Major reasons for the stop was flight availability AND taking the girls to the snow.
We finally got to the hotel we had reservations for at around 6am, only to discover they didn't have rooms for us and none would be available until the afternoon :grrr:
They agreed to give us a single room which was probably only about 10m². We crashed until about 10am. We woke up determined to get another hotel. Thankfully managed a hasty checkout from The Dream Palace Hotel (never stay here !!), we jumped in the taxi and sped off to Ramee Guest Apartments.
What a difference, this was an apartment with kitchen, main ensuite, 2nd bathroom, lounge (with foldout couch for the girls) and dining area - and all this for only 100Dirhams more !
We headed out to Ikea and made a few tiny purchases :)
After that we decided to go to Mall of the Emirates to check out what we'd need for SkiDubai. They supply EVERYTHING (jackets, pants, socks, boots) - except gloves and hats ! Of course the girls needed to pose next to some of the very nice vehicles we saw while waiting for our very ordinary taxi hehehe.
Off pretty early the following morning to arrive for opening. We had a ball ! Super cold but excellent fun. Snow angels, tobogganing, a bobsled ride, tube riding, snow-turtle building and more ! The only real drawback is that once you're in, you're in, if you want out to use the bathroom or eat, thats it, you're done. No worries we enjoyed ourselves and it was well worth the trip. Before going back to the hotel, we took a walk past the Burj for a photo op - can't visit Dubai without at least seeing the famous hotel now could we :) Of course Aimee managed to lose her Table Mountain red fleece jacket coming home the one night :( Oh well whatya gonna do, that's life isn't it ?!
Mall of the Emirates - waiting for a taxi - sadly we won't be going home in one of these !
SkiDubai !
The Burj
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Looks like you guys had loads of fun. Now since you have down the ice thing, you will have to try it next time here in NZ.
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