In Dubai?

Yeah.

Good luck.

So, I hope you had a good Christmas and New Year.

We're back and we're back in Dubai.

Look at the Burj Khalifa behind me.

That is one amazing building.

This challenge is going to be a three-day no-money challenge, just like the ones before Christmas.

Again, no subscriber help.

However, a few subscribers have already reached out from posting on like Twitter and Instagram.

If you've not got me on that, Simon J.

Wills.

Honestly, I have got so much to say.

I am so excited for this year.

I have got so much planned.

I don't even know where to start.

Let's start with, I'm picking somebody to come on a challenge with me this month who bought merch in December.

There's going to be plenty more opportunities for people to come on a challenge with me or a trip with me.

So, we'll sort that moving forward.

If you've not subscribed, make sure you do because there is so much coming this year.

So much.

And also, look what I got for Christmas.

Everybody knows like earphones are my thing, but I don't know, AirPods.

I'm in two minds.

Let me know in the comments what you think.

So, Dubai, let's absolutely smash this one.

But I think it is going to be a tough one.

The reason I think it's going to be a tough one, because with previous ones, I've sneaked in for a spa day.

I've sneaked in for food.

I've sneaked into different places.

But it's a tough one with this one because we're in Dubai.

You know, it's a strict place and with the sneaking in, I think you've got to pick your battles with that.

And I don't know if Dubai is a battle I want to pick with that.

So, that's the first tricky thing.

The second tricky thing is that, obviously, I've been to Dubai before.

I don't know the place like the back of my hand.

I don't know the street.

But what I do know, you've got like the Burj Khalifa area behind me, which is like the mall and that's all one section.

Then you've got Dubai Marina, which is like 20 miles down the road.

And then you've got the Palm, which is another 20 miles, like not the other way, but it's 20 miles between them all basically.

So, how do you get about?

You've got the Metro, which is the Dubai like public transport.

But there is not a chance in hell that I am sneaking on that.

They'll probably chop your hands off or something and I quite like my hands.

So, yeah, we're not doing that.

So, we're literally going to have to like, I don't know, your guess is as good as mine.

Then you've got the food.

Apart from potentially going into a hotel, I haven't got a clue how I'm going to get food.

Again, the Mackey's trick in Dubai.

I don't know how I feel about that either, to be honest.

Honestly, the more I'm thinking about this, the harder it's sounding.

So, let's just get on with it.

The first thing I've noticed about Dubai and I've been here like once last year and I came about four years ago and construction is more than it's ever been here now.

It was bad when I came, but here you've got this building here.

You've got all this being built over there.

Another one at the back there.

There's honestly some serious construction going on.

Oh, one thing I have got to do before I leave is here, there's like the fountains and there's like a water fountain show.

You've got to wait for it to go dark until you see that though because it is amazing.

Right, here we go.

We're at the mall now.

Let's see how we get on in here.

So, I've just found out that statue behind me is going to be taller than the Burj Khalifa.

They've been building it for two years and they hope to have it up by 2020 and it's going to be bigger than the Burj Khalifa.

Oh, which one is it?

That one is Neapolitan.

Ah, okay.

Yeah.

Brilliant, thank you very much.

Thank you.

Get in, free samples.

That's got me thinking, if he's giving out free samples, who else?

Let's see how many free samples we can get.

Is it possible to try it?

Ah, yeah.

Hi, how are you?

Would you like a coffee or tea?

Is the coffee free?

Of course.

Yeah, with milk, that'd be great.

Thank you very much.

Ah, yeah, coffee.

Thanks very much.

Appreciate it.

Thank you.

To be honest, I'm not a big fan of licorice.

I didn't even know it was licorice, but we'll try it.

If it's good, you never know, right?

Okay.

So, put this one inside your mouth.

Okay.

All inside your mouth.

Yeah.

Wait and don't bite it.

Wait until it melts a little bit.

Enjoy the chocolate and then bite it.

Are you tired?

You want to sit a bit?

Yeah, I can do.

Yeah, okay.

Thank you.

Right, I'm about to bite into this now.

I hate licorice.

What is the best way to get from here to, like, the marina or the Atlantis?

The metro cost almost for here.

Ah, okay.

It's the cheapest way of traveling.

What if you had zero money, like zero money?

In Dubai?

Yeah.

Good luck.

So, if I've got no money, I'm not getting anywhere.

You go to your embassy as you can and ask them to deport you.

Awesome.

