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Dubai 2019

August 2019
Vacation to Dubai with my daughters, sister and nieces. Read more
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  • TravelerDubai 2019
    Day 6

    The Green Planet

    August 11, 2019 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C

    Waited more than 2hrs for my sister and nieces to meet up with us before leaving for The Green Planet. Green planet is a multilevel rainforest zoo for small animals and reptiles. Lots of colourful birds, monkeys and reptiles. We took the Metro from Sharaf DG to Business Bay and then a bus from Business Bay to Dubai oil before walking the last 700m to the Green Planet.

    From the Green planet we headed out to Dubai Mall for a Burger King lunch.    Read more

  • TravelerDubai 2019
    Day 6

    Dubai Mall

    August 11, 2019 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ ⛅ 35 °C

    Very crowded mall due to the public holoday. Shopping with women is a test of patience, they pick, test and drop for the flimsiest reasons while men just go straight to what they want, confirm size, check if price is within the budget and pay😡

    The traffic of people leaving the mall to the metro station was overwhelming at one point Mall security had to intervene by creating a seperate route for men and a different less crowded one for women and family all in an effort to prevent a stampede as people rush to the take the metro home. Fortunately for us the platform for UAE Exchange on the red line wasn't crowded as against those heading in the opposite direction.    Read more

  • TravelerDubai 2019
    Day 7

    Mall of the Emirates

    August 12, 2019 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C

    Spent most of the day recuperating from yesterday's outing. Enobong prepared Ogbono soup which we ate with eba for lunch having slept breakfast time away.

    At 5pm we took a walk to the mall of the Emirates to return some previous Splash purchases and buy swimming wears. Uddy met her classmate at Forever 21 store. Bought ingredient to make jollof rice with before strolling back to the apartment.Read more

  • TravelerDubai 2019
    Day 9

    Off to Abu Dhabi

    August 14, 2019 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ ☀️ 39 °C

    Today is dedicated to the main attraction of this vacation, "Warner bros " at Yas Island Abu Dhabi. We woke up at 6am to get ready. Affiong and the twins joined us at our hotel at 8:30am from there we walked to entrance A of the mall of the Emirates, where the complementary bus to Yas Island was waiting. We were told to go wait bu Entrance D of the mall for puckup but after talking to the driver he allowed us in. At 9:22 the bus turned round to entrance D to pick passengers unfortunately it didn't have enough seats for everyone.Read more

  • TravelerDubai 2019
    Day 9

    Warner Bros.

    August 14, 2019 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ ☀️ 41 °C

    Visited Warner Bros at Yas Island Abu Dhabi using the free complementary bus provided. The park was worth every Dhiram spent on gate fee. Just like in all the other world class theme parks we have visited the park was divided into sections; Metropolis, Cartoon Junction, Gotham City, Dynamte Gulch, Bedrock and Warner Bros. Plaza. Each section had roller coaster rides alond with 3D rides. I didn't go on any of the roller coasters but enjoyed the 3D ride most especially that of the Justice League and the Green Lantern. The theme park is fully indoors and cooled.Read more

  • TravelerDubai 2019
    Day 10

    Repaired Laptop / Max / Dubai Mall

    August 15, 2019 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ 🌙 35 °C

    Picked up the repaired laptop. The repairer complained that the hard disk had bad sectors which had to be replaced claiming it solved the touch pad and keyboard problems. I doubt harddisk can affect quirky touchpad and keyboard but then he might have a case on the hard disk as the kids often don't shut down the laptop but just close the lid and put in the bag which could lead to the drive head damaging the platter as the laptop is moved.Read more

  • TravelerDubai 2019
    Day 11

    Yas Waterworld

    August 16, 2019 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ ☀️ 40 °C

    The highlight of our Dubai vacation was the visit to Yas Waterworld. The kids have been asking for a trip to a waterpark for ages but I always declined as I felt they weren't good swimmers which made it risky, however this time around they were a lot older (teenagers) and could stand comfortably in a 1mtr pool. We boarded the complementary bus to Yas Waterworld in Abu Dhabi a 1hr drive with free wifi. As usual weather was very hot. We changed to our swimming wears, I paid for a small locker which I later upgraded to a medium size locker to keep all our things and slippers. The kids had a blast going on all the slides and ride and pools. I took a ride round the 2 streams in the park on an inflated pontoon. It was a cooling and refreshing ride as well as spending considerable time dozing off on the lounge chair provided by the stream under the shade.Read more

  • TravelerDubai 2019
    Day 12

    Birthday Dinner for the twins

    August 17, 2019 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ 🌙 35 °C

    Today is the twins birthday and Enobong had earlier suggested prior to the commencement of this Dubai trip that we all go for a birthday dinner. So we plan to visit Africana Home Restaurant which Uddy had found for us through recommendation from her friend. The hotel delivered meal we ordered from them some days back was really nice so we all looked forward to a sumptuous meal.

    The day started off quite late due to exhaustion from the previous day's visit to Yas Waterworld. Enobong came down with stomach cramps so we had to leave her in the apartment while we dashed off to Lulu Hypermarket in Al Barsha at about 4pm to buy school supplies Uddy wanted. I stopped up my mobile data at the Mall of Emirates as well as collecting AED 500 from an ATM machine in the mall using my FirstBank Mastercard. I was charged NGN 1,000 and vat of NGN 50 for the withdrawal.

    We took a taxi to Affiongs hotel apartment. The receptionist didn't allow us go to her room without first dropping my passport with him which I refused. We eventually took 2 separate taxis to Africana Home Restaurant in Diera for the birthday dinner. We were expecting a Jevinik type experience but were disappointed to find out it had a bulky like setting where you pick your food displayed behind a glass and pay before being served. The seating area upstairs was nice anyway. The others picked on Uddy for suggesting such a place for the birthday dinner upsetting her. The meal was very sumptious and we all enjoyed it but the taxi rides to and fro was quite expensive but was part of the birthday package. Overall it was a nice day.    Read more

  • TravelerDubai 2019
    Day 13

    Kite Beach Day

    August 18, 2019 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ ⛅ 36 °C

    Our Chief planner Uddy had dedicated today as a beach day, due to the blazing heat in Dubai we planned it as an evening event. At 4:30pm Affiong joined us, the twins were meeting up with their Indian family friends and couldn't go with us. So off we went to the bus station at Sharaf DG after consulting the movement wizard "Google Maps". The bus schedule was quite confusing as we couldn't identify the stop recommended by Google Maps so we crossed over to the other side of the road only to discover it was an abandoned bus stop. We retraced our steps to the initial bus stop and as I was about to call a taxi on Careem we saw the recommended bus 81 coming, Affiong suggested I ask the bus driver which I did showing him the stops breakdown on my phone, he checked the onboard computer and confirmed we were on the right bus. So off we went. Interestingly Google Maps not only shows you the route but tracks the bus stops as well, with it you can never go astray. Kudos to a great app.

    The bus stop to the kite beach required some considerable amount of walking along a well paved and soft running track of 3.3km along the beach.

    Unfortunately we got to the beach at almost 6pm, didn't see anyone flying a kite, few persons were in the water swimming close to the shore and the waves were quite strong. Had a refreshing slush drink of blueberry and strawberry at a mobile kiosk on the beach.    Read more

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