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Home » Destinations » UAE » Solo traveller exploring Dubai and Abu Dhabi

Solo traveller exploring Dubai and Abu Dhabi

August 12, 2018 By Jennifer Johnston Leave a Comment

Last updated 14 April 2020

A pitstop in Abu Dhabi and Dubai

Burj Khalifa from 23rd Floor Terrace Renaissance Downtown Hotel, Dubai. (image supplied)

The sparkling lights from the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa dominates the view from my hotel window.

I’m perched on the sofa in my 15th-floor room in the Renaissance Downtown Hotel, Dubai waiting for my large bath to fill. It’s been a hectic couple of days since my early morning arrival in Dubai airport some 36 hours earlier. I’m looking forward to a relaxing soak and the chance to absorb downtown Dubai’s stunning cityscape for the last time.

Renaissance Downtown Hotel Dubai

This was my inaugural visit to the UAE and to make every moment of my three-day layover in the UAE, my itinerary was packed. I’d booked what I considered would give me a taste of the two largest Emirate cities, including selecting hotels with a hint of luxe.

But I was traveling alone in a country I’d not traveled in before, where the ratio of men to women is three to one.

Would I feel safe?

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

Read about my Arabian adventures in my story A solo female traveller in Abu Dhabi and Dubai published on Your Life Choices website

 

Filed Under: My Top Ten or Five, Single Mum Travel Tales, UAE, Why have me write for you? Tagged With: Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Dubai or Abu Dhabi, Solo female traveller in Abu Dhabi, travelling on your own in Dubai, what to see and do in Dubai and Abu Dhabi

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