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In the UAE - the first time, Jonrad Hotel (Deira-Dubai), December 05-13.2011. Before the trip I read a lot of reviews - not all of them are true....These sketches were born - maybe someone will come in handy...
Arrival. Arrived from Kyiv at 5 am local time. Through the sleeve from the plane we got to the 2nd floor of the airport - we turned right (after everyone) and walked for quite a long time (and more drove) along the corridor. Then we turned right onto the escalator - went down to the first floor - for a retinal scan. On the Internet there is a diagram of this hall - the racks there - are shown on the wrong side. It is written that there is a separate line for women…. Actually, it's common. The whole procedure took us 10-15 minutes (lucky). Submit a copy of the visa and passport - get a stamp on the visa. Then from this hall you go up to the 2nd floor to the passport control hall. There are many racks - get in line for any. We stood there for about 40 minutes. Above the racks you will see a board - on it - information - on which tape your luggage will be. At passport control, you give your passport and a copy of your visa - they put stamps and give it back (I was asked - which hotel I'm going to? ). Then turn right, go through the "frame", and personal belongings - "X-ray" and get into the hall, where the Dutik is on the left, and the luggage belts are on the right. Our things were already on the floor. Take the cart and on the side where Dutik is the exit.
Currency exchange. There were no problems - exchangers are common. The course is everywhere - 3.65 for 1 dollar. At the airport - 3.6. Someone wrote - what is more profitable to buy in dirhams. In my opinion, there is no difference. If the item costs 300 dirhams, give 100 dollars (365 dirkhs) and 65 dirkhs. you get change. And all this will be written on the check. So you can not bother with the exchange. In grocery stores - I have not tried it - I do not know. But in the subway you need only dirhams. On the way back, dirhams can be exchanged for dollars. Moreover, the purchase rate at the airport - in the baggage drop hall (3.695) - is more profitable than in the waiting room.
Excursions. Borrowed from Aladdin. Representatives stand at the entrance to the beach. They give brochures. We went to Abu Dhabi and the Indian Ocean. 55 dollars per person. Guide Oksana. To say I liked it is to say nothing. During the whole tour there was a calm atmosphere. The story flowed like a song (a pleasant voice, unusually deep knowledge and love for this country were very impressive). Many questions were asked and all received exhaustive answers. The guide is very satisfied. Filmed a video - 15 dirhams. You get discs on the 2nd and 3rd day on the beach. We went to Abu Dhabi on the penultimate day - we were left without a disk. Learn it! True, after watching the video about the first excursion, I was disappointed. Divorce. In Abu Dhabi, they were at the Sheikh Zayed Mosque (I read that the entrance for tourists is only until 11-00, which is not true). The mosque is open to tourists. Women need to take socks, because. Walking barefoot on marble is not very comfortable.
Language. I am a complete zero in English. I took a phrase book with me, but never used it. I tried to communicate with the locals (guest workers) in German, Arabic - without result. The language of facial expressions, gestures and a mixture of all these languages - solved all the questions that arose. There were no particular problems.
Weather. Was great. Warm water. Malls (shopping centers) have air conditioners. I had to go outside to warm up.
Hotel. We lived on the 2nd floor. Room -104, windows to the street. In the room - hair dryer, el. kettle, 2 glasses, 2 cups with spoons, napkins in the room and bathroom, refrigerator, TV (2 Russian channels - ORT and religious, shampoo, soap. The dark-haired boys literally licked the room (they called me - mister - I have not heard this before) , linen was changed every day (I think it's too much). Towels - snow-white. Individual air conditioning - worked perfectly. Furniture is new. Soundproofing is good - no one was seen or heard. Tips to take, leave on the bed. Concierge Rocky (similar to a character from the movie "Chip and Dale") brought and carried things (arrival-departure). Received tips. On the eve of departure, he came to the room with a sign that he would pack things for $ 2 (at the airport this pleasure costs 15 dirhams. ) Restaurant on the 1st floor. Breakfast 7.30-10.00, lunch 13.00-15.00. The restaurant has 11 tables (3 for 6 people, 3 for 2, the rest for 4) for a total of 44 seats. The food was varied, delicious. There were no pastries (Egyptian version). Take care of your waist from a young age!! There were no queues. There were different fruits and natural juices.
