I am looking to book our holiday for next year and had thought about Dubai/ Maldives. I was thinking around April/May or beginning of June but it looks as though the Maldives gets rain then and I don't want to go during the rainy period. We are actually wanting to stay 3 nights at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi and was going to do that on the way home from the Maldives. Now we are not sure?? Can anyone recommend anywhere else to do a 2-centre with Abu Dhabi, probably May/June, and definately don't want rain. We have just returned from Dubai and absolutely loved the place so I suppose we could just go to Dubai/abu Dhabi.Really wanted to try somewhere different though as we have bought a studio apartment in Dubai which is due to be completed end 2006 so we will be spending most of our holidays in Dubai after that. Any suggestions would be great. We are probably limited to 3 nights in Abu Dhabi and 5 nights at 2nd destination. Hope someone can help. Cheers, Maryjo