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9 tips from Emirates crew on how to apply makeup
Emirates lippy lesson I managed get into the Emirates Airline crew training school in Dubai and learned their secret 9 tips for make up application – and wrote it down (below) so you can look as...
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Dubai: Hanging out at Atlantis the Palm
With 700 km of natural coastline, Dubai was never going to win any Best Beach competitions. (New Zealand, by comparison, has 15,134km). So what do you do when you have so much money you could wipe off...
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Dubai: Hanging out at Atlantis the Palm
With 700 km of natural coastline, Dubai was never going to win any Best Beach competitions. (New Zealand, by comparison, has 15,134km). So what do you do when you have so much money you could wipe off...
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Oman: Nothing like the smell of frankincense at Christmas
No Christmas didn’t always smell of cinnamon that is wafted through American department stores or the chestnuts roasting on an open fire on Oxford Street! The original smell of Christmas (remember the...
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Crossing the desert of Oman
Get a guide who can read the stars and do a desert crossing in Oman. It’s just extraordinary! I was going to title this post ‘peeing in the desert‘ but that would just be vulgar. Even though this post...
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5 great things to do in Oman
Oman is not as remote as you might think (an hour’s flight from Dubai and Abu Dhabi) and is still wonderfully traditional retaining its heritage and culture with stunning scenery ranging from golden...
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The amazing Westin Hotel, Dubai
With its back to the soaring skyscrapers as it overlooks the marina, Dubai’s 5-star Westin Hotel sits on its own 500m of private sandy beach almost at the bottom of the giant Palm development that...
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Abu Dhabi: ride the fastest roller coaster in the world!
Ferrari World has a ride that is so fast you have to wear goggles lest your eyes pop out, and if you scream your cheeks will wobble with the extreme G-forces so much that slobber will escape from the...
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Review: Emirates A380 Business Class
I am upstairs on this big beast of a plane, Emirates double-decker A380 with all its shiny bells and whistles. Julie helps me figure out the buttons First and business classes own the upstairs on this...
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Dubai: why you should visit The Beach
One of the things I really like about Dubai are the many and different neighbourhoods, or suburbs, for shopping and dining. The newest one is one we just stumbled upon actually as it happened to be...
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6 things to do in Dubai
Who knew there was more to Dubai than seeing rich sheiks and fast cars race down the motorway? I have listed 6 cool things to do, but if you’re looking for a place to go for dinner, I really like The...
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Airline make up lesson!
While we’re on lock down, I thought I’d find some “traveltainment” posts. My husband coined the word and oh how I laughed. (Mind you it could have been the delirium of being stuck in the house for 4...
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