I am really behind o. Our blog. We got off the Voyager on May 3rd,one day early. Due to some confusion about our luggage, we spent an easy morning, had lunch, said goodbye to many of our favorite staff members. Our tour company picked us up at the cruise terminal. We thought we would have to go through customs, but there was not anyone there so it was super easy.
We were drive to our hotel, Mina a Salam , which is immediately next door to the Burj. It is huge complex and we had a really nice room over looking the Arabian Gulf. Jan had the biggings of a cold so we had room service...pizza and a salad and drank most of a bottle of Australian wine we were still carrying with us.
The next morning jan's cold was much better and we had a nice 4 hour tour of the oldr parts od Dubai, like the museum, the older homes and the creek. We also got to see the new "tallest building" in the world close up.
After a nice lunch on the beach at the hotel, we tested unti
L our reservations at one of the nice sea food restaurants in the souk area. It is a huge area od many restaurants and shops. There are water ways all though the two hotels and the souk where you can take a abra (boat) between them. Our dinner was very good with Jan having a rraaly good roasted sea bass and Fred having a great tuna. We rode the abrha back to the hotel and had a good sleep.
The next morning we slept late, had breakfast, then dipped our toes into the Arabian Gulf. The new he's were beautiful. The previous two days had been windy with large waves, but this morning it was calm and you could walk a good 20 feet beef encountering anti deep water. The sand is very fine and the water a nice temperature. It is a private beach just for the guests in the two hotels so lots of sun beds and lounges with umbrellas.
Our driver picked us up at noon and it took about one hour yo reach our next resort. Wow. It is a stunner. We are staying at the Al Maha Desert Resort in the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve. It is a beautiful lodge with each suite an individual tent like structure with our own plunge pool. This afternoon we have had vists from the Arabian oryx, several small gazelles and lots of birds around our suite and really close up. They drink right out of the pool This place is like many of the lodges in Africa. We had a game drive late afternoon and will be going to dinner later.
We have wifi in our suite that is pretty fast so I will try and post some pictures.
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