Dubai - Day One

We are all nicely settled in now. Regarding the overnight flight. Not the most wondrous experience. All our flights are with Emirates and they are great planes, wide-bodied with four seats in the middle and three down both sides. Leg room is better than anybody else but they are only straight-forward seats that only recline a little bit. Each one has its own screen which is great. I watched the new Ricky Gervais movie. A really funny film I thought. But trying to get my long legs comfy was just too difficult so I hardly slept. Val had a better time of it but we were quite tired when we arrived.

We knew we would be tired on arrival and even though the plane was 50 minutes late arriving in Dubai it meant we arrived at just before 4:00am our time. So, we paid for an early check-in so as soon as we arrived at the hotel we could go up to the room, which was brilliant.

We slept and dozed and went out around noon. We are in the old quarter by the creek which is the original settlement for Dubai. We had a nice long walk and went down alongside the creek and circled back to the hotel via an old historic area. We stopped off for an iced coffee and a spot of lunch in a lovely little place. Then back to the hotel where we went to the Sherlock Holmes pub within the hotel. Enjoyed a pint of Kilkenny until I got the bill and found it cost £6. Looked at the restaurants in the hotel and we will go for a Chinese later this evening.

We did in fact go to the Silk Route Chinese and Thai restaurant in Arabian Courtyard Hotel in which we are staying. It was delicious. Loved every morsel. So glad I didn’t fill up on Camel Burger earlier in the day. The other photo is of me sat at the desk in the hotel room typing up this blog. What a sad sight. Should be out enjoying myself shouldn’t I – but then, I did!!