DUBAI VLOG! PART ONE • anantara hotel, aquaventure waterpark & aquarium, emirates mall & pai thai

DUBAI VLOG!  PART ONE • anantara hotel, aquaventure waterpark & aquarium, emirates mall & pai thai

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hi everyone and welcome to our first dubai vlog  we've just come home haven't we so it's been the   most amazing trip and you're gonna see two parts  of everything we did on this amazing holiday   but before we go into it and show you if you're  new around here my name is brogan this is benji my   partner and we went out to dubai to have a holiday  that we booked a long time ago yeah last year   but we didn't think it would happen because the  weeks leading up to it were a huge roller coaster   i basically ended up spending 11 days in hospital  where they found a tumor in my heart quite a scary   experience had loads of scans did loads of tests  specialists involved like cardiac specialists i   was lined up to have surgery um open heart surgery  where to remove the tumor but in the end the   cardiac surgeons decided today is best to keep  it in there for now to get in there they would   have to damage my heart and it might not have  repaired so at the moment it's a more dangerous   to try and remove it than it is to keep it in  there i might be having surgery in six months   i might be having surgery in six years i might  be having surgery in 60 years it is literally   all dependent on if it grows if it moves and how  my general health is but of course before we left   we asked the doctor and the specialist every  question under the sun can i drink can i do   sports can i go to the gym can i because the  doctor the specialist knew that we were supposed   to be going on a holiday yeah that was nearly  cancelled but we couldn't cancel it in the end   thank goodness so we tried we did try cancelling  it and it ended up that we got the fit to fly for   you blessing in the end so as there any medical  questions we asked him obviously whether he said   yes or no the big outcome was whether my mother  would let me go because her opinion is up there   but no as they said please don't worry we  got the all clear also massive thank you to   everyone that supported us on instagram um dms  comments just and everything was lovely friends   family and also a massive thank you to the  nhs yeah they were incredible it was 11 days   it was 11 hard days but they they tried to keep  give us all the information they could which is   that the specialist never seen a case like this  it shouldn't be there there's no reason for it to   be there um so yeah it's a really difficult one  to navigate because we couldn't fully explain   everything because we also didn't have today we  didn't know yeah and then when we thought we did   know they changed their mind on doing the surgery  so yeah so if you did follow us on instagram and   you saw all of that then we like benji said we  just want to say a huge thank you um and so this   trip was obviously under crazy circumstances a  complete 360. we packed everything in a few hours   we made the decision and we had that down time for  you to relax and talk about all your options and   it was just such an amazing experience to be  able to do that and we do recognize how lucky   we are to have been able to go so also i know  it will probably seem full on because we only   really record the clips where we're doing things  but in between each clips like we'd do a ride lazy   river or we'd go to the shops and we'd do shop  shop shop let's go and grab a drink the boring   stuff you won't see because it's us just chilling  out taking a breather but trust me you did a lot   of naps a lot of naps a lot of swimming a lot  of relaxing just chilling reading it was really   beautiful we had an amazing time so it was perfect  exactly what we needed at the exactly the right   time yeah so we hope you enjoy the vlog please do  give it a like let us know in the comments if you   enjoyed it and there'll be another one as well so  we've split it up in half haven't we saw so much   that we did um but yeah just a big thank you to  everyone and um yeah enjoy the video see you later three hours later and we've got  negative tests material girl oh we have fun we're through security successfully we've  just arrived at yo sushi just thought it'd   be a really good option that we could pick a  couple of things nibble at it's actually 3 30   24 and so we can't get the information for our  gate until seven so we're just gonna kill time   basically it's been a breeze security was really  easy um i actually need to put my braces back on   i took them all off before i went through you're  not jangling anymore i'm not jangly i need to put   them all back on it's been really nice it's great  so far and we're gonna have a little mooch in the   shops and we're just so full of gratitude  that we're here i just can't even i can't   i have no words i feel weirdly very emotional  and i won't quite believe it until we're there   but this is happening when i  didn't think it was happening   all right the first round is a little bit sushi  i've got the california rolls and benji has and i've got a bit of a rogue choice  but i really love these drinks   you get most of it yes i love them let's eat  i've just been munching on my goza and we've got   korean fried chicken and benji has a katsu curry  happy boy all right this is heatro t3 and it is   definitely busier than when i was in gatwick  in november very busy it feels very normal   so we're just gonna pop into a few shops to get  the bits we need we're trying on sunglasses these   are ted baker i thought i wanted ray ban but i  don't own like a really nice pair of sunglasses i   said to brogan that she cannot come to dubai with  the sun how it is with two pound fifty primarks   with no uv protection okay i agree i've been  needing nice ones for a while i like these   though they they've got like a different color  down the side as i saw them as your name yeah   no i think these are them you know i think so  this is exactly what i had in mind and i like   the fact i can like