Our Dubai Xmas holiday with the family continues.
Fridays in the Muslim world is the main religious day of the week and so it mirrors our Sunday. Sunday is a normal working day and Saturday is the same as our Saturday. So on Friday the 28th we decided to have a “hang around home” day with “Sunday(Friday) Lunch” at a … Continue reading – Photos and more
The grandkids were not in the mood for being dragged around to satisfy the touring granparents, so Chris and I headed off to catch some of Dubai’s hidden treasures and historic culture which appears mainly to be the souqs in the old part of town. A souq is a market place and they range from spices to textiles, gold and … Continue reading – Photos and more
Xmas day was a wonderful day with our Dubai family. Christmas day is a public holiday in Dubai. The weather is almost perfect, about 26 Degrees. The only down side is the intense haze that seems to be a permanent fixture of the atmosphere at this time of the year. While the haze appears to be mainly moisture in the … Continue reading – Photos and more
Boy on a Buffalo
Arrived morning of the 21st in Dubai after 17 hours of travel. Very tired but surviving.
Thrill for me was the flight from Doha (Qatar) to Dubai on a Boing 787 Dreamliner. The plastic fantastic. Most modern of all aircraft but the bloody stereo right hand channel dead. You would think that with such a new aircraft there would … Continue reading – Photos and more