Beach Weekend in Dubai

Last weekend I had the perfect reason to escape to the beach, lower hotel rates.  I managed to get a room at one of the Jumeirah properties in Dubai.  I stayed at their five star hotel, Jumeria Creekside, but as a guest you are entitled to use the amenities at the beachfront hotels as well.  The weekend was like being part of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.

Beautiful room with all the modern amenities. Surround sound TV, ipad dock, and complimentary mini bar. Beautiful property with pool and rooftop night club.  Right next door was The Irish Village and the Dubai Tennis Arena.

 

 Thursday night was dinner at Irish Village, complete with roaming ducks from the nearby pond.

 

 The Marina at Jumeriah Beach

 

 The beach, with cabana boys too! Unable to get an umbrella, I was placed under the shade of a date palm tree.  As I was relaxing and reading my book I began to get hit by falling dates.  They weren't ripe yet, so they were green and hard.  I was okay with it, until the next thing that hit me was from a bird.  I won't say more.

 

One of several pools with a variety of restaurants in the background.

 

The Burj Al Arab, the rate is over a $1,000 per night. Rumor is you can't even get close to the property unless you have proof of a reservation. You can attend High Tea on the upper level for a fraction of the cost.  That is on the list of "to-dos."

 

Those are rose petals floating in a pool of water in the lobby.  Outside people were taking photos of themselves standing in front of the various luxury cars being valet parked. I watched while I waited for my hotel shuttle, which by the way was a Mercedes.

 

While sitting at the beach I heard such a variety of dialects.  It appears there is a large Russian population that visits Dubai, as well as British and French.  Unfortunately, my lounge chair was next to a family from the UK.  Ruby, who appeared to be about 6 or 7 was having a major tantrum.  She was crying and yelling that she wanted to go back to the villa.  Her parents, actually her mother, her father continued to read the paper, tried numerous times to quiet her down by promising the sun, the moon and the stars.  Ruby wasn't having any of it.  Mom walked off in anger and Dad put his paper down and threaten her.  Ruby only got louder.  Her audience was growing as more people turned to watch her antics.  Mom finally returned from the water and packed up the bags and took Ruby by the hand.  Final score, Mom - none, Ruby - WON