Photos: FVM's Family Trip To Dubai #2

Loading...
  • 1/40
    1/40

    James' new job is to lie on the ground for tourists and take their photos in front of the Burj Khalifa...

  • 2/40
    2/40

    Just a casual dinosaur skeleton in a mall... Why? Because Dubai...

  • 3/40
    3/40

    Another in mall art installation...

  • 4/40
    4/40

    Having a laaaaaugh with Nasif at the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed Centre for Cultural Understanding... Well worth the visit for some history of the area of Dubai...

  • 5/40
    5/40

    He loooooved a yarn our Nasif! Great ambassador for the country.

  • 6/40
    6/40

     I think this was mid-Lady Gaga reference... Seriously...

  • 7/40
    7/40

    Getting some traditional keffiyeh on my huge melon

  • 8/40
    8/40

    No one told me I had my keffiyeh all tucked up.... NAAAAW MAAAAN!

  • 9/40
    9/40

    It's a really great look for Fletch, but he'd spill tomato sauce on that in a second..

  • 10/40
    10/40

    Stoked with his outfit

  • 11/40
    11/40

    Megan in an abaya with a traditional leather niqab

  • 12/40
    12/40

    Fitting right in until the selfie was taken...

  • 13/40
    13/40

    grooooup shot

  • 14/40
    14/40

    Time for a walking tour of Old Dubai and the Spice Markets. Tongue is ready for the spice tastings....

  • 15/40
    15/40

    She's a sturdy wee vessel... A boat in the Dubai Creek in old Dubai

  • 16/40
    16/40

    Getting our walk ooooon

  • 17/40
    17/40

    This guy tried to lure you into his store by saying who you looked like... Megan got Shakira, Fletch got Jack Sparrow... Vaughan got Rambo...

  • 18/40
    18/40

    Rambo. Obviously.... I see it now...

  • 19/40
    19/40

    Megan gawking at all the gold in the gold district

  • 20/40
    20/40

    Feeling the weight of the gold to see if it's legit...

  • 21/40
    21/40

    Dress of the God's apparently... Left a lot of open space in the back, mind you... Gods would have the godliest buttocks

  • 22/40
    22/40

    58kg gold ring...

  • 23/40
    23/40

    Everyone was getting selfies with this 58kg gold ring, Guiness World Record holder for largest gold ring in the world. #NAILEDIT

  • 24/40
    24/40

    Hydration is key when hunting stray cats...

  • 25/40
    25/40

    MAAAAANKY CAT

  • 26/40
    26/40

    Megan ignoring rule #402 of traveling, never sniff a big strange rock that a stranger puts in your face... But it was frankincense and myrrh... Jesus' two least favourite wise men gifts...

  • 27/40
    27/40

    Just a casual matte black lambo parked outside the hotel. The Lambo was a cool million and it's number plate was $3 mil...

  • 28/40
    28/40

    Hanging with a Lambo with a 3 million dirham number plate and just breaking the news to Fletch that he will be sky diving tomorrow morning...

  • 29/40
    29/40

    The Burj at night with a water garden in the foreground. I took this photo using sideways pano... There's a camera tip for yaaaaa...

  • 30/40
    30/40

    It was near to midnight local time after a 4am wake up due to jet lag, this was literally the nicest photo we could muster during our broadcast.

  • 31/40
    31/40

    Fletch was off to Skydive Dubai for his plummeting to earth experience...

  • 32/40
    32/40

    It's important to be properly harnessed before jumping out of a plane towards earth...

  • 33/40
    33/40

    Fletch and Rhys, also a kiwi. The jumper and the jumpee. Jumpee, is that the right word??

  • 34/40
    34/40

    I've always found it quite worrying when the professional is wearing a helmet and you're not.

  • 35/40
    35/40

    Freefall has begun. Next stop Earth.

  • 36/40
    36/40

    I mean, this one is RIPE for photoshopping, but I'd never encourage that sort of thing.

  • 37/40
    37/40

    Free falling Fletch and the Palm in the background!

  • 38/40
    38/40

    The Earth is in the background! Triple fantastic photo...

  • 39/40
    39/40

    That camera guy isn't falling as fast is he... Is that right?

  • 40/40
    40/40

    Well this has ended fantastically for all involved! 

  • More Galleries

Advertisement

Thanks to Emirates and Dubai Tourism, Fletch, Vaughan and Megan are broadcasting live from Dubai all this week! They have already been on a number of amazing adventures with winners Rhia and Alex so far. Make sure to follow all of their antics on Snapchat at FVMZM too.

See the first photo gallery here

From adventure to relaxation, shopping malls to souqs, desert camping to beautiful beaches and marine environment, culture and heritage to nightlife, Dubai offers the world to the world

Emirates connects Kiwis with more than 140 destinations in 79 countries/territories through their hub in Dubai.