My wife is a pro in this area - 5 points.
Trip to the beach. Hotel bus - 25 seats with folding seats. 2 flights. 8.30 and 9.15. Back at 12.00 and 13.00 respectively. The driver is a really weird guy. Recording the day before. We signed up upon arrival from the beach. There were no crushes or crushes. 3 times in 8 days, Rocky came and checked the order of the room numbers of those who signed up. To the beach - 10 (15) minutes drive. Once we arrived on the second flight about 5 minutes later, there was no one at the box office and at the gate - rejoiced - the whole crowd went for free. Entrance - 5 dir.
Shopping. Every day, a free hotel bus at 17-00 takes you to some pier. Schedule to the left of the entrance. Back at 20:00. Nasser square nearby. Metro Union - 3 min. walk. Deira City Mall (carry 3 times a week), walk 30 min. (or 2 metro stops, red line) - there are a lot of shops along the way. In Al-Gureira - the nearest pier, from the hotel to the right through the intersection, cross the street - 3 entrances, the nearest after McDonald's. We got there for the first time, as expected - through the farthest...
Excursion to Burj Khalifa. Metro Union (st. 18) to Burj Khalifa (Dubai Mola) (st. 25) -22dirh for two - round trip. Those. Zone 2 - ticket 4.5 plus 2 dirh plastic card - (valid for 3 months - you need to replenish it. ) The metro is not like ours - but a track in the middle, platforms along the edges. Be careful - you need to go down towards Jebel Ali (terminal station). Otherwise, you will have to go up and go (down) to the opposite side. The bus from the metro to Dubai Mall, F13 is paid (someone wrote that it was free). With us there and back - 4.5 dirhs were debited from the card of each. And on the way back, the fare is checked by the controller - checked. So back to the subway had to pay 9dirch. two to st. Union. The bus to the Dubai Mall takes 10 minutes, back (in a roundabout way) - 25 minutes. The same 10 min. walk. The second time we did this - there is something to see and photograph along the way. And back when you go in the evening - the illumination of palm trees is turned on - the video turned out to be awesome. Tickets for the tower are sold at the Dubai Mall if you enter through the center. entrance (from the side of the fountains), go to the first circle and turn left, go 300 meters, you will see there - on the left. There is also the entrance to the tour. Ticket - 100 dirh. We were on a Tuesday and took the daytime (at 15-30) just the following Monday. So those wishing to visit the tower - tickets must be taken immediately upon arrival. Musical fountains start working from 19-00 (everywhere they wrote that from 18-00).
Departure. At lunchtime, a day before departure, we were given a fax from our operator that at 4 am (and the plane at 7-00), we need to be in the lobby, check in and there will be a transfer. At 4 o'clock we went down to the hall, no one checked the room. The administrator called the sleepy Rocky, gave him 20 dirhams, and he went for a taxi. A couple of minutes later, a taxi drove up - Rocky gave the taxi driver 15 dirhams (I suspected that this was another bugger). The taxi driver began to be indignant - apparently he knew what a schemer Rocky was... But he went. Landing - 4 dirches, and in total on the counter was exactly 15 dirches. Hey Rocky! Many wrote - that there were difficulties with landing....We did it - well, it's very simple. We entered the door to which the taxi driver drove. On the contrary, we saw a “frame” and an “X-ray” - we passed them, immediately on the first tape - we saw the registration of a flight to Kyiv (in Boryspil this tape is one - along which the luggage travels - and there are more of them (5-6 pieces). We handed over the luggage, passed along the ribbons - turned left, exchanged dirhams for dollars in the exchanger. We passed another frame, passport control (they took a copy of the visa) and found ourselves in the waiting room. By the way, in duty free - prices are in dollars and dirhams.
