Ways of seeing Dubai — from land to water and air. There are far more ways to experience this striking city than the stereotypical ‘sun, sand and shopping’ perspectives from beach, desert and mall. Here’s our guide to experiencing Dubai from some different vantage points. Ways of Seeing Dubai – From Land to the Water and Air … Read more
We hosted an Arabian-inspired Dubai sunset soiree for the Dubai launch of Grantourismo and our year-long grand tour yesterday here at our luxurious villa rental on The Palm island. As is typical of Dubai, our home for many years, our guest list was multicultural, and included Dubai bloggers and tweeps, and friends old and new, … Read more
On Tuesday afternoon we were sipping Moet in the Emirates Lounge* at Melbourne Airport to toast the start of our grand tour, at dawn on Wednesday our luggage was being unloaded from our chauffer-driven limo**, minutes later our housekeeper Azem was showing us around our swish villa on The Palm Jumeirah, and soon after we … Read more
One of the best things about our work as a food and travel writer and photographer team is that we get to spend time in some of the world’s best restaurant kitchens. One of our most memorable experiences was spending a night behind the scenes at Reflets by Pierre Gagnaire in Dubai. These are my … Read more