put them through my hair  that's a big thing for me because obviously   if you have the bits they get stuck in your hair  it's super annoying also this is my travel outfit   today i'm wearing this pink jumper was in my  stitch fix box and it's super super comfortable   lululemon leggings my running trainers  they are this brand they are so comfortable   so and the little bag was also stitch fix my  suitcase is away the away luggage that we have now   which i'm gonna do a whole video on our suitcases  everywhere is very very busy i would recommend   booking a lounge if you can we wanted to go into  one because i get discounts with my monzo card   but everywhere's like full and we have  to pre-book so we've tried a lot of the   different restaurants it's so busy because it's  now five o'clock we still have two hours until   we can actually go to our game so we're queuing  in this huge queue to see if we can get into that we've been delayed by an  hour so we're playing cards   and we have our second round of drinks so  we're all good here here we go dubai gate seven   finally moving oh my gosh this is happening guys  this is happening i don't know if you can actually   you want a sun lounger gone then sitting there  i don't know if you can see guys but this plane   is absolutely massive no you can't appreciate  it it's an airbus a380 does that mean anything   to anybody oh my gosh it's huge it's definitely  got an upstairs downstairs sort of vibe i love   watching them do like all the luggage and stuff  i just love traveling so much we bought travel   scrabble which to be honest i wish i'd thought of  beforehand but we saw it and we love scrabble so   well we started playing it at christmas  so i got that in there my mum gave me   one of these masks obviously i've got loads of  these ones and benji has those blue ones yeah   this feels quite nice actually i feel like i can  do a whole flight with this you can breathe but   you feel like you're like covered you know what  i mean very sad guys i didn't get a chance to do   a pat on me i'm really genuinely gutted i really  wanted to but we packed in like three hours and i   literally vlogging was the last thing in my mind  but i promise you we're gonna do loads more trips   so i'll film the next one i've got a space mask  i thought this could be quite nice to put on   oh i'm gonna you've got my toiletries haven't  you you should always pack a boyfriend   because they're really good i put apple air  tags in both of our suitcases and i can see   mine has moved it was over here a minute ago  and it's just moved to here it's happening also i can confirm that these masks they're  great they are my mom was right i will link   them for you i've never flown emirates before  this is my first time they've just given us a   little hand sanitizer and a spare mask any mobile  phones or tablets should be put into flight mode   we've got beef and potatoes little potato salad a  salted caramel dessert all the usual bits and i've   got an apple juice we can't see out the window  but we can see on the screen that's so cool coming   into land that is absolutely mad and then there's  the plane how crazy is that i'll get over this wow   my mind is blown quick summary of flying with  emirates for the first time food was really really   good quality i i ate all of my it's delicious the  cabins are actually pretty spacious for economy legroom it's like yeah oh my god we're through security what a gorgeous  arrival beautiful they quickly scanned our   suitcases which is the first that's ever happened  to me anyway so we're here we're four hours ahead   this airport is incredible i'd never seen photos  of it i had no idea what it was like let me try   and show you look at this the palm trees and the  screens everything is just locked we're staying in   the anantara on the palm so we'll show you that  when we get there but i just can't believe how   beautiful this is we did actually have a transfer  included with our emirates holidays package but   because we had to change things so last minute and  we changed the flight and everything they couldn't   put us on a new transfer because it was just  two last minute which is totally understandable   so we are going to have to sort ourself out  a taxi looking forward to getting outside and   feeling the heat it's been a long long travel day  and just like that we have all of our suitcases we've been given a little welcome  drink i don't know what it is but   it's absolutely divine a cold peach ice like clean it's delicious so we've checked in the chicken  experience was so lovely the lady was really nice   we are too early they're gonna text us when the  room's ready so basically breakfast finishes at   11 it's 22 so we've got 20 minutes to go and  get some bits i think we'll go one at a time   because i don't have a lot of stuff there  so you go up yeah you have a little look i   feel like i'm happy i feel like i'm gonna cry  because i just can't process that we're here   i feel like i'm having a completely out-of-body  experience the drive up here was amazing like   everything was so impressive and new and modern  and clean and beautiful i've just noticed that   there's three magazines over there oh my gosh  so this is the buffet and i need to get my head   around this restaurant so we in our package we  booked with emirates holidays and we got half ford   included we've also got a premium lagoon access  room that we paid for which has got a private   swim up room my mum recommended this hotel she  stayed here before so is my brother and my stepdad   just got to get my head around the different  restaurants there's three that we need to book   um a couple that we can just walk up to actually  just while i have this out i thought i'd show you   this is the map and our room is gonna be over  there so obviously we'll show you when we check in   okay so they have a massive pancake section here  oh my gosh wow and then this side is where they   are making things oh my gosh i feel so  overwhelmed i don't know where to go   i figured i'd get a fresh omelette made in front  of me oh there's just