In November two of my gorgeous girlies will be visiting us in the sandpit. Most definitely an early Christmas pressie for me, and for them, a much needed break from the predictable long, dark, damp winter afternoons of England and Ireland. So excited at the thought of welcoming such good friends to the desert, I set about drafting an itinerary which will showcase Dubai at its finest (though not very much effort is required in that regard). A ‘bored having had almost 10 weeks off school’ daughter enquired as to what I was doing. Excitedly I invited her to help me out with our visitors’ schedule. By that I meant ‘I dictate, you write’. But my eager beaver DD started chipping in her own suggestions. See if you can guess which are mine and which are my 7 year old DD’s:
– The Burj Khalifa observation deck
– Magic planet (the equivalent of an amusement arcade)
– Dancing fountains at Dubai Mall/Burj Khalifa
– Wild Wadi waterpark
– Evening cocktails at At.mosphere bar (122nd floor of Burj Khalifa)
– Aquaventure (another waterpark)
– Shopping – Mall of Emirates, Dubai Mall, Ibn Battuta
– Yas Island (another waterpark)
– The Vault (a bar on the 71st and 72nd floors of the world’s tallest hotel, JW Mariott Marquis)
– Al Nafoorah on the Palm (the most divine Lebanese food in gorgeous surroundings)
– Switch bowling
– Dubai Rugby 7s
– Scooting/skateboarding at Arabian Ranches skate park
– Old Dubai/The Creek
– Karting at Dubai Autodrome
– Our regular haunt…The Polo Club
– The climbing wall at HQ Adventure
– A mani and pedi (and perhaps a sneaky head/shoulder/neck massage!) at one of the many salons dotted around the Emirate
– Playnation, MCC
– Madinat Souk
– Mini Monsters
– Karama (not for the replica designer handbags mind….but for the ‘cultural’ experience)
– MOE Snowpark
– Dinner at Segreto’s
– Safa 2 park
– Afternoon tea at Burj Al Arab
Alas the only activity we agreed on was the beach…..gotta go to the beach in Dubai November….bliss