What an awesome day! We spent today in Abu Dahbi. Our day started with a visit to Masdar City which is an area featuring electric cars with no drivers that transport you to the central area of the city (think the Jetsons!). This place was amazing. The buildings are built to naturally cool each apartment without air conditioning and also using a unique wind tower for cooling as well.From there it was off to Syadaat Island home to a new area of Abu Dahbi. This...

I really have got to stop asking "Can this day be better than yesterday?" It seems each day is better than the previous one. I'm a little afraid for tomorrow......I don't know if my poor self can take all this exciting adventure stuff!!Today we took the train to our next adventure, a visit to Palm Jumeirah. This is a development designed to look like a palm tree. The trunk of the tree hosts businesses and residential and then each of the fronds is a s...

I'm sitting on the balcony of my hotel in downtown Dubai looking at the worlds tallest man made building, and I'm thinking I am one lucky girl! Just when I think it can't get more amazing, it does. Today we started the morning with a site inspection at the other hotels in the Jumeirah Beach complex. More opulent rooms were found here again! There are standard rooms, suites and villas in this part of the resort and we got to see each one of those t...

Today consisted of doing a whole lot of nothing! My only accomplishment of the day, you ask? Completely burning the backs of my legs. Oops, forgot the reapply rule! I guess my goal was new tan lines, so I succeeded! We did have dinner tonight at the One and Only Royal Mirage. My first taste of Morracan food. Not bad, but I don't know that I'll run right out to have it for dinner any time soon! This resort is amazing, although we didn't get a c...