My Bizzare Brainwork Says » dubai http://apple4today.com This is where you read what I write... Wed, 16 May 2012 16:20:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Dubai Part II – In 1 day http://apple4today.com/dubai-part-ii-in-1-day/ http://apple4today.com/dubai-part-ii-in-1-day/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:38:00 +0000 Eve http://apple4today.com/2008/07/dubai-part-ii-in-1-day/ I must complete my travelogue before i start my 2nd half of the year. Meeting new friends makes me realize even more how important my blog/travelogue is to me.

I have so many places to go in my life. Thanks Helen for introducing this blog to me, now I look forward to cover the loveliest places in the world throughout my life.

Continuation from Part one, this is our city day tour. This is the famous Dubai Creek. Our hotel is strategically just next to it.

The hotel is the tallest building in the photo. Before crossing the creek, we went to the Gold Souk/Gold market conveniently situated just behind the hotel. Which is obviously packed with goldsmiths. There’s gold strewn anywhere and everywhere, no one will steal them. Why?

The penalty for stealing is losing both your arms. That’s why. Very discipline ppl. For the 3 days we were there, we saw 3 accidents @_@ According to Kenny, who we met up later on at night, Dubai in fact has a very high…wtf what’s with their super cars zooming around like scrap metal eh? hahaha..

Stupid i did not take photos of the luxurious cars. Hummers was like Kancil for them, Porshe is like… avanza?? Cos i saw 1 filled with stocks. Under appreciated.

So we took the cheapest way across the creek, Abra boat, together with the locals.

We walked everywhere. Fairly easy to get around. Had lunch at a place that looks VERY similar like our mamak but the waiter is just 10000X ruder. My nan, that’s so hard and oily, you’ll get a bruise if I had throw it at you.

This is where the Sheikh used to live. His palace i suppose. Very dry and hot. The entrance fees to all the attractions are cheap. 3-5dhm only. But …. depends on yourself la, wanna go see buildings and artifacts or not.

Presumely UAE ppl used to be damn short. The doors are made fit for hobbits. Poor Ah Jin knocked his head against the frame twice hahahaha Btw, he’s >180cm.

We refuse to take the taxi that cost 20dhm once u got in, we took the local bus to Jumeirah Strip, where the rich and famous goes to relax and shop. The bus was very comfortable, because they have seats for women only. Guys get screamed at if they take the seats hahahahahah. At 1-2dhm, very comfortable to travel in. TGIF ala arabian…

Lime Tree Cafe, supposedly had one of the best Chocolate Cake in Dubai. How can *I* give that a miss? Especially after walking under the sun for some time.

Frequent by many expatriates, as i hear conversations in French, Japanese, Koreans, kili kulu kili kulu…

I like the place alot!! 18dhm for a slice of heaven. Convert in POUND then its cheap. ahahha self-denial.

Cute leh, the building…

Do you know what building is this?

You had to pay a blardy USD120 to enter…. and have hi-tea. We went to a public beach, and had to ran like mad ppl as we canot enter the *private* beach. wtf. We were running because the sun is setting!!!

At night, met up with Kenny and this is the world largest Mall complete with their own Snow dome. Go google for photos la. hahahha

Then we went to this place Souk Madinah Jumerah, wonderful atmosphere for dinner. Alot of “chio” ppl lo…cos ferry constan was playing that night at dubai.

Last but not least, enlarge the photo and read rule no.3

Enjoy your weekend!! I’ll be spending mine at Bangkok! Woohoo!!

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Nevermind, better late than never. I must blog about my travel! I must! I must! I must! I must!

So many moons ago, to be exact, 29th of January, I left beloved UK to Dubai. We (me and Jin) got there at around 6AM and reached the hotel before 7am. We specifically requested to check-in early and yet, we were informed that no rooms are ready at the moment.

So the very jetlag and tired us, just waited at the lobby until 12PM!! After complaining countless of time (me) and passing out on the couch (Jin), we finally got into our free upgraded room. Actually upgrade or not, the room rates at Dubai is still insanely expensive. Normal room already cost RM400. The upgraded room rate is RM1000 per night. FOR THIS KINDA ROOM! damn lousy… The only exclusive thing is that it comes with a living area and an extra bed.

Dusty Dubai

We booked ourselves a “Desert Safari” tour which can be considered as cheap as it cost less than RM150 each for 6hrs inclusive of dinner, and throw in some lousy freebies that i will rant on below. The driver said they gonna pick us up at 2pm so we choose to sleep over food…hahaha

We headed out towards the desert with 2 austrians, Christina and Sabrina who is on the way back home from Australia and 2 germans aunties. On the way, we saw the infamous airconditioned bus stop of Dubaiii….

Reach a meeting stop, which also translates into tourist trap. They encourage u to have stupid camel ride, or go ride the sand motor (whatever it’s called) that is way overcharge.

I just take a photo with it and that’s free :) :) Cheapskates hahahhahaha

Then comes the BEST PART of the whole trip. Dune bashing ;D

I underestimate the excitement the drive would give us. It’s a rollercoaster ride with the skillful drivers taking huge dives down and tyres skidding dangerously just at the slope of the desert dunes. Unfortunately for us, the auntie in the car kept screaming “NEIN! NEIN!” which is NO!NO! =__= So our car was quite safe la…haiz…

Amazing views! The convoy stops at a few spots for us to take photos.
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We taking photos with sands in our hands, u think we are jakun? We witness some chinese counterparts rolling down the sands =__=

With Sabrina and Christina, me, Jin…

One of the attractions was watching the sunset…It’s like we were chasing the sun across the desert. Great memories, once is enough for me. My current facebook profile photo..SunGoddess :)

The sun sets real fast and before we knew it, we were heading towards the “traditional desert bbq dinner“. In short, it’s like eating satay only. Nothing to shout about, that’s why i hate tours. Oh, before we enter the camp like place for dinner, we can have our free camel ride…

Which is absofuckinlutely the lamest thing I’ve ever seen. You queue for ages and and when it’s your turn, your go in 1 lame round which is like less than 5 minutes, about 4 parking bays put together space. You are back on ur feet even before you finish saying WTF, wtf =__= That’s is why i hate tours.

And a pair of arabian brothers had no manners instilled in their brains at all!! No doubt they are very good looking but they don’t have the right to push people around even in their huge Polo shirt, with the horse so damn big on their blardy chest it’s blinding the people around them. Damn kiasu okie! I can recognize those 2 anywhere and i hate them. Pushing everyone around as if it’s their birth right to be prioritize. NO! damn it, You have to queue up like every other hungry and bothered tourist~

Anyway, during the dinner, some performances was on as well. Namely the belly dancing and some turkish guy in huge colourful skirt that spins non-stop.. The belly dancing, well, you can watch MTV or youtube any r&b or ghetto videos, you definately can find some better. Especially shakira. hahaha Here’s a video for the sake of it.

The shisha booth which is free :) and where i spent most of my evening waiting for time to past, and away from throngs of tourist.

Stay tune for PART 2.. I shall update it asap.

I’m going bangkok soon! and it’ll be my first time in Bangkok! I’ll appreciate any advice or tips from anyone out there. hehehe. Thanks in advance yo!

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