February 2nd, 2010

Wide-eyed in Jumeirah

Good morning from sunny Dubai -  well, to be honest, it’s not actaully that sunny -  sort of vaguely sunny.  We are off for a first consultation with the surgeon at lunchtime, and then, inshallah, my knees will be as right as rain tomorrow.

Yesterday we went for an eye-opening walk along Jumeriah Beach Road?/Walk ?  Suffice it to say, that we looked like gawping villagers.

The last time we were in that part of Dubai must have been 18 years ago – 19 perhaps – when there were a couple of hotels and absolutely nothing else. We were [...]

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