Monday, December 21, 2009

Trip to Dubai and Oman

Trip to Dubai

Best and economical place to stay is at Sharjah the business headquarters for UAE.
We got a suite for only $80 which included a great breakfast and free parking. Note we got it so cheap as it was during Ramzan. See the hotel Al Maha hotel, King Faisal Street, P.O. Box 27776, Sharjah U.A.E. Live Life like Dubai Sultan another look at Al Maha Regency ( Just behind King Faisal Road and monument).

We booked the hotel via Kayak and car booking via car booking website in US, search car booking via Kayak. Got car for one day at $25.

It is only 12 miles from there to Dubai, but please rent a GPS, or load Dubai's GPS in one own GPS. Road in Dubai are hopelessly confusing. And the worst is asking a local for direction. There are too many construction and not really helpful direction. We started from our hotel at 5 pm and reached Dubai's Dubai Mall at 8 PM, took around 2 to 2.5 hours to reach back. :-)

Do see
Al Burj
Dubai Mall
In THe mall see the Jumerriah Beach and Burj Al Arab

Trip to Oman
If you really want to have areal arabian expereince visit Oman the land of enchantment and described in as a land of great natural beauty on the southeast corner of the Arabian Peninsula. See for more info


VISA information
FOr US Citizen get Oman visa for only 16$ for 30 days, See the US State Dept of Travel website here

For Indian Citizens again the same cost of 30 days. See here

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