Today was a bit of a half day. We were hoping to wake up early to say goodbye to simon but we didnt catch him. they work crazy long hours over in dubai.
instead we went to the beach at the burj hotel, the sail hotel that is 7 stars. it was cool to see it up close after seeing it from far away and in every single touristy shop as an ugly glass statue or whatever. We got there about 9 in the morning, by 10 we were absolutly buggered from being in the sun. i later googled the temperature and it was 44 degrees. the ocean was so warm and seemed extra salty-it was really easy to float.
Glyn and i thought we would be clever and walk home as it wasnt really that far in theory. We made it half way before we both thought we were going to die and we absolutly dripping wet in sweat. we caught a taxi the rest of the way home it was the best 10 dirhams we have EVER spent (about $3).
When we got home we recovered and packed up our things. We then wanted to grab a bite to eat so went behind us to beach road where there are restaurants. there was a nice looking caffetiriea (cant spell it ) straight across the road, only one problem the massive fence in the middle of the road. this meant we had to walk about 500m either way to cross the road and then back around. lucky the sandwhich was worth it. mine had 5 bits of bread, wierd. we then went to a crazy supermarket i bought heaps of gum coz they have awesome flavours like cinnamon!! yum
We then caught a cab to the airport, had a look around duty free and caught a 7hour plane ride to LONDON!!
Joe and Jacki, glyns uncle and his partner picked us up and took us to their house in Slough. We arrived about ten pm and it was still light. first impressions are just like a movie with all the houses looking the same like on harry potter.
Thats all for now :)