Have a nice holiday everyone! We liked! Very.
Arrival. Arrived from Kyiv at 5 am local time. Through the sleeve from the plane we got to the 2nd floor of the airport - we turned right (after everyone) and walked for quite a long time (and more drove) along the corridor. Then we turned right onto the escalator - went down to the first floor - for a retinal scan. On the Internet there is a diagram of this hall - the racks there - are shown on the wrong side. It is written that there is a separate line for women…. Actually, it's common. The whole procedure took us 10-15 minutes (lucky). Submit a copy of the visa and passport - get a stamp on the visa. Then from this hall you go up to the 2nd floor to the passport control hall. There are many racks - get in line for any. We stood there for about 40 minutes. Above the racks you will see a board - on it - information - on which tape your luggage will be. At passport control, you give your passport and a copy of your visa - they put stamps and give it back (I was asked - which hotel I'm going to? ). Then turn right, go through the "frame", and personal belongings - "X-ray" and get into the hall, where the Dutik is on the left, and the luggage belts are on the right. Our things were already on the floor. Take the cart and on the side where Dutik is the exit.
Currency exchange. There were no problems - exchangers are common. The course is everywhere - 3.65 for 1 dollar. At the airport - 3.6. Someone wrote - what is more profitable to buy in dirhams. In my opinion, there is no difference. If the item costs 300 dirhams, give 100 dollars (365 dirkhs) and 65 dirkhs. you get change. And all this will be written on the check. So you can not bother with the exchange. In grocery stores - I have not tried it - I do not know. But in the subway you need only dirhams. On the way back, dirhams can be exchanged for dollars. Moreover, the purchase rate at the airport - in the baggage drop hall (3.695) - is more profitable than in the waiting room.
Excursions. Borrowed from Aladdin. Representatives stand at the entrance to the beach. They give brochures. We went to Abu Dhabi and the Indian Ocean. 55 dollars per person. Guide Oksana. To say I liked it is to say nothing. During the whole tour there was a calm atmosphere. The story flowed like a song (a pleasant voice, unusually deep knowledge and love for this country were very impressive). Many questions were asked and all received exhaustive answers. The guide is very satisfied. Filmed a video - 15 dirhams. You get discs on the 2nd and 3rd day on the beach. We went to Abu Dhabi on the penultimate day - we were left without a disk. Learn it! True, after watching the video about the first excursion, I was disappointed. Divorce. In Abu Dhabi, they were at the Sheikh Zayed Mosque (I read that the entrance for tourists is only until 11-00, which is not true). The mosque is open to tourists. Women need to take socks, because. Walking barefoot on marble is not very comfortable.
Language. I am a complete zero in English. I took a phrase book with me, but never used it. I tried to communicate with the locals (guest workers) in German, Arabic - without result. The language of facial expressions, gestures and a mixture of all these languages - solved all the questions that arose. There were no particular problems.
Weather. Was great. Warm water. Malls (shopping centers) have air conditioners. I had to go outside to warm up.
Hotel. We lived on the 2nd floor. Room -104, windows to the street. In the room - hair dryer, el. kettle, 2 glasses, 2 cups with spoons, napkins in the room and bathroom, refrigerator, TV (2 Russian channels - ORT and religious, shampoo, soap. The dark-haired boys literally licked the room (they called me - mister - I have not heard this before) , linen was changed every day (I think it's too much). Towels - snow-white. Individual air conditioning - worked perfectly. Furniture is new. Soundproofing is good - no one was seen or heard. Tips to take, leave on the bed. Concierge Rocky (similar to a character from the movie "Chip and Dale") brought and carried things (arrival-departure). Received tips. On the eve of departure, he came to the room with a sign that he would pack things for $ 2 (at the airport this pleasure costs 15 dirhams. ) Restaurant on the 1st floor. Breakfast 7.30-10.00, lunch 13.00-15.00. The restaurant has 11 tables (3 for 6 people, 3 for 2, the rest for 4) for a total of 44 seats. The food was varied, delicious. There were no pastries (Egyptian version). Take care of your waist from a young age!! There were no queues. There were different fruits and natural juices.
