We have been up for over 48 hours with only a little sleep on the plane. We woke up about 6:30 a.m. yesterday in Dubai, and it was 9:30 p.m. here before we got home. The last meal we had was about 10:30 a.m. in D.C. That was 12-13 hours ago. Both meals served on the plane out of Dubai were inedible. I am usually not too picky about the food with low expectations for airplane food, but this was not worth having. Only ate the bread that came with the meal. They did...

We planned a full-day tour to see as many of the sights in Dubai as we could, and, by the end of the day, we had been all over the city. The tour started with a pick-up at 9:00 in a mini-van with two other tourists already there. We stopped to pick up another couple, then headed to the meeting point to find our mini-bus that would be our transportation for the day. Once the entire group of eleven tourists was assembled, we left for a trip to the Palm Jumeirah I...

Breakfast in the Colonnade, then waiting in Seabourn square until the ship was ready for folks to disembark. Said good-bye to a few people we had met on board and waited with Marilynn and Mike as the ship was readied to disembark the passengers for the last time. When our group was called, we left the ship with a pair of bright pink landing cards for the United Arab Emirates and instructions for where to find our luggage. The guide was waiting for us with a per...

Breakfast in the room again. We were ready to go early before the ship was ready to disembark the passengers . We watched outside from the deck on the starboard side as the crew was getting the ship ready putting up the staircase leading off the ship. The locals laid out a long red carpet that they connected with the end of the ship's gangway. There were a number of people in traditional dress watching and waiting for us. When we were finally allowed to leave, we...