Saturday, September 22, 2007

leaving Dubai tomorrow

I'm leaving Dubai tomorrow afternoon. I had so much fun in Dubai. I went to the safari sand dune which was like a rollar coaster in the 4wheel drive jeep. In the morning, I went to Abu Dhabi, the capital of United Arab Emirates which is about 1 hour and a half from Dubai. At Abu Dhabi, we went to the Palace of Emirates hotel, so pretty, then we went to the local mall. Yesterday, I had brunch at Burj Al Arab on the 27th floor of the famous space ship looking hotel. Then we went to the ground floor of the aquarium restaurant. Burj looks more modern than grand like. Palace of Emirates hotel looks better than the Burj Al Arab hotel.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

I'm in Dubai

It is so hot in Dubai, just walking outside I'm sweating like a pig. Yesterday, I arrived in the morning and toured around the city, went to Dubai museum, the palm area of the man made islands, passed by Burg Al Arab for picture of the famous hotel on man made island of the spaceship looking hotel. I'm staying at the Qamardeen in the city centre. I'm going to the famous Mall of the Emirates and Ibn Battuta Mall. So far, eating a lot of buffets, dates are very popular here.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

St. Maarten

I went to St. Maarten over the Labor Day weekend with Maria and Rhoda. I had fun riding the jet ski and swim around in the infinity pool at Ocean Bay Resort which is on the Dutch side south of the island while the north side is the French side. The water is so blue and pretty. When a cruise ship arrives, the Philipsburg area gets flooded with about 5,000 people.