so much food i can't keep up   there's like a fresh fruit section here  i went for an omelette and the little   potato roti things benji had a semi not full  english kind of sausage and beans and whatever   an omelet yeah and then i picked out some fruit  and a little banana bread cake thing so first   meal of the holiday look at you you happy boy true  love is when he goes and gets pancakes for both   of us i would have gotten fruit and everything  but i didn't know where it was and i panicked   that's okay is that marshmallows yeah  okay i was going for my fruit here but all right they're ready for us we're going in a  golf golf buggy we are ready we're doing them all okay room tour this is obviously the door we've  got a big full-length mirror this i think is an   interconnecting room or so like we've got friends  no but there's no we're on the end aren't we no   oh oh yeah no there is one end but one okay  that's fine okay that's good okay first of   all on the left we'll do the bathroom so it is  ginormous everything is big if i remember rightly   oh look at your look on your right  oh my gosh there's a big bath oh oh   oh how nice i didn't know that oh my gosh that's  lovely when i walked in and i saw these doors   so this is the bathroom then so we've got  lms products there we have separate doors   for the shower and toilet proper rainfall  nice big shower elements products in there   it's huge in there isn't it yeah and then  toilet i love this how nice is this it's   all separate yeah and it's all in there massive  a toilet and a foot spa how good is this look is wow this is stunning isn't it so that's the  bathroom i feel like that shouldn't be here i feel   like we've won the lottery genuinely like i feel  like what are we doing okay and then our bedroom   so i'm assuming this is a wardrobe let me  just have a little look quickly in here   i'm not very excited oh lights up oh lovely i  love stuff like this i'm gonna put my bits in   okay good good good loads of  storage space to put luggage it's huge the bedroom's huge so here's the bed  that's over six foot long yeah that is that is   a big bed and then huge tv what i just thought  was decoration oh my god champagne glasses wow   little fridge we've got what's this refer  to minibar price list okay i might use these   drawers for my makeup and hair stuff actually  i'm gonna take everything out there we can put   laptops and stuff on there okay yeah so good  and then should we go outside then i assume   oh ben they've already put towels out  on the bed oh my god this is incredible wow this is just breathtaking isn't it this is   absolutely dreamy oh my god i can't  believe we have our own little steps   this is insane bench look we can even just chill  on that bit there with a birk and a drink and   let me get the sun in the afternoon so it's one  o'clock now is it yeah one o'clock and we've got   sun here so that's good it is beautiful it is so  beautiful it's absolutely everything we wanted i feel really much   it's a bit different to the ccu award from several  times no it's a very different holiday than we've   ever done before saying three nights sorry  four nights where slept am i in bed for one   night slept on a plane well i didn't sleep on a  plane and now here yeah that's you're not wrong   we got an incredible deal on it as well like  i know we keep on saying right it's really fun   but it's we did get a good deal because we've got  it when omicron was like uh yeah well we basically   still would just come off the red list didn't  we i'm going to take some quick photos and video   for real and then you bet we are diving okay  good okay good right we've unpacked everything   we have sun creamed up you don't have to  be in this video i had to shave my chest   a drink every time he brings it up because for  my surgery and it's not me i i've always had   a hairy chest hairy anterior legs and that's fine  we don't have to film your chest no i don't it   isn't it's just funny seeing it honestly i think  it looks fine but he's just not used to it yeah   anyway we're going to get in the water now for the  first time i'm just going to leave the camera very   much man yeah but we don't want to burn oh no yeah  i wasn't a negative that was uh well we have to   yeah i wasn't going to vlog but i just thought  i'd let you know that we went for a lovely swim   it was divine we just left all the cameras phones  everything and we just swam and veggies grin on   his face it was just the best it was just the  best we had our sunnies on we just felt that   sweet sweet sunshine this way bobbin and then we  both fell asleep on the sun lounges for like 15   minutes outside so warm we dried so quick a little  power now and then i just had a shower and i uh   ate a mini thing of pringles because of course  because it's holiday if you're not sat on your bed   with the windows closed eating english snacks  like you're really on holiday tell us if you   can relate it seems like different rooms obviously  get different sunshine different times a day we've   got a lovely spot here yeah it's really it's just  dreamy honestly we're so happy but we're going for   dinner in a bit so what time actually it's four  o'clock now four we're going for dinner at six   oh my god we were just about to leave  for dinner and we noticed a cocktail man   he's going to make us a pina colada it'll be  much more of a vibe if we're in the pool yeah oh my goodness this is amazing this is an  experience isn't it you're going to have to get in   thank you very much have a good evening that's  the first time that's happened for us so   cheers to the first night of our holiday  pina colada so just text the boy said   did i need a pina colada from a man in a  boat no am i gonna get one absolutely yeah   cheers oh it's actually delicious all that  hits good done now good soup this is my outfit   i love it it looks really good on you  this is not a dress i'd normally wear but   benji said he loved it i tried it on and it's  actually from one of my stitch fix boxes yeah   um and yeah just nude accessories i'm  gonna have a little like