My wife is a pro in this area - 5 points.
Trip to the beach. Hotel bus - 25 seats with folding seats. 2 flights. 8.30 and 9.15. Back at 12.00 and 13.00 respectively. The driver is a really weird guy. Recording the day before. We signed up upon arrival from the beach. There were no crushes or crushes. 3 times in 8 days, Rocky came and checked the order of the room numbers of those who signed up. To the beach - 10 (15) minutes drive. Once we arrived on the second flight about 5 minutes later, there was no one at the box office and at the gate - rejoiced - the whole crowd went for free. Entrance - 5 dir.
Shopping. Every day, a free hotel bus at 17-00 takes you to some pier. Schedule to the left of the entrance. Back at 20:00. Nasser square nearby. Metro Union - 3 min. walk. Deira City Mall (carry 3 times a week), walk 30 min. (or 2 metro stops, red line) - there are a lot of shops along the way. In Al-Gureira - the nearest pier, from the hotel to the right through the intersection, cross the street - 3 entrances, the nearest after McDonald's. We got there for the first time, as expected - through the farthest...
Excursion to Burj Khalifa. Metro Union (st. 18) to Burj Khalifa (Dubai Mola) (st. 25) -22dirh for two - round trip. Those. Zone 2 - ticket 4.5 plus 2 dirh plastic card - (valid for 3 months - you need to replenish it. ) The metro is not like ours - but a track in the middle, platforms along the edges. Be careful - you need to go down towards Jebel Ali (terminal station). Otherwise, you will have to go up and go (down) to the opposite side. The bus from the metro to Dubai Mall, F13 is paid (someone wrote that it was free). With us there and back - 4.5 dirhs were debited from the card of each. And on the way back, the fare is checked by the controller - checked. So back to the subway had to pay 9dirch. two to st. Union. The bus to the Dubai Mall takes 10 minutes, back (in a roundabout way) - 25 minutes. The same 10 min. walk. The second time we did this - there is something to see and photograph along the way. And back when you go in the evening - the illumination of palm trees is turned on - the video turned out to be awesome. Tickets for the tower are sold at the Dubai Mall if you enter through the center. entrance (from the side of the fountains), go to the first circle and turn left, go 300 meters, you will see there - on the left. There is also the entrance to the tour. Ticket - 100 dirh. We were on a Tuesday and took the daytime (at 15-30) just the following Monday. So those wishing to visit the tower - tickets must be taken immediately upon arrival. Musical fountains start working from 19-00 (everywhere they wrote that from 18-00).
Departure. At lunchtime, a day before departure, we were given a fax from our operator that at 4 am (and the plane at 7-00), we need to be in the lobby, check in and there will be a transfer. At 4 o'clock we went down to the hall, no one checked the room. The administrator called the sleepy Rocky, gave him 20 dirhams, and he went for a taxi. A couple of minutes later, a taxi drove up - Rocky gave the taxi driver 15 dirhams (I suspected that this was another bugger). The taxi driver began to be indignant - apparently he knew what a schemer Rocky was... But he went. Landing - 4 dirches, and in total on the counter was exactly 15 dirches. Hey Rocky! Many wrote - that there were difficulties with landing....We did it - well, it's very simple. We entered the door to which the taxi driver drove. On the contrary, we saw a “frame” and an “X-ray” - we passed them, immediately on the first tape - we saw the registration of a flight to Kyiv (in Boryspil this tape is one - along which the luggage travels - and there are more of them (5-6 pieces). We handed over the luggage, passed along the ribbons - turned left, exchanged dirhams for dollars in the exchanger. We passed another frame, passport control (they took a copy of the visa) and found ourselves in the waiting room. By the way, in duty free - prices are in dollars and dirhams.
Have a nice holiday everyone! We liked! Very.
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