024 - 2nd May 2007 - Desert Safari outside Dubai.

The Safari involves an exciting 4-wheel ride through the steep sand-dunes to the inside of the desert that includes a culturall show and barbecue dinner.

023 - 1st May 2007 - Guided Tour of Dubai City

To familiarise ourselves with the city, we took a guided city tour. Here are some pictures.

022 - 30th April 2007 - Arrived at Dubai

We arrived at Dubai airport early in the morning, took a taxi and checked-in at Hotel Al Ras in the Al Ras (aka Deira) area. The hotel’s location is near the Gold Souk (gold market) and the wholesale market for all kindsl of products – a shoppers pardise.

021 - 29th April 2007 - Paris > Dubai

We returned our rented car at a rental-car office at Gare (station) Du Nord. After that we had lunch in front of the Gare Montparnasse before saying goodbye to Faisal and Junn. They will stay in Paris for a few more days before continuing with their journey. My wife and I took the train to CDG to take our flight at 10.00 PM to Dubai.

020 - 28th April 2007 - Leave Chateaorous for Paris, CDG and Dubai

drove to Paris




In the morning, after breakfast in the apartment, we went to the morning market at Chateauroux. Today is the day we had to say goodbye to our daughter Arlida because we are going to fly back to Dubai tomorrow evening on the way home to Malaysia. Faisal and Junn will spend a few days in Paris before going for their honeymoon to Germany, Prague and Italy. After saying a tearful goodbye to our daughter Arlida, we (my wife, son and his wife Junn) drove to Paris. (At first Arlida did not plan to go back to Malaysia that summer, but later changed her mind and went home in August 2007 any way because she was homesick and missed us in Malaysia). That afternoon in Paris we went to lunch at Little India at a Briani restaurant. We spent the night at a hotel at Saint Denis, Northern part of Paris.