Some of you that have visited this site will be aware of Kathryn and Scott's world trip. You can see their blog here: www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Scottandkat/ They've been kyacking, surfing, biking, rope laddering and bouncing along on giant inflatable penguins all across South East Asia. At present are driving around Australia in a van and generally laughing their a*ses off. They have been keeping a pretty sweet jounal of it all which makes better reading than a lot of travel guides. But here is the rub - do they bring you mildly amusing shaped vegetables? No they do not. Sorry Sc [View Full Entry]

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Some more of the nations establishments. I've added a few more shots of things seen out and about. [View Full Entry]

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Sister J very generously took us to afternoon tea at the Emirates Palace Hotel, a seven star palace of a place at the end of the Corniche. If you walk in off the street and want a single room for the night it will set you back about 600 quid. If you decide you would prefer a Presidential Suite and make the most of the 24hr butler service, 61"plasma screen in every room, "free" beverages etc... you are looking at shelling out about 10,000 pounds per night. As mere diners we couldn't see a fraction of the place but what we [View Full Entry]

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To quote Tony Christie - "Down the avenues and alleyways". Some random shots out and about in downtown AUH. Note the sweet shop-naming skills. [View Full Entry]

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Cost of entry to the Zoo? 2 Dirhams (30p) Unfortunately we were denied access to the animal enclosures so I could not "weigh" the animals by trying to push them over. Added a couple of shots of the sweet water ride at the Jabel Hafeet Hotel. I would love to see a few nervous, crying children go round on it while encouraging parents shout things like "NO! STAY IN THE CAR! DO NOT GET OUT!" Sweet. UPDATE - 15.09.08 This blog post is by far the most viewed of mine, it's had over 17,000 viewings in 30 months - over 550 [View Full Entry]

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Liwa is one of the natural Oasis areas in the UAE and is surrounded by some of the highest sand dunes in the world. Moreeb Dune (translation - Scary Dune) is some 385 metres above sea level and gets used for hill climbs in super modified vehicles, a bit like Mike's sweet dune buggy. [View Full Entry]

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Finally got the Land Cruiser off the tarmac, thanks to Gerry and Mike who planned a trip to Fossil Rock via a quad bike rental place. They have been driving in the desert for 25+ years and have certainly got sweet desert driving skills. It was heartening to know that while Rod has been racing motorbikes and sidecars off road for over 50 years he binned the quad after less than 3 minutes, so I don't feel so bad binning mine about 5 seconds later - into his upside down bike. Rod takes credit for the photos, which were all taken [View Full Entry]

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Photos taken by my Mum. [View Full Entry]

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