Never having visited Dubai apart from brief stopovers like most people who've trialled Emirates or Etihad airlines, and having been advised there is not a great deal to see there (other than couples having sex on the beach), I never really thought I'd be missing much. Recently however, a couple of friends from the UK moved to Dubai, and although I now live so close, my work makes it hard for me to leave the compound for long enough to visit, so a stopover was perfect this holiday. Unfortunately it was not to be, due to this work trip (although my Dad still refuses to call my job work - he still thinks I haven't yet found the working part to my "working-holiday" that commenced late 2005). Anyhow, my next leave due in October will definitely have a Dubai stop to visit the girls with hopefully a trip to Jordan to see the Lost City of Petra and maybe Muscat, Oman.
As for THIS vacation I have planned for next week, the itinerary looks like this:London 4 days > Ibiza, Spain 1 week > Portugal 1 week.
Stayed tuned!
^ my pilots and crew (usually 3-4 middle aged men who just want to drink beer and eat steak)
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3 readers decided to share their thoughts:
Ah, I feel your pain!! Back in my bugsmasher regional days it was all about the eer & steak! Fine for a while but it does get boring... do you ever meet up with girls from other crews?? We once had a memorable night out with an EK crew in Sydney... :P
I've always wanted to go to Petra since I was little and saw Indiana Jones!!
Look up Odom-Groh on Journalspace, he's done archeological digs in the region and has interesting stories to tell!! =)
I was lucky enough to meet up with some other private crew on this very trip, the first time this has happened and coincidentally from the same region I work and also most from Oz which was refreshing and dulled the boredom somewhat. As for the Odom-Groh suggestion thanks for that! Will be sure to get onto him.
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