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Hi My friends and I (from lLondon) have just booked our holiday to Dubai during 18-23 of October. We have just being told it will be Ramadan at the time. Can anyone tell me what we can and cannot do. We where hoping to do some trips during the day, hang out on the beach and go to restaurants and bar...

rsitu

Hi thanks for the info, we are now thinking or rescheduling our holiday as we want to make the most of our time there and dont want to get in trouble.

thanks again

r

rsitu

thanks for you help guys I just heard back from my friends who booked, and i also did more looking on the net and found out the end of ramadan is around the 24th. But my friends have been told by people who they know work and live in Dubai as expats that 'its very liberal'. So there are 2 views now ...

rsitu

hi, i do believe what i have been told here, I also went to the loney planet site and did search and someone said there son had to hide to drink water when they went out! and it will be hot too. My friends dont seem as concerned as I. But seeing as we are going during Ramadan then we wont be doing a...

rsitu

sorry i meant that we discussed this on new years day to go, I want to change it but there are 6 of us going and does not seem so easy to persuade them all! My last resort is this link http://www.indigoguide.com/dubai/moon.htm. I also had a look at tripadvisor and most are saying the same but they w...

rsitu

no offence taken i am just glad to be getting advice. however it does not seem we are changing as they dont seem to understand! We will however just make it a more relaxing holiday rather than partying holiday. I have a few books i want to finish reading. I am trying to avoid arguing with my friends...

rsitu

thanks for all of your replys but as i said previously we wont do anything to offend or to get ourselves in trouble if we do go during ramadan.

r

rsitu

ok guys its decided we are still going as planned and not changing the date, i have taken all the advice into account and seeing as we are all over 30, i think we can behave ourselves and be respectful.

thanks and will let you know how it went.

rsitu

Well i got back on Monday, and we had a good time, we went sand bashing, malls, souks, out for drinks. Being ramadan did not restrict us too much, as we ate breakfast at the hotel and lunch in our rooms, and dinner we ate out. We did however see alot of tourists still eating drinking and smoking out...

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