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Dubai/Maldives November 2015

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For those who are uninterested in my ramblings: Dubai Album & Maldives Album Dubai We came up with the idea for the Maldives as a trip some time last year, originally we wanted to go to the Galapagos but after some research we thought it might be easier and less challenging to fly halfway across the world to Maldives.  Very logical right? While planning the logistics of such a large and time consuming trip, we discovered that the taking less connections by flying through Dubai would also give us a chance to tour Dubai.  So we incorporated a 30 hour layover in Dubai which would give us enough time to "see" the city.  We left Houston at 6pm on November 12th and flew direct to Dubai, just a short hop of over 13 hours (the return was almost 16 hours).  Landed in the evening Dubai local time, got out of the airport and to our hotel.  There was still time to get a glimpse of the city but since Rebe and I were a bit jet lagged we decided to ...