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Dubai One Day Itinerary

It is true that on the day we visited Dubai the weather conditions were not ideal. The temperature reached 45-47 degrees Celsius that day. The real feel was 56 degrees Celsius. *insert scream emoji here*. Add reduced visibility because of the sand to the mix and you have a less than ideal day to visit any city.   We were already in Abu Dhabi with no plans to revisit the region anytime soon, so we went ahead and took a taxi to Dubai. I asked Kazuko on Instagram about a Dubai one-day itinerary as she used to live in the city….

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Abu Dhabi: the essential guide

  Visiting Abu Dhabi was a case of “Instagram made me do it” and “husband being there for a project”. Visiting the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was not on my list until I spotted Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. And I fell in love. My husband spent the summer in Abu Dhabi, so I traveled there for 4 days. July (and summer in general) is not the best time to visit the UAE due to the sweltering heat. The places I visited were either indoors or visited late in the afternoon when the heat was less intense. Below I’m sharing the…

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