Cocktails at the Burj Al Arab

Finally a look inside the beautiful Burj Al Arab Seven Star Hotel. We went for cocktails with Ian and Viv, along with Bindi and Nick and Bindi's parents Peter and Judy. Bling is the operative word. The girls all put on all the bling they owned, and still no one got close to matching the ostentation of the hotel itself.

All the rooms are suites. If you need to ask the price you can't afford it.

Upon entering the bar at the top of the Burj, I was greeted with a 'Welcome back, Sir'. My wife's theory is that I have been taking other women there. Mine is that the attendant mistook me for George Clooney. More likely is that they say welcome back when you are with guests so that you don't look like a geeky tourist in front of people you are trying to impress.

Wonderful view - but only spent so much time looking at that, because it took a while to get through the cocktail menu. We were disappointed that they could no longer serve the world's most expensive cocktail - because they had sold them all (only so many could be made because they were stirred with the remnants of the 200 odd year old barrel of whisky that was one of the ingredients!). Saved me about 55,000 dirhams though. There were plenty of 5 and 6 thousand dirhams cocktails left though, but luckily lots a little cheaper too...

Below is the Madinat Jumeirah - lots of nice restaurants.

Guess who doesn't like having his photo taken?

Size isn't everything they say

Delanie and Bindi - Delanie is that a slight drunken glint in your eye? The first one in a very long time? I couldn't possibly comment.

The end of an amazing evening