To begin on my 1-month trip around Oman, I had first to somehow get there from Dubai. I checked the internet for bus routes. The first thing you run into is the Omani state-owned Mwasalat bus company. Those guys operate 3 routes per day at 7:30, 15:30 and 23:00 from Dubai to Muscat, and at 6:20, 15:20 and 23:30 from Muscat to Dubai. Tickets cost AED 55 for one way and AED 100 … [Read more...]
A day strolling around Sunset Beach & Jumeirah in Dubai
After having spent my first day in Dubai mostly in the area around Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall, on the second day now, I was after something somewhat calmer and more natural. A beach would do just fine. Jumeirah hotel was also another of Dubai’s most renown landmarks I’d like to see. Beside the hotel complex, there stretches a beach known as Sunset Beach, or Public Beach, or … [Read more...]
Checking out Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall: ridiculously sumptuous yet impressive
On the first day in Dubai, I got up early in the morning and started thinking about what to do. This wasn’t a simple thing to make my mind on. In such a huge and prestigious city, the possibilities of interesting stuff to see and do are virtually endless. Everywhere I looked, I kept being fed with yet more ideas, leading to nought but confusion. Furthermore, Dubai is not known … [Read more...]
