Emirates Trip. Day 1: Dubai

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'Lepak'ing at KLIA lounge
We haven't been on vacation since 2016, when we had to cancel our trip to Turkey and Australia. The last time we had traveled to Krabi was in December 2015. UAE, or specifically Dubai, is actually not on our bucket list. So this trip is essentially our long-awaited travel plan.

We initially booked the Thai Airways tickets and planned to stay in Bangkok for 2 nights, as we thought that not much can be done in Dubai and Sharjah, another city about 30 km from Dubai. We have been contemplating whether we should make side trips to Amman or Cairo or at least a two-night stay in Abu Dhabi.

After checking things to do in Dubai/Sharjah, we realized Dubai's blend of old and new is unmatched. We had to reschedule our flight; rather than a 2-night stay in Bangkok, we changed to a couple of hours of transit instead. Finally, we settled down for Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, and Dubai, among the seven emirates in the UAE.




We had around two-hour transit at Suvarnabhumi Airport

We arrived at Dubai International Airport as scheduled and upon receiving our luggage, we picked up our rental car at the SixT counter. We rented a Mazda 2 hatchback, which was perfectly suited to our needs throughout our stay. We checked in to the nearby Premier Inn Dubai Airport for a night stay, before we continued our journey in the next day to the east of the capital, Abu Dhabi.

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