This month we're celebrating our 10th birthday at Escape Worldwide,
and looking back at 10 years of globetrotting in the name of bringing you great
holidays - at least that's our excuse! We're having a look at our personal top
10 favourite travel experiences of the last 10 years.
Karen makes a splash in Dubai
"My first visit to Dubai was on the way back from Thailand one September, and while the weather in Thailand had been hot and humid, I wasn't really prepared for quite how hot Dubai can get in the summer! I wanted to see Dubai's main attractions in the few days I had there, but having explored the older parts of the city and finding that the only place I could cool off was on a traditional abra crossing the creek, I decided to head to the beach and to one of the best water parks in the region, Wild Wadi.
"My first visit to Dubai was on the way back from Thailand one September, and while the weather in Thailand had been hot and humid, I wasn't really prepared for quite how hot Dubai can get in the summer! I wanted to see Dubai's main attractions in the few days I had there, but having explored the older parts of the city and finding that the only place I could cool off was on a traditional abra crossing the creek, I decided to head to the beach and to one of the best water parks in the region, Wild Wadi.
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| Take an abra accross Dubai Creek |
I wouldn't normally class myself as a water park kind of person, but in the
heat of Dubai it's one of the best places to cool down - although the air
conditioned shopping malls are also worth a look! In fact, I'd started cooling
off at the Mall of the Emirates, one of the largest malls in the world and
home to Dubai's very own indoor ski slope (once you've been to Dubai a few
times nothing surprises you about what they can build there!) My only attempt
at skiing ended up in hospital so I wasn't going to try that again, but the
mall's air-conditioning worked its magic - as did the shops!
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| Great view from Wild Wadi |
Wild Wadi is a great family option, so if you're taking your kids to Dubai
be sure to allow yourself a full day here. There's a host of rides and slides
from the gentle to the plain scary, and I tended to stick to the more sedate
side of things - there's something really relaxing about floating around the
lazy river of Juha's Journey in a rubber ring while taking in the
Dubai sunshine and the sights of the city from the high points!
When I visited, the park was home to the fabulously-named Jumeirah Sceirah, the tallest and fastest water slide outside of North America. At over 100 feet high, you shoot down in just a few seconds and can apparently reach speeds of up to 50 miles per hour! Just climbing the stairs to the top of the Jumeirah Sceirah was hard enough in itself, and I spent a good 10 minutes at the top deliberating as to whether I could actually bring myself to hurtle down it - or just take the stairs back! Little kids were looking at me as if to say 'you're pathetic', but it's only when someone twice my age took the plunge without even batting an eyelid that I plucked up the courage! Apparently the view is superb - I wouldn't know as I had my eyes firmly closed throughout!
When I visited, the park was home to the fabulously-named Jumeirah Sceirah, the tallest and fastest water slide outside of North America. At over 100 feet high, you shoot down in just a few seconds and can apparently reach speeds of up to 50 miles per hour! Just climbing the stairs to the top of the Jumeirah Sceirah was hard enough in itself, and I spent a good 10 minutes at the top deliberating as to whether I could actually bring myself to hurtle down it - or just take the stairs back! Little kids were looking at me as if to say 'you're pathetic', but it's only when someone twice my age took the plunge without even batting an eyelid that I plucked up the courage! Apparently the view is superb - I wouldn't know as I had my eyes firmly closed throughout!
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| Wild Wadi's great rides |
Last winter the Sceirah was replaced with a new attraction to keep Wild
Wadi bang up to date, so on my next visit (I'm sure to go back!) there's bound
to be something bigger and more terrifying for me to pluck up the courage to
ride - or not!"
Watch this space for number 6...... Angkor Wat Cambodia
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