Well we are back from Dubai having spent an enjoyable weekend seeing some of the sights and visiting Rachel and her family. Rachel was a part time teacher at the BSB last year and she was the first to welcome us to Bahrain and invite us round to hers for tea on our first weekend. Her husband's company relocated them during the unrest here because he can work from anywhere really. They seem to have settled well.
Dubai is a busy city but we enjoyed it. The only slight mar on the situation was the fact that we were in Dubai and our luggage was in Saudi Arabia. We got it back just in time for coming home really.
We used Dubai's new(ish) metro train system which is part under and part over ground. About GBP2.20 buys you an all day, all zone unlimited journey ticket. I am using GBP because I dont have a pound sign on this keyboard and I can't be bothered to find out how to put one in.
We had booked in to go up the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. You "only" get to go up to the 124th floor (of about 160) so you are actually still some way from the top but the view is amazing.
From this close its impossible to give a feeling of how tall this building is but looking at the other "skyscrapers" behind us gives you some impression. And we are not at the top. The lift goes up 124 floors in 60 seconds. That's two floors a second! The amazing thing is that there is no feeling of speed in the lift. You would hardly know you are moving. There are no windows and the only thing you see is the floor numbers rattling upwards on the lift sign. The only time I can recall seeing numbers change so fast is when watching the petrol prices in UK!
Anyway enough for now. Must get ready for work.
David
Dubai is a busy city but we enjoyed it. The only slight mar on the situation was the fact that we were in Dubai and our luggage was in Saudi Arabia. We got it back just in time for coming home really.
We used Dubai's new(ish) metro train system which is part under and part over ground. About GBP2.20 buys you an all day, all zone unlimited journey ticket. I am using GBP because I dont have a pound sign on this keyboard and I can't be bothered to find out how to put one in.
We had booked in to go up the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. You "only" get to go up to the 124th floor (of about 160) so you are actually still some way from the top but the view is amazing.
Anyway enough for now. Must get ready for work.
David
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