Written on January 5, 2018 in
UAE
Afterwards we went to the Palm, to see Atlantis hotel and took a walk to see the skyline surounding Burj Khalifa, definitely worth it but our evening was a bit foggy so the view was in a haze. For dinner we met up with Dipankar and he took us to dinning with his friends, such...
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Written on December 31, 2017 in
UAE
The second part of the last day of the year 2017 we spent in old Dubai. We took the Abra boat ride to get to Deira, wandered through the gold, textile and spice souk (market). There are so many locals at the souk trying to sell you fake watches and bags and they can be...
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Written on December 30, 2017 in
UAE
We met our AirBnB host Dipankar and he was super nice, friendly and open person! Before bed time we went to a beach bar called Barasti that was just across the street, it’s a cool party place with live music on the beach. The next day we went for a short walk through the beach...
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Written on December 29, 2017 in
UAE
After a very interesting stop in Kuwait and 42 hours from our first flight in Ljubljana we were finally in Abu Dhabi in the hotel to get some well needed rest. In the morning we took a stroll through Cornich promenade and went to the beach for some relaxing time, sun and sea. The sea...
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Written on December 28, 2017 in
Qatar
Our second layover was in Doha, we had 8 hours so of course we went to see the city. Doha is definitely not made for walking and can be at first a bit confusing. I was quite impressed with Doha, more than I thought I would be, it’s still a very conservative city so you...
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Written on December 27, 2017 in
Turkey
Istanbul was on my wish list for some time now so when we got it as a bonus trip on our way to Dubai I was super excited! We got 12 hours on both ways. We started by visiting the Blue mosque and it is just as beautiful and mighty as expected. Because we landed...
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