Anniversary

It's now exactly a year since we packed our bags and flew out to Dubai. It hasn't been easy, but we all now think of this of home. I've just renewed the rent on the villa (you have to pay a whole year in advance) so we're here for at least another year. The Dubai housing market has gone completely mad and if we were arriving now we wouldn't be able to afford anything like the villa that we're in (two bedroom flats are going for the same money - £2,000 per month).

The weather has been extremely hot in the last few weeks, although apparently the summer is now more than half way through. "Mercury highs in the high 40s will decline to around 35C starting October and just above 30C by November", said Worger (Met Office forecaster). In spite of this, it is still possible to go out. We spent today at Dreamland water park and had a great time.

Anyway, if it gets too hot you can always go to the Chill Out bar - completely made of ice. There's another video on YouTube from SecretDubai which is uncannily like my typical drive to and from work every day.