2018 Golden Week Trip to Dubai Day 6

It was fine.

Since we extended one night, we decided to go to Musandam Peninsula, Oman. It is a full day cruising tour.

At first we were told to be at the hotel lobby from 7:30 to 8:00 but they changed the schedule and informed us the new time as 6:45 to 7:30, and we have waited and waited but they came to pick up around 7:40 after all.

We went to the border control and the port by bus which took about three hours from Dubai and changed to the boat. We arrived the snorkeling spot around 11:30 and stayed at the Haffah Qadema Beach for three hours including lunch.

We came back to the hotel around 7:30.

Then we went out for dinner.

The fullmoon was beautiful.

2018 Golden Week Trip to Dubai Day 5

It was fine.

Today we went to Abu Dhabi by one day tour which I booked from Japan.

We had to wait for a long time to be picked up.
It took about two hours to go there by bus.

We visited Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque which was big and white and beautiful.
It was hard to take a whole picture.

We had lunch near the Ferrari Museum.

Then we went to the Louvre.
There were some Japanese exhibitions.
The building was very beautiful and amazing.

Tour ended at the Emirates Mall. We came back to the hotel by train.

It was another long day.

2018 Golden Week Trip to Dubai Day 4

It was fine.

We had free time until 3:30 pm, so we had a relaxing breakfast in the morning. We walked around the lake for the first time snd visited 5  supermarkets to see people's life.
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At 3:30 pm, we got together and went to Desert Safari which including 4WD running on the sand dune, camel riding, watching belly dancing, watching fire performances, having BBQ and so on. I also tried to wear the black costume.

It took about five hours and a half in total.
4WD riding was so exciting as a jet coaster riding.

It was a nice experience and I want to recommend it.

2018 Golden Week Trip to Dubai Day 3

It was fine.

It became a long day starting at 6 am.

We had a big breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Maybe too much eating.

The city tour started at 8 am, and ended around 9 pm visiting the famous touristic spots in Dubai including the beach to take pictures of Burj Al Arab, spice souk & gold souk, museum, Dubai Mall,  Dubai Fountain and so on.
We enjoyed everything very much.  Unfortunately there was something wrong with my camera and smartphone camera, I could not save some pictures in the evening.

I felt tired.

2018 Golden Week Trip to Dubai Day 2

I left Kuala Lumpur at 10:20 (local time) am and arrived at Dubai at 1pm (local time), which is 6 pm in Japan time. There are 5 hours differences between UAE and Japan. It took about 24 hours from my office to Dubai having 6 hours transit.

The view from the airplane was desert.

It took about one hour and a half to pass immigration, pick up the luggage, exchange money, and meet the driver.
Yen 10,000 became AED315.

After checking in the hotel, I walked around the hotel. The view was very nice.
Then I took a bath and wore the yukata (浴衣), summer kimono, and joined the welcome dinner.

This time there were 11 participants in total. All were women. Four from South Korea, four from Japan, and three from the USA. There were two people whose birthday is April, therefore we had a birthday cake. I hope to join the Dream Trips next May.
My friend joined later.

It was a nice day.

2018 Golden Week Trip to Dubai Day 1

It's time of the Golden Week in Japan. It starts on April 29 and ends on May 5. If you take two days off on May 1 and 2, you get 8 days off. I decided to take two more days off.

This year I chose to go to Dubai during the Golden Week.

This is the first trip to the Middle East for me. I have wanted to go there for a long time but had no chance by now.

I am a member of the very nice worldwide travel club and they offer many reasonable trips to Dubai. I chose the one from April 26 to 30. This time I go there with my college friend who lives in Kyushu. She took the flight first, but booked the wrong day. Therefore we dicided to stay there one more night.

We have thought how and where we spend the additional day. We looked for the one night two days tour to Abu Dhabi from Dubai, but we found only one of them which did not include visiting the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque. Therefore we decided to stay at the same hotel and go to Abu Dhabi by one day tour.

Unfortunately it was too late to book the direct flight when I started looking for the ticket. However I needed to be there in the day time before my friend arrives therefore I chose the Malaysian Airline leaving at night from the Narita Airport.

I used the free pick up service of the suitcase by the benefit of the AMEX Gold Card and my suitcase was delivered to the airport beforehand.

To travel light is one of my dreams. So I am glad to do so.

I left the office around 17:30 and arrived at the airport around 19:30. After checking in I wanted to buy something and use the lounge, but I could not.

The seat was 9K and it was spacy. It must be a preminum seat between Business class and Economy class fortunately.

It takes about 7 hours and 10 minutes from Narita to Kuala Lumpur, and there is one hour difference between Japan and Malaysia.

There were peanuts & drink service, dinner, and sandwich & drink if you like.

I watched a movie "Bucket List" which I wanted to see for a long time.

In the morning it was raining but became fine in Tokyo. During the flight it was fine, and the Moon and the way of Moon light reflected on the ocean were so beautiful from the window. Before approaching to the Kuala Lumpur airport I saw many thunderlights, but it is fine.

Now I am waiting for the next flight to Dubai at the premium lounge which is also the benefit of the AMEX Gold Card.

My first trip abroad with the new passport has just begun.

I am going to enjoy this trip to my heart content.