DUBAI

Our flight early this morning from Kennedy to Dubai was seamless and smooth! Three movies, two meals & a snack and a short nap and it was time to land in Dubai. Cool for Dubai (low 60's at 8:30 a.m.) and sunny greeted us. Our Arabian Adventures guides met us at Passport Control and escorted us out of the beautiful new Terminal 3 expressly built for Emirates Air. It's a gorgeous terminal.

After a short drive through the city we arrived at our stopover hotel, the LeMeridien Beach Hotel right on the Arabian Sea. Beautifully decorated and upgraded rooms were swiftly provided. The only down side to our short Dubai stopover is that today is a Holiday celebrating the Islamic New Year so the historical venues are not open for us to visit. We'll have a relaxing lunch and enjoy the Resort until later this afternoon when we'll be picked up in 4-wheel drive dune buggys to be taken out into the desert for our sundowner dinner!

An update with photos will follow later tonight!