Day 3 Our last day in Dubai and with nothing pre-booked we decided to spend the morning by the rooftop pool for a few hours in 39 degrees sun! Plenty of swimming in the pool needed to cool off. Having only booked to stay in this hotel for 3 nights we needed to check out by 12 and grab the metro to our next hotel located closer to the airport - arriving at 1.30pm and feeling rather tired from lugging our backpacks across the city! Luckily we ended up in anothe...

Day 2 First time I decided to go to bed without setting an alarm, waking up at 09:50 and almost missing breakfast ending at 10:00! After filling our bellies with cinnamon French toast we headed to the Mall of the Emirates for some window shopping and a light bite to eat and gazing over the largest indoor ski slope in the world. Our 4x4 driver (Mohammad) arrived for our pick up later than expected, which didn't seem to matter as he made up for it with his mischi...

Day 1 The time has finally come!! Luckily we left for Heathrow early at 09:00 for our flight at 14:15 as traffic on the M1 was sloowww! Arrived at the airport on time though for our Emirates flight on the A380. Great airline, good flight and landed in Dubai at 00:30 local time where it was still 35 degrees! Transfer was there waiting for us with probably one of Dubais most charismatic drivers acting as a mini private tour guide as we were driving through the cit...

Day -9, Only a week and a bit to go!! Still hasnt quite sunk in that we are leaving soon. Enjoyed some lovely champagne before meeting up at Amaya for our last Indian - Great meal which went down nicely with wine and beers (cobras of corse). After eating far too much it was only appropriate to head to our local for a few more farewell beverages. Good to catch up with everyone! CURT thought is was a good idea that we WALKED back to Clifton over the fields - (I...

Day -21, Counting down the days until we jet off. Applied for our Australian Working Holiday Visas today - within 2 hours they were GRANTED!! All becoming real :)