i might wear my   scarf actually just around my shoulders the  most important accessory in your right hand benji's outfit of the day oh that was it right  we've just come down to the beach house which   looks like this we are booking at six six o'clock  we're a bit early but that's all they had today so   we normally eat at like seven eight o'clock when  we should set around six o'clock oh yeah lovely   okay this is just getting better and better  it's just a joke it's just insane look at this   this is stunning isn't it so this chef is a  three-time world pizza champion and guinness   world record holder and he is having his last  evening here tonight so i think i want to try one   of his pizzas i'm thinking maybe the grilled pear  one sounds pretty good basically yeah choosing her   and then are you gonna have a burger i think  so i was going to have pizza obviously because   but i saw someone's burger walk past it looks  amazing we can't eat here again yeah there's   loads of stuff on the menu and look at this sun  like incredible oh my gosh look at that sunset now   it's not real is it it's like beautiful it's  absolutely beautiful i can't believe this is   where we're having dinner this is just insane no  it doesn't it still doesn't feel real you okay   just soaking it up yeah it doesn't do justice  on camera but it is ginormous i've never seen   the sun like that big before it's light  oh hang on let me pan over there it is   so for our starter we've got buffalo  mozzarella and tomato so nice and light   and easy but we we didn't actually want  a starter but he said it was included so   we went for one and the sun is now completely  gone just like that got like sandy toes we took   some photos on the beach this looks delicious  and we've got some bread and the music's nice   and it's just dreamy this is maybe the best  date night ever all right benji's gone for   the burger and chips and i went for a pizza  that has mozzarella and pear on it i saw some and this lighting's lovely  now with the fairy lights   yeah i don't know if you can see it starting to  light up as well over that way yeah it's crazy   look at the view we finished our maze we've  got our desserts now i've got a tiramisu and   she's got raspberry sorbet a bit jealous  actually i bet that's nice and refreshing oh the ice cream color is it sorbet that's  delicious finished our meal and there is a fire   show starting are you ready to see  fire show please pop your hands oh we're just walking back and look how beautiful it  is all lit up at night all the lights in the pool   i what you right now what now   oh he's he's a rebellious consumer so yeah  true obviously got like half of the food it's true i liked being at the beach  house i liked the little fire show   i loved watching the sunset it  was a really lovely first meal   if you if you come if you if anyone ever comes  here have a look when the sun sets time's up   and try and book around then because yeah the  view is just like lovely you're watching that   sun that was huge wouldn't it they've just  come in and they've done like a turn-down   service so they've put the where'd they put  the cushions then that we were lying on earlier i don't know where they've put them but they've  laid out a lot of our chocolate oh that's so sweet did not expect that i didn't know  they came in and i've been turned down they've even put slippers by the bed that's so cute i feel like literally tiny  things like that yeah i am gonna move all of   these bits of paperwork we were given like all  right well we're gonna go for a swim and then   yeah okay i'm coming we're gonna go for  a swim and then we'll see them tomorrow   adios hello everyone it's the next day and this  morning we hung out in the room by the pool we   had a lovely breakfast and then we went to the  emirates mall so there are two malls uh the main   ones the emirates more in the dubai mall the dubai  mall was meant to be massive and we're going to go   there when we do the burj khalifa later this week  but the emirates mall is also beautiful and we had   a really great time there so i'm going to show you  next i forgot to intro it this morning but you're   going to see us going to the mall we go to the  cheese cake factory and we just had the greatest   time so let's go shopping there are two major  malls this one this one's a little bit smaller   but the other one that we really want to go to  is the dubai mall that's the one that's massive   this is the one that has the ski center of it  is it yeah oh we're obviously not going skiing   here okay uh i totally underestimated the size  of this mall it is ginormous we have walked so   far and we're still going and i've just  spotted bath and bodywork so obviously   we're going in here so we can actually get it in  the uk now and i did a whole ad for next beauty   and i love this range cherry blossom but as  i'm in store oh here we go he loves candles   black cherry merlot oh that's delicious yeah this  is just such a beautiful shop hang on i like these   little anti-back holders oh okay yeah we were  definitely uh underestimating the size of this   it is absolutely huge and we've done our  first bit of damage in bath and body works   do a little haul later so the mall is so big  that we found one of these little digital   maps and we've just searched ski dubai  you click on it it tells you where you are   and then the map tells you to go down the  floor and then the next floor down where to go   so clever okay we're at the end of the mall  downstairs and this is where skeeda buy is   and we have heard well i've heard about this for  years because obviously i ski and people did say   to us oh you should try you should go but it just  doesn't feel right to be on a hot holiday and go   skiing but apparently it's meant to be amazing oh  my god benj it's so cool snow bumper oh my gosh   look at the chair no oh no i gotta step back look  at the church it's huge we're going to cheesecake   factory for lunch i just want to watch this  game um do you want to get a menu see menu okay   i think he's going to like it in here i don't  think