Yesterday we just hung out at the pool then went for a Lebanese meal near Jen and Neil's house at night. Today was Grahams 65th birthday and we were meeting at Burj al Arab where we had a reservation in the sky view bar for afternoon tea. The hotel was as expected, really blingy with gold everywhere, expensive looking but not necessarily my cup of tea. Anyway, the afternoon was delightful and was enjoyed by all. As we also had a reservation later for dinner ...

On our first day we decided to take the metro to JBR and the marina to have a wonder around and get some lunch. It wasn't too hot so I was a pleasant stroll around before heading back to the hotel to get ready before Jennifer, Neil, Graham and Ros joined us at our hotel where we had dinner in the Italian restaurant. The food was good, they had a special truffle menu in and as Andrew and I both love truffle we both chose a dish from the special menu and really...

We caught the red eye to t5 then transferred to t3 where we were catching Qantas a380 to dubai, in economy unfortunately :( After reaching t3 we headed to the American airways flagship lounge as we had never tried before. It was not a great atmosphere, typically American lounge, dingy with bad decor but it did have Moet Chandon self service so we grabbed a couple of glasses before heading to BA lounge. The BA Lounge in T3 is not too bad, not as good as T5 gold ...

As we were flying with Qatar airways and had to go via Doha we decided to extend our holiday a few extra days in the sun and used Andrews Marriott points for a free stay in a down town hotel. The hotel was more of a business hotel but still had a good pool area considering. We didn't really do much other than relax by the pool and go for a walk along the corniche except Friday when we went for brunch in the W hotel. The brunch was very impressive and we manag...

We had a week in Dubai, where we were visiting Jennifer and Neil and was joined by Isobel and Debbie and Karren. For our first evening meal we headed to wings and rings for some chicken wings where we have been before and enjoyed. Debbie and Karren were arriving a day later than us so it was just Andrew, Isobel and myself who headed to the pool for some sun on Tuesday and we then jumped on the metro to grab some take away at Jen and Neil's at night. As it was...