Friday, July 6, 2012

Our Mini-Vacation

     A few weeks ago, Joshua and I made a trip to Dubai. His visa had expired, so the company he works for sent us to Dubai for the day. Can't say I was complaining one bit :) :).  Joshua had been to Dubai before while he was deployed, and I've always been completely jealous of him for it. To say I was excited for our "mini-vacation", was an understatement.

Since there are a million things to do in Dubai, we had decided to plan and schedule everything we wanted to do in advance. After we checked in @ the hotel, we headed straight to the mall. WOW! I had never seen anything like it. I was in complete shock.. anyone could notice I was a complete tourist. We were at the mall for quite a while, but had to head back to the hotel to get ready for our Dinner Cruise.

Outside of the boat

The Dinner Cruise was just wonderful! Besides the breathtaking sights & food, my only complaint was that we were the last ones to be sent to the buffet for dinner. Yes the food was great, but by the time we got there, the selection was quite limited... bummer!

The next morning we had reservations to go CAMEL RIDING and dune bashing. Ah, this was definitely the highlight of the whole trip for me. I have always wanted to ride a camel, and to finally say I did is just.. AWESOME! Dune bashing was fun, but by the last 10 minutes of it I started getting really sick. The worst headache I had had in quite sometime. 

By the time that tour was over, we had to head back to the hotel and didn't have too much time to spare before we had to head to the airport for a 6 o'clock depature. We did kill some time by walking around and picking up lunch.
                           So sad we had to leave :(                                                                  One last picture outside of our hotel
        




Hope you enjoyed the pictures <3...

22 comments:

  1. Dubai is one place I'd never think to visit, but it looks incredible! Love the purple dress, too! :)

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    1. Thank you :)

      Oh my goodness.. if you ever do get a chance, do it girl!!

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  2. so cool! I have never been there but I would love to. The pictures, especially the camel, look like a blast.

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    1. I had a video of the camel ride I wanted to upload, but it was just taking wayy to long and I did not have the patience for it, ha!

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  3. That looks so fun! I have always wanted to see Dubai as well.

    PS - That purple dress is stunning on you.

    PPS - Hope you have a great bday next week. And get some Mexican soon. ;)

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    1. Awe, thank you Tina! Oh you better believe I'll be getting me some mexican soon. I found a cute mexican place the other day, and cannot wait to try it out this weekend.. hubby doesn't know it yet though :)

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  4. What a great adventure! So jealous! Awesome pics!!!

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  5. Wow your trip looks amazing!!! What a great opportunity!!

    Also, I just nominated you for the One Lovely Blog award :) Details on my blog! http://chelseaeatstreats.com/fashion-friday-12-blogger-awards/

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    1. Awe girl, you are too sweet. I'll definitely head over your way & check it out. Thank you :)

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  6. Dubai looks so incredible! That's always a place I've wanted to visit. That is a too cute purple dress. Love.

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    1. Thanks.. can you believe it's from JcPenney! (Not sure if you guys have that dept store or not??)

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  7. HGH FIVE on your new blog!
    Loving it so much I had to share on my HIGH FIVE FRIDAY post!
    xo
    http://fitfromtheinside-out.blogspot.com/2012/07/high-five-friday-3.html

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    1. Anna, you're awesome! Thank you SO much for including me on your post.

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  8. Looks so pretty! My sister lived/worked there for two years and I was always sad I was never able to visit.

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    1. Your sister is so lucky. What brought her to Dubai if you don't mind me asking? I can't believe you never had a chance to visit.. you would've loved it!

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  9. Wow looks like it was an amazing experience!! Cool pictures with the camels!

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    1. It was one of the greatest experience I've had! Thank you for taking the time to read the post. Have a great weekend :)

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  10. Wow it looks like you had a good time :) The waterfall in the mall is pretty kick ass if I may say. Glad you enjoyed :)

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    1. Thank you, we really did. I wish I could just fly back!

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  11. What an awesome trip! Loving reading your blog! :)

    Live.Laugh.Learn.

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    1. Thank you! I'm so glad your enjoying it so far :)

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