have you ever eaten a cheesecake factory   oh it is really nice in here they've got this  massive open kitchen all of the tables are like   big private things i like hearing all the hubbubs  from the kitchen and the plates like crafting look how beautiful it is in  here it reminds me of vegas yes   really really right but the menu is absolutely  massive there is definitely something for everyone   burgers pastas salads but i think  i'm gonna go for chicken sandwiches   and then a strawberry lemonade and then we'll get  some cheesecake what a good day these lemonades   are massive and we've got some bread and butter  as well little baguettes the lighting's not   fabulous in here but hopefully you can see how  amazing this looks it's got like tomato sauce   it's almost like a little mini pizza chicken pizza  style a bit of pesto maybe that that is amazing   are you happy oh my gosh it's so good like  the bread's nice the flavors the chicken if you watch our florida vlogs you know how much  we love the strawberry acai sri at starbucks   anyway it's divine and this is so similar it's  basically it's what it's like the same thing it is   incredible it tastes exactly identical yeah and it  was amazing and it was huge and that sandwich was   absolutely incredible like so good we're both so  full up but it'd be rude not to have cheesecakes   100 shared one wish we had thought of that   didn't really cross our minds but we're gonna  get a cheesecake to take away and then we're   going to carry on much around the mall because  there's just so many shops here that we love   and then this afternoon we'll be back  in our room and doing a little bit of   afternoon sunbathing and reading our books and  then we have dinner tonight at eight o'clock   right we've got our cheesecake to go we'll show  you that later but just sort of show you the ones   in the case i went for this the cinnamon cinnamon  bun cinnabon one and then you went for the dolce   caramel one it was 55 pound in total 270 dirham  now there's cinnabun opposite and they have tim   hortons here as well honestly they have everything  here it's giving me very florida mall vibes you   know or especially being like this an american  restaurant obviously but you just have everything   you can need here so we just wanted to get some  pepsi max to take that back to our room and   we've just found this supermarket and the ground  floor guys it's ginormous like it's absolutely   ginormous it's like a huge target inside that  supermarket was incredible there was like brand   branding around the product or the shelf the isles  of brandeis said pepsi had it all in spoilers if you loved your cooking and you lived in dubai  yeah it's so easy to get everything because   they're weird and good quality everything was as  well like and the food today was amazing so that   mall was immaculate we can set a everyone was very  like friendly but like not pushy in the shops and   things it was just really the service was lovely  everywhere we went like when before we came to   dubai everyone was like everyone says you've got  to go to the bar and we're like oh okay but i get   i get it now i do get it all right these are the  cheesecakes they did uh wobble over in transit   a little bit but we just thought we'd try them  we've been for a little swim we've played catch okay hon this is so so nice love it absolutely love it peaceful now as well  i thought i'd quickly show you what we got in   bath and body works today the black cherry  merlot candle and cause it was a deal to buy two   we had two of them and then we also got it in a  hand wash hand soap foaming one and then we also   got antibacks so benji went for peach bellini  and i got ocean and i also got a little pouch   to put it in so i can clip it on my bags and it  was buy one get one free so i also got this one   for free which is like a wearable lanyard  which could be good if i go on any cruises   didn't get any clothes i didn't buy anything else  i don't think i got a couple of t-shirts you did   from ripco we're going to bushman's which is  an australian steakhouse restaurant tonight   drinks are included with breakfast but not with  any lunches or dinners yeah we're just going to   enjoy our dinner we last night at the boathouse  they get let us have starter main and dessert so   yeah that's generous i'm really excited to  have three courses because we can this is my   outfit of the evening just got a little play  suit on that i bought for a wedding last year   and it's nice and light and cool and comfortable  and i've got little sparkly sandals on and i've   just put my hair up in a big grip because we're  going to the water part tomorrow the atlantis   i wanted to go there for so long and so  i didn't see the point in washing drying   and straightening my hair because well it's  getting wet in the morning at the water park so   i just clipped it up about my face um and yeah  ready for dinner we're going to bushmen so   let's go so this is the front of the hotel  and this is the restaurant i'm very excited   this is what the restaurant looks like australia  is 6 289 miles away oh this is my hot date   it's so pretty in here i love it oh oh finished  getting dressed we've got some bread and butter   to start although we do have starters but we  don't say no to bread and butter do we we've   ordered cocktails this is a candy floss  candy crush candy floss i'm really tired yeah okay i'm excited fruity coconutty   oh okay hang on wait it doesn't taste anything  like it looks like okay all right let me try this is really fresh it's good in it   it's kind of like hit a pina colada  yeah and then with fruit fruity   that is a treat i love it it's a holiday  drink right benji went for the tomato soup   and i've got chicken and cheddar croquettes  with lettuce wow which one should which one   do you recommend i have i love this  one i'll have that one then thank you thank you so much wow it actually says medium here did you say medium ah   rare oh it actually says medium hair i don't  know what that is and then we've got chips   and i've got peppercorn sauce and  you've