Round The World and other travels
A frequent flyer's collection of trip diaries
This is: Spring Fever 2008
Return to Dubai
Although perhaps a bit premature, I woke this morning with the feeling that Part 2 of the trip was drawing to a close because, to be honest, my next short stay in Dubai was basically a positioning stopover for the journey home. That's not to say I wasn't looking forward to it, of course! Anyway, I had my usual Club Lounge breakfast and was ready to check out at about 0800. I caught a taxi to the airport and passed through the various formalities fairly quickly. This airport seemed the most basic of the trip so far, but the Oman Air lounge was reasonably OK.
(Link to flight log in side panel)
Once again, arrival at DXB was
relatively straightforward, thanks to the Fast Track invitation
issued to premium passengers on board the aircraft. My suitcase was
already on the belt when I arrived and in no time I was on board a
taxi for the short ride to the brand new InterContinental Festival
City - my last IC of the trip. Once again, despite this being
another freebie stay, I was given the full RA treatment, including a
most impressive 14th floor suite with panoramic windows. Excellent,
just excellent!
After settling in, I decided to
explore the adjacent, and equally new, Festival City shopping
complex. I didn't really feel like venturing further afield as it
was already mid-afternoon. I had a good look around another
impressive mall, which is still not fully open in the sense that a
large number of units still bear 'coming soon' signs. I didn't make
any purchases, as I was already concerned about how my luggage,
which had been perfectly manageable when I set out, was now in
danger of getting out of control. It's one of those little mysteries
about travel that I've never quite managed to get to the bottom of :
how, as time goes on, suitcase contents seem to expand to the point
where sitting on the lid is required
Back at the IC, I had a relaxing evening helped along by a very nice room service dinner (oriental - it was what I felt like) and a DVD shown on my large, plasma screen TV. I went to bed at a reasonable hour in view of the very early start required the following morning.
