If you ever have an extended stop over time between flights in Dubai, I can thoroughly recommend asking your travel agent if they could arrange for someone to pick you up and show you around this fascinating place.  I had an 8 hour wait at the airport on my way home from Egypt and Jordan in 2010.  After a bit of asking around my travel agent managed to find a willing guide who was thinking about starting a tour business and was happy to use me as a test case.  He and his friend drove me around … [Read more...]