Dubai Off The Beaten Path: By Sea, Air & Land (+ Sterling Pacific Luggage Review)
Let Erin and Phil book this same experience for you, personally! We started ABC Trips to offer our bespoke itineraries to those seeking authentic culture, epic landscapes, and uncompromising luxury. 👉🏼 https://abctrips.com Visiting Dubai? Work with Vicky! +971 55 772 8253 (including The Yellow Boats Tours) Citron Tours: Ainee: +971 52 410 7229 Our family’s catching a flight from our part-time home in the Philippines to the opposite side of Asia, touching down in the city and emirate of Dubai. Even though this is our first time in the UAE, we’re bypassing the obvious tourist traps in search of some Arabian adventure that’s more off the beaten path. So we’re about to explore Dubai by sea… by air… and by land. And for the first time in a long time, we’re traveling with a carry-on suitcase — but only for a very special reason. @sterlingpacific Contents: 0:00 Intro 0:25 Heading to NAIA (Manila Airport) 2:10 Sterling Pacific Luggage Review 7:30 Flight to Dubai 8:15 Hot Air Ballooning 14:33 Dubai By Sea 21:37 Desert Adventures Base Camp 25:08 Dune Bashing 28:57 Conclusion 29:24 Behind the Scenes Since 2020, we’ve been traveling the world to experience—up close and in person—all the natural wonders and distinct cultures that our kids would otherwise see only in textbooks and TV. We think it’s a better way to learn and we’ve worked hard to fund our little experiment in the hope that our kids will grow up wiser, kinder, and more grateful for the beauty of our diverse planet and its people. In 2025, we started ABC Trips to help travelers experience the world the way we do—deeply, intentionally, and without the stress of figuring everything out alone. After years of full-time travel, expedition cruising, luxury hotels, and once-in-a-lifetime experiences with our family, we realized something: the hardest part of epic travel isn’t the destination—it’s the decisions. Which ship actually gets you more time on the ice? Which safari lodge delivers real wildlife encounters? Which “bucket list” experiences are worth the money… and which are just hype? ABC Trips exists to cut through the noise. We plan and host thoughtfully curated journeys built around firsthand experience, honest recommendations, and moments that actually move the needle—whether that’s setting foot on Antarctica, tracking wildlife in Africa, or discovering cultures in a way that feels human, not herded. Our LinkTree: https://abctrips.com/linktree Brand Collabs: https://abctrips.com/collab