The plan was to go to the beach at the Jumeirah Beach hotel, which was supposed to cost 100 dirhams or £15 for entry for the day. Unfortunately when we got there we discovered it was 400 dirhams for the day and decided it was too expensive and to go somewhere else. We ended up in the Le Meridien Mina Seyahi Resort, where we hung out on the beach and by the pool all day. This is a nice place in itself but the fact that it's surrounded by so much construction takes away from it....there are cranes everywhere you look and new high rise buildings going up everywhere. After a nice relaxing day we decided to head back to Souk Madinat Jumeirah so I could take some better photos. We took a detour to Dubai Marina on the way so I could see just how much construction there is and how many high rise buildings there are -- one of the girls here calls it Gotham city and I could see why. There seem to be places where you can barely see the sky.We spent a couple of hours wandering around the Souk and taking photos.
It's a stunning place, and definitely may favourite place in Dubai. It has a lovely atmosphere and if I decided to come back and had loads of money I'd definitely stay in the hotel there.We then jumped in a taxi, got stuck in traffic and ended up getting back just in time to have a quick dinner at the Lan Kwai-Fong chinese restaurant. Once again the food was really good. Then it was back to Karisma for a girly treat of a massage each. It definitely wasn't the best massage I ever had and there was some confusion about my appointment which resulted in it being much shorter than I expected, but it was enjoyable.
So another day over. Tomorrow I'm having a facial (am I turning into a "Jane"?) and also plan on visiting Creek park.
