A dream cruise back to back to Dubai. The reason to leave and return to Dubai, is they are the closest airport to my UK base of Stansted airport. And a flight time of about seven hours is probably the most I can do in my current state of ill health. I know for sure I can not do more,…
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While we were in Dubai, we took a chance of doing a hop on, hop off bus tour. We have never done one before. We did two tours the City Tour and the Marina Tour over a couple of days and found this another great way to view a city. We started at the Burj Khalif. The Jumeirah Mosque, which was beautiful…
We went shopping in Dubai Mall, the world’s largest shopping mall at the time, loving the air conditioning for a change. When we came across the Aquarium and Underwater Zoo. Its literally a tourist attraction in the Dubai Mall, you can not miss it. Perfect for bored children and partners that's for sure ! As we are not big fans…
Whilst in Dubai, we wanted to visit the Burj Khalifa. The Burj Khalifa, known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration in 2010, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With a total height of 829.8 m and a roof height of 828 m, the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure and building in the world since its…
We were visiting Sydney for Christmas to stay with relatives and decided to have a stop over in Singapore for a couple of nights. Singapore, an island city-state off southern Malaysia, is a global financial center with a tropical climate and multicultural population. Its colonial core centers on the Padang, a cricket field since the 1830's and now flanked by grand…
STOPOVER; THAILAND, THE ROSE GARDEN
When I booked my trip to Bangkok, my travel agent suggested that a visit to the Rose Garden would be a fun thing to do. I had no idea so just agreed. I had no idea what to expect to see and do. And thought after a month in Australia, and this was a night visit - we could just…