Fortunately for me, and unfortunately for her - my friend was signed off sick the whole time I was there and therefore I got to spend some time with her in the sun!
I flew out on the 14th of may for 9 days, shit luck was that it was cloudy for the first two days, however my 'cloud tan' formed a great base tan before the strong rays for the rest of the week. 
Of course I hit duty free on my way over. The wine was for my friend, you can't buy alcohol in shops (absolute madness) and the mac goodies, make up brushes and perfume were for me, what's a holiday without a duty free haul!
I arrived at 7am, first stop was the beach of course, followed by an amazing dinner at the meat company where I had one of the best steaks I had ever had.
My friend was staying in the crew buildings near the airport, her rooftop pool was where I spent most of my week working on my tan, when I wasn't hungover or dying from sun stroke (school boy error).
On the Sunday night we went for dinner (which turned into a liquid dinner) at the Marriott hotel overlooking the palm. The views in Dubai are literally amazing, as are the cocktails!
Tuesday night in Dubai is ladies night, where girls get free drinks everywhere, why this isn't a thing in England I am not sure but we went for dinner and drinks in mahiki and it was a lot of fun, not so much the next day but you just have to grin and bear it when a tan is involved.
I didn't get to do everything I wanted to but one thing I did tick off my list was the mall, the shops didn't interest me so much, but the aquarium with sharks and sting rays, I'm a sucker for sea life!
We also walked through the marina and down to JBR. The sky scrapers next to the beach took some getting used to - but again the views were all so surreal!
I'm already planning my next sun holiday!
Abbie JS
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