got vanilla something nice before neither am i let's eat they verdict on  dinner wow that's pretty incredible like it was   so tender it didn't even like it wasn't even like  a steaky texture it was amazing good nine out of   ten from us the cocktail was good as well cocktail  was good the only thing is we were too full for   pudding it's very sad but we've got to sit and let  it go down i would have had long creme brulee but   too full we have had cheesecake today  we have a heavy day of food to be fair   but guess what we're going to do  now go for a little susan swim   and then we're going to get into bed and also i  wanted to add this bed is absolutely ginormous   so benji is six foot three so no you need to go  into it into the bed like a normal person i can   sit into it no normal more yeah but like how big  big it is like when you're lying down okay right   you're right on the edge but you could fit four  people in there not that you would but you know   the bed is not two beds pushed together  which we often find when we go to   uh hotels and the we always fall down  the middle but it's beautiful the bed   linen's lovely ah so yeah i'm gonna get  in the pool now so i'll see you tomorrow   good morning it's monday and i just thought i'd  bring you outside so you can listen to the birds oh my gosh it's so lovely and she's just doing his  sun cream and i'm wearing a really cute uh holiday   dress today that i bought in sainsbury's in 2019  no 2020 before our caribbean cruise um so yeah   so we've got like holiday things on it you know  i'm wearing a swimming quasi because we're going   to aqua venture at the atlantis which is a water  park benji and i love water parks love them our   favorites are siam park in tenerife volcano bay  in florida and then maybe typhoon lagoon at disney   but i'm pretty confident that this one may swoop  in in our top three today because it looks so good   we really want to do wild body as well but we'll  see how we get on but i just feel so happy to be   here i'm at that point where i'm like oh my gosh  i don't want it to go fast i just want things to   slow down and just enjoy each day but it's only  monday we've got the whole rest of the week so   um yeah i'm just so happy let's go to  the water park so we're just walking past   the main pool and just sort of shave it um because  we're obviously not going to be swimming in here   very often as we have our own pool we can come  here for cocktails if we want and smoothies and   well they do sliders and beers and just got an  egg benedict today which looks so good how many   did they actually do that here it's so good so i'm  pretty sure that the hotel would be able to get us   a taxi but i'm using an app called what's  this called kareem all right our taxi just   dropped us off here right the front of  the atlantis we want to go to the water   park we're going to go to the lost chambers  aquarium later this is incredible isn't it   so vegas how cool how's the bath and  bodyworks again wow we've got one in ours   we would have been buying things daily here's the entrance this is so cool we're just  getting our wristbands because we've already   booked it through the app get your guide so nice  and easy also we have one more here in atlas   village locker room changing and showers as well  okay thank you so you can choose where you are are   these quieter at the hand uh if you go here is a  crowded area also uh but it's middle in the park   so if you use here if you anywhere in the world  wherever we go it's easier to get there yeah   okay so the tickets i pre-booked in advance  a couple of days ago were 55 pound each   on get your guide and then as we checked in we  decided to upgrade to the express pass you guys   know we love to do this especially when we go to  water parks especially when it's half term also   because we can't just we can't queue up in the  heat it's too hot for us yeah so we need to just   be getting in the water so two express passes plus  a small locker which you can't share it has to be   either the men's or the women's was 114 pounds  extra so definitely pricey side of things   but um that's the sort of price we pay  in florida too look at that shark lagoon   oh this is so cool i love it it's very  much like volcano bay yeah universal   i was just about to disagree with you then  but yeah no yeah i understand but lazy river   park as well where you go through the like  shark tank being on the on the big slide yeah   i haven't done much much research so i don't  know which rides are like the ones to do but i   know they shoot you up look like that you can  go up oh my god this is so cool they let you   take gopros if they're attached to your arm which  be a little wrist strap yeah tower off poseidon   is that this i'm nervous i'm walking into here oh  my god the theming um guys what the heck is that okay so we've got these slide things trident  tower we want to try and go in that turquoisey one   oh my god do me up this is your kind of a good day  out isn't it you love a lazy river the waves are getting bigger so uh it is 20 to two we're just taking a little lunch  break having some oh pasta and we've got some   fruit and we've got a sprite we've done quite a  lot of the rides but we haven't done the shark   tank yet so we definitely want to try and get that  in but other than that it's been really fun so far   i've loved it yeah the sun's out um it's very big  like everything's very spread out so you have to   walk quite far to get to like different sections  there's three main zones three towers that have   that almost ride zone yeah in each tower there's  like loads of different rides i don't know some   people might just be happy to lazy rivers and then  go in from sun lounge and sun lounge or whatever   we did the rapids as well they were good yeah  it's been good so far so we're probably going   to spend another couple of hours here getting  up done the rides we haven't done yet and then   we have access to go and see the aquarium inside  as well um that's what we're up to big aquarium down here another ride where we do two singles   i