It was a mad morning packing while Dad got out of it working. Glen Alfie's dad kindly gave us a lift and we familiarised him with our bizarre central locking technique on the van.Sarah saw us off.We travelled light on account of years of travelling with ryanair. 7 tiny suitcases for 6 people.The train down was lovely but M+D only had one can each which wasnt nearly enough. Dad worked. We got to Euston and went to Mcdonalds were Dad again worked.We then caught the...

Well we reached the 9:30 bus but only on gmt time. We are still extremely jetlagged. We all slept for 12 hrs. We had another 2 hrs in the roof top pool. Dad read Gulf news which is the emirati daily newspaper which gives news from ecah of the regions that influence the gulf. Then after lunch Dad had the bright idea of walkng into town in 40 degrees heat. After 1km we were all very tired and lost. Dad says it was because everyone was talking to him but I thin...

Day One Dubai Beth Says "It is great I never want to come home and we're only on are first day, however I'm a fried egg.It is soooo hot. We travelled overnight and the plane was huge. There were 10 people in each row! We all had our own screen in the seat and could watch films or TV or play games AND we could have as many drinks as we wanted free. They even gave us sweets and a tooth brush. Our hotel is great with a pool, on the roof, but it is sooo h...