Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Brilliance of the Seas, Dubai on Mar 18th, 2012
We arrived early in Dubai (Libby and I were still asleep). Since we’d already spent time here and mostly planned on checking out downtown, we slept in (not a bad thing since we’ve only been going to bed around 1am) and left Port Rashid in the late morning. We headed straight downtown to the Dubai […]
Posted in Brilliance of the Seas, Dubai on Mar 12th, 2012
As noted in my prior post, we strolled through Dubai Marina this morning, taking in the ambience (and our morning coffee). By daylight, the area reminded us of Beach Dr. in St. Petersburg back home in Florida. It has a similar mix of tropical, waterfront, hip, and contemporary attributes. Dubai Marina just delivers it on […]
Posted in Dubai on Mar 12th, 2012
We slept until 6:30am — very successful, no jet lag today. We’re getting ready to head to the port. But, I thought I’d give you a couple of quick glimpses of Dubai–at least the area around our hotel in Dubai Marina–until we return here in a week for more in depth explorations. I took this photos while out […]
We landed in Dubai a little before 8:00pm local time on Sunday—an overnight flight back into night. We basically lost a morning en route. The flight itself was long (just over 13 hours), but it was actually fairly tolerable, even in coach. And, for me, I’m always filled more by a sense of wonder at […]
Posted in Delta Airlines, Dubai, Middle East on Mar 10th, 2012
Next stop: Dubai! We’re traveling light on this trip. Carry-on luggage only: Despite rushing around at the last minute to get ready, we managed to get to out of the house and this far relatively stress free. Whew! It feels good to be underway. Here’s Libby ‘living the good life’ in Tampa’s Delta Sky Club: […]