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Archive for February 6th, 2008

Bur Dubai By Night

Posted in Dubai, En Route, tagged , , , on February 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »

2008-02-04 – 2008-02-05
Summary:
- Lazy days
- Night souk and Dubai creek at night
The last couple of days we pretty much bummed around the hotel. We were both feeling a little knackered and I wasn’t feeling the best with the plumbing issues. We surfed through all 650+ satellite channels and only found a handful in English. I [...]

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Sight-seeing in Bur Dubai

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2008-02-03
Summary:
- Dubai Museum
- Back through the Bur Dubai souk
- The Camel House & Sheikh Saeed Al-Maktoum House
- Heritage and Diving Villages
We went to the Dubai Museum, which only cost us 3 Dhs each to get in, that’s less than $1. The Dubai Museum was located in an old fort. From here we walked through the [...]

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Historical Architecture & Dhow-ing Along Dubai Creek

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2008-02-02
Summary:
- Bastakiya Quarter & XVA Gallery
- Dhow cruise
Today was less dusty than yesterday, and not quite as windy. Still fairly cool though, around 20 degrees Celsius. This time we went walking with more of a plan. We started by going through the Bastakiya Quarter, which is all historical buildings and architecture. We saw a whole [...]

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