or drinking in public, not even water when you are outside. Thankfully everywhere is air-conditioned so it shouldn't be too bad.
In the next day or two, amongst other cool things like touring the dunes and visiting Ferrari World, we will also be visiting the top of the worlds tallest building. Every time I come to Dubai (and I've only been twice before by the way, I'm not a frequent desert rat), I am always amazed at the constantly changing landscape. I don't mean the fact that its in a desert and has the ubiquitous shifting sands, but that the rate at which new skyscrapers and hotels go up is astonishing. I don't recognise the skyline at all. The beach front hotel that Nikala and I stayed at before, is now a marina resort in the middle of a thriving city they now call "old town".
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