Author Archives: Dharmesh

About Dharmesh

Have always loved travelling and will continue to pursue this love. Favourite Travel quotes: “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine

Day 5–Dubai (13th Dec) Abu Dhabi Day trip

Posted on December 25, 2017 by Dharmesh

(unfortunately a lot of pics today came out grainy as I forgot to change the ISO down from the prior nights pics , not happy at all about that!!) Today we were doing a day tour of Abu Dhabi. The … Continue reading →

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Day 4–Dubai (12th Dec)–Dubai Parks

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Dharmesh

Theme park day today, we were covering MotionGate and Bollywood Parks. MotionGate was all movie themed from the major Hollywood studios, like Columbia, Dreamworks, LionsGate etc, whilst Bollywood was …well all about Bollywood – the very first Bollywood theme park … Continue reading →

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Day 3–Dubai (11th Dec 2017)

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Dharmesh

Today we would be visiting the tallest building in the world – “The Burj Khalifa”, top viewing tickets were booked for 10:30am. Got a taxi from our hotel around 9:30am, more than enough time to find the place without rushing. … Continue reading →

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Day 2 – Dubai (10th Dec 2017)

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Dharmesh

Today was Desert Safari – pickup was around 3:30 – 4 pm, lots of time in the day to keep the three ladies happy with a visit to the Dubai Outlet mall. But first was breakfast and for that we … Continue reading →

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Day 1–Dubai

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Dharmesh

Got to our hotel, the Novotel Suites (Mall of Emirates) just after 8:15am, Unfortunately luck was not on our side, due to all rooms being fully booked out the night before, our room was not available till midday :(. Nothing … Continue reading →

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Day 0.5 – Flight from Brisbane to Dubai

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Dharmesh

Had been looking forward to this holiday for close to an year now! Was finally here. Friday 8th Dec, finished off work early and was home around 2:30pm. Now it was mad rush to finalise all packings, these holidays I … Continue reading →

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India Dubai locked in for Dec/Jan 2017/2018

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Dharmesh

Dec 2017 still a long way away, but something to look forward to…. back to Incredible India to celebrate New Years in Mumbai, then to Dubai catching up with friends? Kids loved it in 2011, time to revisit the place in … Continue reading →

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New York–20th May Last Day (my 100th blog posts!!!)

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Dharmesh

Wow! This is my 100th blog post!! Last day today, we were leaving for the airport around 1pm, lazy start to the morning. Packed up our bags, checked out and left the bags with the hotel bell desk. Last breakfast … Continue reading →

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New York–19th May

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Dharmesh

Today was a visit to Queens. The objective was to find Twinkies!, had been on the lookout for these in Manhattan with no luck, ringing around had located them at Target, the closest one close to a subway station was … Continue reading →

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New York–18th May

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Dharmesh

Most of the sights were now done, today was a leisurely walk down 5th Ave. The tour guides had highlighted this street as a must walk, with lots to see. During the tour yesterday we had noticed a good coffee … Continue reading →

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