Month: February 2019

Dubai 6

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Our last full day 😭 only a small maccies breakfast this morning because Friday in Dubai is brunch day!

This morning we had a lovely walk along the beach and did a spot of souvenir shopping before heading into Downtown Dubai for our big feast. Downtown is full of chic and rich people so I looked totally fabulous in my £10 Primark dress. We enjoyed cocktails with views of, you’ve guessed it, Burj Khalifa before heading to brunch.

The setting wasn’t quite what we were expecting; what it actually was was lots of skimpy dressed women with legs up to their armpits (I’m only jealous) trying to bag themselves a fella – people watching heaven. But we came for the food and that definitely delivered. As you all know I like my food 🤣 so it was only right that I quality controlled pretty much the whole lot. Get me that poo knife!

As it’s our last night here and we love a good sunset we jumped in a taxi and headed for Burj al Arab. It was absolutely stunning and this will definitely make it into our top sunsets. Momma took about 400 photos as shes now a NikonWanker. She also got sand thrown in her hair by some awful little cretins; if only it was allowed to teach them a lesson, but lets not get arrested on our last day.

Cases are all packed and ready to go for tomorrow. Dubai you’ve been amazing.

Dubai 5

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This morning started off with the usual; a Maccies breakfast 🍔 where the staff greet us with ‘hello again’.. they must be thinking you big fat piggies 🐷

After our fill we headed to Dubai Miracle Garden, the worlds largest (obviously) natural flower garden and it’s a must do if you are here out of the summer season. Obviously we missed the bus by about a minute so had to take a taxi. The Emirates plane made out of flowers was a highlight and I did enjoy watching the many poses people decided to do next to it #candid              It was certainly a different garden visit to what we are used to.

Another taxi ride and onto Jumeriah Mosque where non-muslims are invited inside to learn about prayers and the religion itself. You’d be surprised but I actually found it quite interesting and I was very impressed with how spongy the carpet was – a treat for the feet.

This afternoon and evening was spent in one of our favourite places in Dubai, The Burj Khalifa. Until the end of March they do a light show, a smaller display to what you see at New Year and it was amazing to watch. They did one themed around Chinese new year a few hours later. The fountains are also great to watch, so had a few sessions of that as well. We actually ate in a proper restaurant tonight whilst enjoying the people watching around the base of the Burj.

As the Dubai Mall is full of posh shops it would be rude to not pop into Tiffany’s. However they clearly knew we couldn’t afford anything as our every move was watched.

 

Dubai 4

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This girl is on fireeeee 🔥 we decided to spend the morning on the beach as we’ve had two very full on days. I’ve however failed as a ginger by not putting suncream on my legs and arse; I think you could probably fry an egg on them. Momma is just as bad!

This afternoon was the must do trip to the desert and it was fantastic. We drove over the dunes and watched the sun go down, rode a camel, ate far too much food, had a henna sesh, watched belly dancing then lay and watched the stars. It was the perfect end to the day. We also got to see Dubai’s impressive skyline as we drove back into the city.

It was nice not to have a maccies tea, although we did squeeze in a cheeky cake there earlier!

Dubai 3

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We started the morning off in style with a Maccies breakfast 😍 and managed to follow a map this time as we got to where we wanted to be in good time.

We were having a lovely walk around the historical district when we were approached by a radio crew asking if we would give an interview on our thoughts of Pope Francis being here… we didn’t even know he was! Thank God for a bit of on the spot bullshitting!

We had read a lot about how amazing the souks are so decided to check them out. Note to self – when in India in October wear a wig. The selfie requests were back out in force. It was also lookie lookie to the extreme; apparently throwing a cashmere scarf over someone’s face and neck is an acceptable way to entice you into a shop. Bitch please… To top if off, I was dragged into another shop where a man insisted on doing the poppers up on the traditional dress he made me wear where he decided it would be polite to have a cheeky grope. I didn’t buy the dress.

Back on safe ground and we headed for Dubai Frame, a 150m high structure opened in 2018 for views of both old and new Dubai. Momma was very brave as I dragged her onto the glass floor, but it’s got to be done.

Tea tonight was Subway. Standard.

Dubai 2

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Today started out with another journey that should have taken 20 minutes but took over an hour due to our terrible navigation skills. We took the monorail up to Atlantis to see what all the fuss was about; however as we were now short on time we couldn’t spend very long there 😔 there was an incredibly rude group of people that think pushing in was acceptable when boarding the monorail that we were at the front of the queue for.. oops did I tread on your dress? Silly me.

As you all know we love an afternoon tea and the one we had today at Jumeriah Al Qasr has definitely made the top 5. Everything was so so tasty. They even invited you up to the pastry table where you could help yourself to whatever you wanted.. hello gold leaf covered salted caramel chocolate lollipop!! We had a gorgeous view overlooking Burj Al Arab – what more could you want. Poo knife will definitely be needed.

Next we headed for the Burj Khalifa; the worlds tallest building and again had to encounter pusher in-ers. Some people just have no concept of a good old British queue. The view was amazing and we were lucky enough to watch the sun go down.

We got back on ground level to watch the fountains which was a fabulous display and decided our little trotters needed a rest. However the Dubai Mall, known as ‘the mother of all malls’ lived up to its name and to get through this to the metro station was at least a 2 mile walk. I don’t think I’ve ever been so pleased to get back to a hotel room!

Dubai 1

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We flew with Emirates for the first time today; plenty of leg room, proper cutlery, wine, gin, curry and a film. What more could you ask for! I still haven’t mastered Tilly’s epic sleeping skills so was awake for the whole flight.

As you all know by now I have a habit of taking the rain with me everywhere I go, and Dubai didn’t disappoint. The poncho and wanker hat were out for another airing.

Finding our hotel was an absolute joy… Momma decided asking at least 100 people for directions was better than using Google maps. We were even personally escorted to a hotel that wasn’t ours. After an hour of trying we did eventually find it; thank the lord.

As the weather was rubbish today we decided to hit the Mall of the Emirates, and as I’m not skiing this year 😭😭 I had a cheeky go on the slopes in Ski Dubai. Note to self – do not ski in trainer socks.

We couldn’t be arsed to find anywhere posh for food (can we ever) so decided to continue our McDs World Tour where I discovered the Chicken Mac. Taste sensation!