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15/1/2012 The Golden Sands Hotel, where I stayed, in the Bur Dubai area, was lovely. They offer over 750 accommodation units made up of studios and one, two & three bedroom apartments. It’s within ten minutes walking distance of the Burjuman Shopping Centre, a pretty central part of town.The staff were very friendly and for… Read more »

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15/1/2012 I had been waiting with baited breath for the last two years, to go back to New Zealand but only really started planning my trip in August this year. After a variety of circumstances, mostly work related, I decided to check out flights and finally booked my flight in August. Now I wanted to… Read more »

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16/1/2012 So the next leg of my journey to New Zealand was my flight from Dubai to Melbourne at  3am, which took sixteen hours. We had to change planes at Kuala Lumpur, so had an hour to wait here. I was sitting beside this elderly Arabian woman on the plane and when the food came, I looked… Read more »