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Jayne Eckersall

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    • Prague

      Travel Day.

      15 de mayo, Inglaterra ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

      Taxi 🚕 booked for 09:45 to drive through chaotic Poulton-le-Fylde for the 10:31 train 🚆 to Manchester Airport. Everything went well, too well Taxi arrived on time drove through Poulton-le-Fylde no problem walked onto the platform and straight onto the train at 10:00, 30 minutes ahead of schedule.
      At the airport, bags checked and headed straight for Departures only to be refused entry and told to come back in 30 minutes. We eventually arrived at the 1903 Lounge, shortly 1:00 pm. for our 2 hours of refreshments 🍻🍾🥂🍷
      All too soon, it was time to make our way to our boarding gate. As usual, the front of the aircraft was last to board, but it wasn't long before our flight was ready for take off, probably just under an hour late. Some 1 hour and 40 minutes later, we are getting ready to disembark the aircraft, get our luggage, and within the hour we are in a taxi heading for Prague City centre about 30 mins away
      Arriving at the hotel, we checked and up to our rooms to quickly unpack before heading out for something to eat and a beer 🍺.      Leer más

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      Goodbye - Dubai

      14 de marzo, Inglaterra ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C

      Woke up to a beautiful morning on this, Day 56 and final day of our travels. Showered and breakfasted, and thankfully, both suitcases 🎒🎒fastened shut 🙏 with a combined weight of around 55kg. we are in a taxi 🚕 on our way to the airport 🛫.
      After a surprisingly easy and quick check-in, we through passport control and security and in our departure terminal via the monorail 🚝 and waiting at the gate for our boarding announcement, which came early only we were sat on the plane an hour before take off as a couple of bags had to be off-loaded from our Airbus A380. Eventually, we were next in line and off we set on our journey home flying over Iran, Turkey, Germany, and Holland, to name just a few countries on our flight path. Seven and a half hours later, we are landing at Manchester Airport and quickly through immigration only to wait for our cases that arrived half an hour apart from each other!!
      Train 🚆 from Manchester Airport 🛫 to Poulton-le-Fylde and then a taxi 🚕 home 🏡 completed our adventure of:
      Travelling over 25,000 miles
      Visiting 4 Countries on 3 Continents taking 9 Flights, 2 Train Journeys, Hiring 3 Cars, taking 1 Ferry Crossing, staying in 26 different hotels, and 28 different hotel rooms
      Meeting so many lovely people
      Seeing Kiwis, Cockatoos, parrots, kangaroos, wallabies, dolphins, Sperm Whales, Orcas, blue penguins, and wild turkeys in their natural habitat.      Leer más

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      A Day of Reflection......noitcelfeR

      13 de marzo, Emiratos Árabes Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

      Relaxing day today by the pool, well until 4:00pm when we are kicked out for a private party. It's not really a problem as we lose the sun about 3:30pm, whereas all the three other pools NOT belonging to our hotel are still basking in glorious sunshine for a good couple of hours later.
      After our last supper, we went for a little walk around the Dubai Marina; voted one of the 50 coolest places in the world by Time Out Magazine. The marina is a waterfront city, with its emerald-green waters framed by some of the tallest – not to mention some of the most architecturally impressive – residential towers in the world. Just next door is Jumeirah Beach Residence – a neighbourhood in its own right and the gateway from Dubai Marina to the beach where all day long, we see a flotilla of boats 🚢 sailing ⛵️ back and forth.      Leer más

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      A Tasty Fayre

      12 de marzo, Emiratos Árabes Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      Back on the monorail 🚝 we carried on to the tip of the Palm 🌴 and the Atlantis Hotel 🏨 and feeling hungry headed straight to the restaurants and Chef 👨‍🍳 Gordon. The Bread Street Kitchen & Bar was very quiet, no shouting or swearing 🤬 not like a Gordon Ramsey Restaurant we see on TV at all 😁, but our waiter Manjula assured us he is a very nice person 😉. After fish 🐟 and chips 🍟 for Jayne and a lovely Super Food Salad 🥗 with chicken 🐔 for me (did I get that the correct way around? 🤣). After our lovely meal, we then shared an Apple Crumble with ice cream, which was just as tasty and lovely as our mains. To make our evening more delightful, the Maitre'D from Estonia 🇪🇪 even took Jayne's wine off our bill. Venturing from the tourist area into the hotel itself, the hotel was just as opulent as we had imagined, especially in the public areas on the hotel side of the aquarium through to the foyer and reception areas.
      Soon, it was time to catch the monorail 🚝 back to the mainland, jumping off halfway at Nakheel Mall for a quick browse, before getting back on the monorail and catching a tram; as we had kept our tram ticket from earlier, we only paid 1/2 price back to Jumeirah Beach Walk.      Leer más

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      A Palm 🌴 like no other ...

