Today is our last day in Dubai and we decided to go to the old town and visit the museum. Dubai has had settlers for 10,000 years but remainder a small settlement until the 1920s when it started growing thanks to better irrigation. However it only really took off with oil in the 1960s. We followed this with a water ferry across the creek to the gold suk and the herb suk.

After a lazy morning round the pool, we went on our desert safari. We were taken in 4 wheel drive Toyota land cruisers into the desert in convoy and then proceeded on a harem scarem ride in the dunes which showed off the Toyota's and driver's skills. Our driver was Indian and he took every opportunity to insult his fellow Indians much to our amusement. At various stops we got the chance to run up dunes and slide back down them. On to a camel farm and then to the ...

Our flight to Dubai was on an A380 which is a wonderfully quiet and comfortable aircraft even in the back. There is a camera in the tail allowing you to watch the flight as if in the cockpit. The picture is of us landing at Dubai.

After the overnight flight we spent the morning and early afternoon by the hotel pool enjoying the warm sunshine. 5am lying by the swimming pool is quite a shock for the body (Dubai is four hours ahead of the UK) and we spent the morning in that strange jet lag lethargic state. In the afternoon we went to the Dubai Mall which rivals any mall elsewhere in the world for size and is full of mega expensive shops as well as more mundane ones such as the Early learnin...