A few weeks ago me and the Boy were in Dubai. Dubai is one of those places that
hasn’t made it to the “must have” list (that is reserved for the likes of South
America, New York and Japan) but it is somewhere I was curious to go to, simply
because I know so many people I know have gone there!
So we decided that, seeing as we were flying with Emirates, we
would stop by there on the way home from our honeymoon in South Africa.
The flights time from Johannesburg to Dubai is just over 8 hours,
so with our night flight, we landed in Dubai at 5.30am. Luckily the hotel had
organised a transfer for us and the hotel was only 25 minutes drive away (and
yes I did sleep the whole way) so we had a quick check in and helped ourselves
to the amazing buffet breakfast.
Having not slept, a nap was definitely in order but we never
actually managed to get ourselves back out of bed until midday! We had already
booked cocktails for 5pm at the Burj Kalifa, so spent the interim wandering
around the Dubai Mall which is
kind of attached to the Burj Kalifa. Although we didn’t really see that much of
it, as it is absolutely huuuge – the world’s largest in fact! It even has an
aquarium in it (albeit a small one).
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| watching the rays being fed at the mall |
