BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, Dubai is the shopping place of the world and it's layout is absolutely beautiful .A lot of the people do speak english if you can't speak arabic and they are so open and helpful BUT YOU WILL NEED MONEY< MONEY< MONEY and lots of it as a female I recommend buying the jewellery , if you don't like a setting you can make up your own their .I stopped over on my way to Palestine and ended up staying one month instead of three days. But it was worth it.

have fun,, ill be thinking of you shopping up a storm lol . you can also look the things up to buy there on the net ,, it talks about cheep diamonds and gold also ,, my friends diamond is hugeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ,, she got it set in a ring its wowwwwwwwww

have fun and let me know all about your trip when you get back and post your pics too

my friends mother always stopps there on the way over to kenya , she said its the best place shes ever been to ,, aparently also very very safe ,, but whatever the case is you still stick to what you feel best ,, they have got the biggest mega-malls in the world and an indoor ski ramp etc,, it is  hot there, a friend of mine traveled from here to there with her one year old and she also loved the place she had a stop over on the way also to kenya her hubby got her a huge diamond very cheep ...she was there only last year in nov

look up a little about it on the net also http://www.dubaitourism.ae/ and check what the weather will be like etc,,have a good talk to your travel agent also  

i myself have herd nothing but good things about it and i would love to go there even just to shop lol

Hi,   I'm not too sure if this will be of any help at all, but my Husband works for an inground pool company who sends pools over to Dubai several times a year.   The manager of the company had to fly to Dubai and have meetings over there and he came and raved about Dubai and what a beautiful place it is.  He is planning on taking his family over there soon for a holiday also.

Like I said, I'm not sure if I have helped, but as no one else had responded to your question, I thought I would offer you my input.  If you decide to go, I hope you have  wonderful holiday.

Tracey