      12 de marzo, Emiratos Árabes Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

      This morning started overcast ☁️ and a few minutes of what looked and felt like rain 🌧 but as everyone knows, it doesn't rain in Dubai🤔; and if it did never, two mornings in a row. But there again, the Eckersall's are here!! 😅
      After shower dodging, we took the tram and then monorail 🚝 and visited The Palm Jumeirah 🌴. It's purpose was to increase the coastline for tourists as Dubai is known for its sunny weather and beaches, but more than 72 km (45 miles) of coastline was needed to accommodate the goal of tripling the number of tourists to 15 million annually. The solution was to construct a massive island shaped like a palm tree, which, upon completion in 2006, would add 56 km (35 miles) to the coastline. The island is designed to be a city within itself, featuring shopping centres, restaurants, hotels, and residential properties. The island is built entirely from sand and rocks; no concrete or steel has been used during the construction process. This was done following the order of the Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Using 5.5 million cubic metres of rock brought from over 16 quarries in Dubai.
      94 million cubic metres of sand brought from deep sea beds 6 nautical miles from the coast of Dubai and 700 tons of limestone. The cost was in the region on 12 Billion US Dollars 💸 💸💸💸💰 - it might have been cheaper to invite the Eckersall's now and again to reduce the number of sunny days per year, thus keeping tourist numbers down! 🤔😅      Leer más

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      "Oh, It never RAIN'S 🌧 in Dubai" 🌂🌂

      11 de marzo, Emiratos Árabes Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

      "It Never Rains in Dubai" - well, all I can say is the Eckersall's have never been to Dubai !!🌧☂️☔️😅
      This morning was so overcast ☁️ it actually rained 🌧 fortunately not too hard but hard enough to send us both into the swimming pool where if we are going to wet wet?!!! It didn't bode well when the pool attendants started collecting all the mattresses from the unused sun beds on the terrace and covering the outdoor speakers with plastic covers. Eventually, around 1:00 p.m., the sun 🌞 finally showed its face 🌝, and everyone started applying sun cream. After dinner 🍽 in the evening, we walked along The Walk 🚶‍♀️ 🚶‍♂️and over the Bluewaters Pedestrian Bridge 🌉 back onto the Bluewaters Island that was all lit up and looking like the Sands Marina Bay Gardens in Singapore 🇸🇬. As we had walked over here the other day, the transformation at night really was phenomenal. There was live music underneath the illuminated Ain Dubai, there is a restaurant paying homage to Porshe cars with one car outside and two cars inside in glass boxes 📦. But to me the most amazing sight was the Dubai waterfront all lit up from the edges of the Palm 🌴 all the way around to the island 🏝 I was stood on, with just one exception the entrance or exit; depending on which way you are going, to the Persian Gulf, part of the Indian Ocean 🌊.Leer más

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      Burj Khalifa & Fountains

      10 de marzo, Emiratos Árabes Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

      After shopping 🛍 for all the necessities, we ventured outside to marvel at the world's tallest structure, the 830-metre high Burj Khalifa. We also managed to quickly photograph 📷 the extremely rare human unicorn 🦄 😀. After dusk, we went back outside to join thrones of people already gathered there to watch the choreographed Dubai Fountain ⛲️ show located in the 30-acre artificial Burj Khalifa Lake. Illuminated by 6,600 lights and 25 colored projectors, it is 275 m (902 ft) long and shoots water up to 500 ft (152.4 m) into the air accompanied by a range of classical to contemporary Arabic and world music. It was built at a cost of Dhs 800 million (£169 million). And is currently the world's largest choreographed fountain.Leer más

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      Shopping Dubai way...

      10 de marzo, Emiratos Árabes Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C

      After a casual morning lazing around the pool, we took a taxi 🚕 (not a yellow one, a blue one as our hotel concierge said they were cheaper 😉). As we headed down the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard, driving past showrooms of all the top motor manufacturers; Lamborgini, Ferrari, Rolls Royce, Mercedes, BMW, KIA, to the 12 Billion dollar Downtown Dubai Complex. 30 minutes later, we are outside the Dubai Mall; with over 12 hundred shops, it's the largest shopping mall here. After devouring a quick Wagyu Beef Big Bun, we started our journey around this amazing complex. Arriving at Candylicious to buy sweets, which fortunately was directly opposite the Malls fish tank; one of the largest suspended aquariums on the planet! With over 140 species and 300+ majestic sharks and rays, all housed within a 10-million-litre tank.Leer más

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      After dinner, stroll.

      9 de marzo, Emiratos Árabes Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

      After dinner 🍽 in the hotel 🏨, we went for a walk 🚶‍♀️ 🚶‍♂️out. A little bit shocked as it is so commercialised around our hotel with numerous restaurants and perfume sellers. A total opposite to what we had experienced in our previous seven weeks. As we had been up for nearly 36 hours, we headed back towards the hotel, and our bed 🛌Leer más

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      Double Breakfast in Dubai

      9 de marzo, Emiratos Árabes Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

      After a short rest and another breakfast; purely so I can take my medication 💊 of course, we detour go for a little walk 🚶‍♂️ 🚶‍♀️ around the bay. As it was a bit misty, we decided against going on the Ain Dubai; big wheel, maybe another day. We stopped for a coffee ☕️ and cake 🍰 (for Jayne), which the restaurant manager insisted on Jayne having before making our way back to the hotel 🏨, where Jayne was presented with another cake 🍰 by the hotel.Leer más

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