It's well worth spending a couple of days there. It's a bit frantic, but a tour of the pyramids etc. is great.

One important note, make sure of have a copy of your itinery when you get to the airport. I was on an EK e-ticket, and turned up at the airport with nothing else. I couldn't even get into the departure hall.

Eventually, one of the guards took my passport and disappeared. I was very nervous, but he returned about 5 minutes later with an Emirates ground official who checked my name on the manifest, and I was eventually let through.

The check in staff then insisted that I needed a Visa to get to NZ. After a while, a supervisor was called, and she let me check in.

I was very relieved when I arrived at DXB