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Title: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: ian richards on June 06, 2005, 04:10:02 pm
Hi all

Yes i know, i am a real sad B.....d, looking at all this stuff while i'm on me hols, but then again i one anyway, for spending most of my free time on it when i'm at home ;)

Gavin   

You are such a big girl :o Can't a guy have a joke, without the only gay in the village spoiling the fun :o

tut, tut, tut ???

Anyway guy's.....and you Gavin!!

Having a wonderful time, weather is a baking 120deg, and i am sitting in the hotel on the left at this moment (its 7pm) waiting to have our meal at 7.30pm on the top floor restaurant.
The view is amazing, and you can see for miles out over the Persian gulf, and to the bottom left is palm Island.

The drinks are expensive though, Two g and t's and two bacardi and Cokes just cost me 28 quid, so god knows how much the meal is going to be :o :o

Well, you only live once.

I will take a pic of the view and hopefully upload when i get back.

I may come on line again tomorrow to let you know if i have had to re-mortgage my house :(

Ian         
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: garyj on June 06, 2005, 04:26:20 pm
Lucky b u g g e r. Raining here again.
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: CARPET KNIGHTS on June 06, 2005, 04:31:36 pm
saw the food from the hotel on telly the other night. apparently they use alot of gold leaf in the food. Tell us what it tastes like!

Happy Hols.

Was in dubai for 9 weeks a few years ago. Great place it was 50 degrees c then gold souck is a must
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: Adrian Makel on June 06, 2005, 04:53:14 pm
Good on you mate,enjoy it. ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: Karl Wildey on June 06, 2005, 09:08:26 pm
someone please delete this topic and banned him for life.

Me jealous, no way  :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: Len Gribble on June 06, 2005, 09:45:30 pm
Richard

Was there a few years ago a go on secondment very nice place, valid never to invite wife to spend a long weekend again, company credit card took a right bashing not to mention the AED I had in my pocket, on refection Bluewater a cheaper option!

Agree with Karl delete this topic the wife may read it and want to go back! >:( :o

Len

Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: Gavin Reardon on June 06, 2005, 10:30:55 pm
HI Ian

YOU SAD MAN LOOKING IN ON CLEAN IT UP WHEN ON HOLS  ??? ::) :o ??? ::) :o :-X :-\ :-X :-[ ::) ??? :o :( >:(

Sent you some info on a few things did you get it before you went away?

Hope it's raining and your meal was rubbish and cost you a fortune!!  ;D   ;D  ;D

Gav  ;)



Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: strakercleaning on June 07, 2005, 12:05:00 am
Nice one Ian, :'(
only been out that way once and never stayed in a place like that with the RMP  :-X
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: ian richards on June 07, 2005, 03:13:17 pm
Hi guys

FIRST ROUND OF DRINKS                        28 QUID :o :o :o

THE CHEAPEST MAIN COURSE WAS         45 QUID :o :o :o

THE CHEAPEST BOTTLE OF WINE WAS    32 QUID :o :o :o

TOTAL COST FOR EACH PERSON WAS     105.00 QUID :o :o :o

The wife just smiled >:(  >:(

Well she would do wouldnt she, she didnt have to pay the bill ::) ::)

Food was excelent though, and its not every day that you get to sit in the best hotel in the world :) :)

I love it here, we went to see some property today, one bedroomed flat 179k over looking the marina, beautiful, to bad i can't afford it :( :(

If you have never been out here, then you should definately think about it, it's my 3rd time and i would move here tomorrow if i hadnt got commitments.
it's a fabulouse place.

Ian

ps.       Len.     Why do you keep calling me Richard ??? Is it a Rodney and Trigger thing?
 
pps.     For the astute of you that have noticed that, the price of the round of drinks has changed from last nite, thats because my conversion in to sterling last nite was incorrect, so i have now changed it ;)
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: Adrian Makel on June 07, 2005, 03:45:39 pm
wife read your post yesterday,and has just gone shopping.I`m willing to bet the weeks takings she returns with some sort of holiday info. ;D ;D
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: ian richards on June 07, 2005, 03:47:53 pm

ADRIAN

Quick... STOP HER :o :o :o
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: stevegunn on June 07, 2005, 05:34:32 pm
Richards get a life checking this site whilst on holiday is sad ::)
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: Len Gribble on June 07, 2005, 07:13:39 pm
Ian

Sorry too many Ian’s on here! ;D

Adrian

No longer can afford to take wife on hols she now goes with her mates, definitely the cheaper option! But did suggest we went back to the nature bit like Steve Gunn her reply ok but don’t forget to pre-book the 5 star hotel I give up!  :(

Len
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: Kevin_Gare on June 08, 2005, 08:38:35 am
Hi Ian

It's Len's Del boy thing.

