The dreaded Bali Belli has followed Gill to the Middle East. I have managed to shrug it off but Gill still is not 100%. When we arrived at the Sheraton we took the option of a club room - this gives us breakfast and a club lounge with free drinks in the evening plus snacks - a worthwhile upgrade. The next day we chilled by the pool. The hotel has its own private beach on a small lagoon. This is where well oiled residents lie in neat rows with their feet toward ...

After an uneventful flight from Singapore we arrive in Dubai in the dark. We grab a taxi as we are off to Abu Dhabi. We were originally booked to fly straight to Abu Dhabi but Singapore Airlines decided after we had booked & paid for it that they weren't going to fly to Abu Dhabi any more. Hence the taxi. Girl taxi driver! Things are beginning to look up for the women of the East. We hurtle through the amazing concrete & glass jungle of Dubai off into the...