Well, thanks for your help anyway.

See you later.

Bye.

No word of a lie.

I've just sat in there for half an hour and ate about 20 licorice and had a couple of coffees.

Not only do I feel sick, but before I went in there, I hated licorice.

Now, I love it.

If you don't like licorice, eat 20.

You'll like it.

Trust me.

Right, I've been in the mall for a bit.

I think I need to leave here.

I just need to find a way how I can get from here, basically.

Speaking to that woman in the licorice shop has made me think about hotel transfers.

I wonder if there's any transfers that go from the mall to like the palm or the marina, because then I could just try and sneak on to one of the hotel transfer buses and go there.

I'm going to go to the information desk and ask, is there hotel transfers at all?

Go straight, take right.

Yeah, no, so straight on and take right.

Cheers, thanks very much.

Right, I'm going to go and check out these hotel transfers now, see if we can find a good one.

Hotel transfers this way?

That way, thank you.

Right, there's loads of buses over here.

There's like Emirates ones and there's loads over there.

It's just whether I can find one I can, A, get on and B, go in the right way.

Where's the hotel transfer buses?

Marriott?

Yeah.

Oh, thank you.

I haven't got a clue why I keep saying the Marriott.

It's just the first one that comes to mind every time.

Oh yeah, where is this one going?

Which Marriott is this going to?

By the marina?

No, not by the marina.

Okay, no problem, thanks.

Okay, let's check this guy out.

Erm, is it going back to the marina?

Where is it going to, sorry?

You're not going anywhere?

Ah, okay, no problem, thanks.

This is an absolute nightmare, this.

Loads of buses, I ain't got a clue where I'm going.

I'm gonna have to Google some hotels and see where they are.

There's no point going just down the road.

Boys, where are you going?

Is it going to Jumeirah?

Where are you going?

Marina?

No, ah, no worries.

Excuse me, where are you going from here?

Where are you going?

To where, sorry?

Sip. Yes.

Whereabouts Sip?

No, Sip means cruise terminal.

Oh, the cruise ship.

I want to go to like the palm or the marina or somewhere like there.

Not to any free shuttle bus.

There's no shuttle buses?

Yeah.

Marina?

Yeah.

Check parking one or two.

Ah, okay, thanks very much, thank you.

Marina?

You're not going to marina?

If you go with the tourist bus, one day pass is 273. 273, okay.

And where does the tourist bus go?

Does it go to the marina?

Yeah, we also go to marina.

Does it go to the palm as well?

Yeah, free for the map.

Oh, the map's free?

The map is free, so if you have an idea.

And then it shows where the bus goes?

Yeah, so we are here now.

Yeah.

If you take this green line bus, it will take you to the Mall of Palace.

Then you change bus going to the marina side.

This is the palm.

Okay, thank you.

By the palm?

You go by palm, no?

Maria, no worries, thank you.

Where are you going?

Are you going by marina?

You drive...

No, you...

Palm?

No, no problem.

Thank you, bye.

Tell you what, this is painful, this.

Right, I'm just going to try and get on this big bus tour.

And that free map the girl gave me.

I'm going to try and use that to get on.

Right, this is the opening.

Let's go.

Happy days, I think we've done this.

So far so good, fingers crossed.

Haha, we've done it again.

We're moving, so we're definitely all good now.

So, next stop, wherever this bus takes us, I ain't got a clue.

Just getting off the bus now, fingers crossed they don't ask for anything as we're getting off.

Cheers, thank you.

Happy days, we're off.

So, I've ended up getting off at the Mall of Emirates, which is like halfway between the marina and the Burj Khalifa.

The reason I got off there was because it's literally as far as that bus goes.

So, to go further, I'd need to go on a different route.

I don't really want to end up in another mall, to be honest.

I'm a bit mauled out for one day.

But if I can try and get some more samples from here or some more free food from here, that'll sort me out and then I can get on to where I'm staying tonight.

This place looks absolutely huge, that shop.

I'm going to go and try in here.

Can you try this?

Ah, thank you very much.

No, that's good.

Try the vinegar.

You don't mind if I have another one, do you?

Yeah, of course.

Ah, thank you.

Is this beef?

Steak?

Yeah.

Thank you.

I couldn't have another one, could I?

Cheers, thanks very much.

Do you have any more free samples of anything at all?

Yes, sir.

Yeah, I'll be honest, I'm not going to buy the box, but if I could try a couple of different ones, that'd be great.