And get a life your on your Holly bobs so leave the bloody computer alone and go and enjoy yourself.

Cheers Kevin
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: Adrian Makel on June 08, 2005, 04:03:14 pm
well brochures are here and now i`m panicking.think i will let her get on with it.definately a case of ignorance is bliss. ;D ;D
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: Martin S on June 08, 2005, 05:16:49 pm
Hi all,

Greetings from sunny Tenerife.   :)

It may not be Dubai, but it's sunny and hot, the sea is warm and the Beer is cold.

Ian.  You're not the only 'saddo'   ;)
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: Len Gribble on June 08, 2005, 06:28:07 pm
Martin S / Ian

It’s sunny here Chislehurst and also in Broadstairs, a few more days like today, I will gladly pay the wife to go away! ;D

Len
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: HolmansUKLTD on June 08, 2005, 09:21:16 pm
Im off to Butlins in Minehad in a few weeks. Rest assursed i wont be posting on here from there ::)
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: Doug Holloway on June 08, 2005, 10:05:21 pm
Hi,

It was a lovely day in Leigh on Sea today ;D

Cheers,

Doug
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: Adrian Makel on June 09, 2005, 07:30:52 am
Tyne and Wear is sunny at moment but think cloud is approching ???
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: ian richards on June 12, 2005, 09:37:15 am
Hi guys

Had a realy fab holiday, very hot, but loved every minute of it.

Got you a few pic's for you of the hotel on the left, hope you like em ;)

1. Looking at the Burg Al Arab, from a shopping complex opposite, we were just sitting there having a coffee admiring the wonderful view.

2. Taken from the Esculators while going upstairs.
If you look carefully, you can see the Esculators opposite and a giant aquariam on the wall, the same applied to the one i was on. The lights you see in the middle are actually fountains that change direction constantly.   
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: ian richards on June 12, 2005, 09:49:46 am

1. First floor lobby, each floor has its own reception.

2. One of the many Restaurants within the hotel, this one is on the first floor.

Incidently, a glass of white wine is £13.00, and a bottle of Dom Perignon Champagne is an unbelievable £2500.

Rib eye Steak £78.00, and a bottle of plain still water is £8.00
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: ian richards on June 12, 2005, 09:55:34 am
1. Looking down on to the main entrance.

2. One of the lifts.
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: Gavin Reardon on June 12, 2005, 03:09:54 pm
Ian your crazy  :P ::) ??? :o  ;)  ;)
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: CARPET KNIGHTS on June 12, 2005, 08:26:35 pm
Ian did you go in wild waddies?

When i was in dubai, i went with a friend to see that hotel but they wouldn't let us in cos we had shorts on, it would have cost £5 just for a look. So we went in next door to the jamera beach hotel and had a look in there instead. you know the one that looks like a wave. did you buy any gold?
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: ian richards on June 12, 2005, 11:23:03 pm

Goron

I didnt buy any gold this time, i brought my wife a bracelet the last time we were there, very cheap!!. I havnt been to the Jumiha beach yet, i'm hopefully going to book in there next year, with a bit of luck!!

Ian
Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: Kevin_Gare on June 13, 2005, 07:14:07 am
Ian

Me & Len see veiws like that everyday from Canary wharf. Don't need to go all that way and spend. Stay at home and let our wives do that for us.

Anyway is it a northern thing that you go on holiday and show your holiday pictures before you get home ??? OR is it youre got NO friends to come round your house when you get home for drinks and nibbles ???

Have a nice one
Kevin

ps Take it your NOT going to the Allgery show in damp old London then ??

Title: Re: Greetings From Dubai
Post by: ian richards on June 13, 2005, 09:43:30 am

Now, now,  Kevin, dont get personal!

Living on the other side of the devided line, we aint to used to seing sights like this. Anyway, don't you live in the east end? I thought the best state of the art building you have round there was Upton Park ;)