What an adventure! Back to reality tomorrow

A relaxing day spent mostly by the pool and in the pool to keep cool. Explored options for the evening and looked at a Dhow cruise with dinner. Unable to book online so chanced a trip to the 'marina' to board it there- no chance! Not able to do that so spent the evening around the mall- took the lift up to the sky tower and then a taxi to the Emirates Palace- absolutely splendid.

Flight in landed after 11pm- the humidity hit us coming out of the airport. Met by a cheery man with a name board and taken to the taxi rank. Picked up by taxi- nice journey to the hotel- buildings lit up and looking quite magnificent. Arrived at the hotel which was covered in scaffolding! Pleasant decor- room ok but a bit below standards in our opinion. Breakfasted early- very good choice of cold (fruit, vegetables, meats etc) and a variety of breads & cakes...

Oh well- as expected didn't leave at 11:11, more like 11:55, so for all the numerologists out there, read what you like into that! So here we are, in Lounge One where we are told to 'relax, socialise and unwind'. As you can see, Jimmy is doing just that- me too with a nicely chilled glass of wine, and accompanied by a fluorescent blue egg! There were about 20 others also on the flight who have been put up at this hotel- some more disappointed than others but not ...