think it's right in front of us here we  actually have no idea what we're getting   ourselves into every time we join a different ride  not okay but it looks popular so you know let's go   it is what time half three ish yeah and we're  calling it a day we want to have showers we've   pretty much done every ride we'll change quite a  few of them twice yeah um well actually benji's   already changed but there weren't any showers in  my locker so i'm going to go in here yeah here we   go perfect they have private showers which is  very nice because i want to wash my hair it's   been such a fun day but i wanted to have a proper  shower because we're going to go to the aquarium   and i want to take some nice pictures in there  and i feel messy yeah we can wash this hair um   cool all right i'll be back in a minute stop  to this little gelato spot and i've got cookies   and cream and veggies got salted caramel but  they also have uh sushi bowls and they've got   snow cones and all sorts around here oh they've  even got belgium fries all right we are leaving   the water park and we're going to the dubai's  largest aquarium oh yeah wow look at this   oh my gosh this is so beautiful oh  i can't wait to go into the aquarium well that was fun i love that main tank that  was so good beautiful wasn't it really really   nice and we booked a ticket that was for both the  water park and the aquarium so that's good and it   probably takes about 20 minutes to go around so  don't expect it to be massive but yeah the main   tank is incredible yeah it was it was good it was  a beautiful fish every time i see on instagram   is people standing in here but i don't think  we're gonna get a photo so that bit of the   aquarium is not actually in the aquarium this is  gonna sound crazy but this is just in the hotel so   you don't necessarily need to buy a ticket to go  into the aquarium because they have it here if   you've done the aquarium in the water park you'll  come out you'll finish down there so come out turn   right turn right again and you'll come to this  little lobby yeah which is where the massive   glass is basically it's much bigger there than  it is actually in the aquarium the whole thing   to ourselves for like two minutes it was so full  and then all of a sudden it was burns on my knees   are sliding around the floors on my knees trying  to go down up left right my instagram husband   he did a very good job now i'm gonna sit and edit  them for like yeah you got about a thousand hours   it was so fun though i got so much of  the fish thank you babe it was great   it's now five o'clock we have dinner at seven  so ideally we need to start making our way back   um so that we can get ready for dinner but it's  been so much fun here i really loved hanging out   here today this is my evening outfit to  go to what's the restaurant called benj   metal mekong named after the river in thailand oh  well obviously it's a thai restaurant this is my   outfit i got this dress in the sale from river  island and it's nice and floaty little black   heels black belt and a little black bag and i've  got my little tiffany neckline that benji bought   me for my birthday last year your outfit of  the day you look nice i thought they were   black socks for a minute you haven't done your  shoes up no tommy shoes welcome shorts tummy tuck thank you wow look at my hot date   every day we're in these really cute  little tuk tuks let me just show you   look no one's out here because i don't know if  people think it's chilly but it's not cold at all   it's really pretty the menu was amazing we  should have got a clip of the menu they had   thai vietnamese and i think there was some  chinese options yeah here's we have bitter leaves   roasted coconut roasted nut onion lime  and ginger and this one is thai chili   with the palm sugar sauce cool so what you  have to do just mix all together inside of   the bitter lips just roll it and it all  together wow thank you and she's going   straight in we've never done this before no  beetle leaf so you put everything in yeah sure yeah we went for a sharing platter for our starter  so we've got mahi mahi fish fingers spring onion a   spring rolls sorry chicken satay what are these  little things toast oh yeah and then sun dried   beef wow that only did we have so many that  we couldn't decide to like oh just get them   on the first thing at the top of the next page  was to show you better yeah wow that's amazing thank you it is i went for sweet and sour chicken  and veggie went for a chicken red thai curry then   words which is jumble and bacon red thai red  curry thai red curry sorry chicken tired guys enjoy it thank you so much i went for  the banana and caramel tart for dessert   and benji's got the creme brulee fruit   mango mango yeah i think i might have to  try a little bit of that i'm not gonna lie good morning it's tuesday and it's beautiful  outside look at this so the sun is just   coming around it's 11am almost and we had the  most amazing lion this morning we'll go for   buffet lunch today probably see what that's  like and then this evening we're going to   a thai restaurant i'll show you when we  get there um off of the hotel it's at the   jamira hotel i want to say been sunbathing it's  been so lovely i've read a couple of chaps in   my book um but because we missed breakfast we're  gonna go for an early lunch so it's only half 12   and i've just chucked on this plain white tea and  these little shorts were from m s and my havianas   all right so we're having our lunch and i've gone  for a little bit of salad pizza and this is a fish   burrito which looks amazing look at that made  in front of us so good i'm not being funny this   looks like a dessert i would get in like a proper  restaurant this man here just made it up for me   fresh in front of me like what you'd get at the  ritz after having like scones and cream doesn't   it it's incredible like just look at that benji's  just having curry butter chicken but like broccoli   i just can't lose my pudding it's delicious  back from lunch that was so good so   so yummy those fish burritos were 9 out of 10. i'm  going to sit outside on our little sand lounges it is 2 22 on the 22nd of the second 20-22  how's your little set up here all good   yeah good i am reading my book i'm gonna go for  a swimming and i'm dry now yeah you have to keep   dipping in and getting back out yeah this is  not the best full-length mirror and lighting but   i'm wearing the most beautiful dress i think  i'll try and get bench to show you again   when we get down to the restaurant area but this  was actually a very lovely gift from phase eight   and it would make a perfect um dress for a  wedding in fact i think i might wear it to a   wedding we've got later this year it came with the  little belt i think it looks really nice with all   the pleats just like perfect evening in dubai  dress thank you you look nice too look at your   little outfit very suave you look very like bond  like like you're you know like bonding when he's   in like spain or france or somewhere in europe  you look like that gingerbread gingerbread baby bench what's the name of this hotel oh wow  it's beautiful so we've come in from this way   because we want to get the boat this  is what i imagined to be like yeah me   too classic dubai hotel it's beautiful the  architecture is stunning this is beautiful oh my god we've arrived down at the boat station  they've put us in this tiny little tent and   they've called a boat to come so obviously  we'll come here and then we'll drive round   we saw this on instagram and i sent it to benji  so many times and i was like we need to do this i   thought we saw it a while ago as well it was just  one of them like oh put it on this kind of thing so we've arrived on the other side where pie ty is   and this place is incredible like this looks  like his own little village like on a mountain   i would say i think i'd stay here if we didn't  stay at antara again i think they'd like to stay   here we should be right by the berjana as  well and so that's next to what he wanted   look where we're sat this is so beautiful so  this is the menu they have a tasting menu where   you can get everything or they have their mains i  haven't properly looked yet but i just thought i'd   quickly show you so you can pause it  and read anything if you're interested   wok fried dishes curries rice and  noodles and then desserts cool okay that was such an amazing meal wasn't it  yeah i really enjoyed that oh look at it   it's so beautiful vibe of the boat and all  that i think you call it it was beautiful   and now we have a private one but it's one  of those meals that you sort of only do once   you probably we will probably won't  do it ever again it was one of those   special date night lovely lovely meals now we're  doing something quite fun we're gonna go to the   point fountain show there are two major fountain  shows in dubai the point runs for three minutes   every 30 minutes and then the dubai um where the  uh khalifa is there's another fountain show there   is this it okay i was gonna say is this it no  okay we've just come upstairs to look at the   view of the burj al-arab it's gorgeous it's  lovely that's where we were just down there   wow beautiful all right so we've arrived down  at the point which is a hotel i think by the   looks of it yes i think it's a hotel and we're  going to try and find where to see the show and   we're just gonna make the half past eight i  think we've got like three minutes wherever   these people are walking to i reckon that's  where to go look how beautiful it is down here   this is absolutely amazing and if i spin over this  side we've got the atlantis there wow this feels   very like vegas to me this is so cool and then  the show's going to be right here which is fun wow is well that was nice that was lovely why is my nose  red i caught the sun it was only three minutes   long but it was nice the song was sweet the lights  were nice everyone keeps telling us the the other   one's better so i think we do different shows  as well it says that you can vote for what show   you want on wednesday 8 o'clock loads restaurants  all around as well so if you wanted to come down   and have dinner you could watch a couple shows  yeah we're eating every half an hour it goes off   so see that's the size of the atlantis yeah  and the size of the water park it starts here   and goes all the way across atlantis yeah  waterpark yeah and then finishes there across   twice the size of the actual yeah but i will say  it looks huge and it was huge to walk around but   it wasn't actually like wise it was quite  a lot of walking between the towers like   spread out and that's where all those things  are but yeah between you've got a good like   five minute walk between each tower and  you can do what we did and we just used   the lazy river as a little taxi service  around the park didn't we did you just i will say we put and we didn't say yesterday but  we put aqua venture just below universal's volcano   bay yeah it didn't quite match it diamond park  top still wasn't simon park still our number one   water park of the ones we've done we are gonna try  wild body tomorrow we know it's a bit smaller but   you'll see that in the next vlog i think that's  all right though if you know you're only going   there for half a day it means that we can pop  potter around a few other things around there   as well so yeah we've got a fun day tomorrow so  we're gonna end the vlog here it's been a really   lovely half of the week so far really good day  we've done loads of good things it has there's   just so much to do in dubai and we are aware  obviously that the expo is on right now as we're   here we're not going to have a chance to do any  of that here for longer or if we'd already been   once and tried all the things for the first time  yeah this is our plotting our areas and exploring   kind of time isn't it yeah it's been amazing so  do make sure you subscribe and watch our part two   and yeah thank you so much for watching and we'll  see you again in the next one see you later bye

2022-03-08 13:05

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