Notice: Undefined index: limit in /home/www/travelblog.org/html.v3/_internal/rss-index.php on line 26

Notice: Undefined index: location in /home/www/travelblog.org/html.v3/_internal/rss-index.php on line 36
<rss version="0.91">
<channel>
<title>Travel Blog | lexispence10</title>
<link>http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/lexispence10/</link>
<description>Travel adventures in journals and photos from lexispence10</description>
<language>en-us</language>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 18:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
<lastBuildDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 18:29:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><item>
                    <title>Perfect Day for the Spa</title>
                    <description>Thursday afternoon I flew into Dubai for the first time in three months. Man I miss this city Even the traffic made me feel happy.Today Jamie and I went for a full spa day and it was FANTASTIC. Jamie had booked the day before at the only place available so we were not quite sure what to expect. As soon as we walked into the Dubai Marine Beach Resort we gave each other a high five because we </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/United-Arab-Emirates/Dubai/blog-787642.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Off the Rock</title>
                    <description>Well here it is  my last day on this island I am so excited to leave and sleep in my own bed take a real shower wear real clothes and put on some makeup Oh and see other women Seriously it is the little things that I miss right now. Cooking my own dinner. Going to watch a movie at the theater. Driving my car even in the dreadful Doha traffic  I wonder how it has changed in the last 30 </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/blog-786437.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Still in the gulf....</title>
                    <description>21 days later and I39m still here working That39s a long time to go without a break  there are no holidays or weekends here. My coworkers have been here longer than I so I can39t complain too much. Instead I spend my days dreaming about what I will finally do when I DO have time offSince I last wrote we had not moved a centimeter from that spot where we had troubles. We had weather</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/blog-785259.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Busy busy busy</title>
                    <description>It has been a while since I39ve written but I just wanted to let you all know I am still alive. I39m currently working in the middle of the Persian sorry Arabian Gulf. This project has been an ordeal since Day 1 and the field work is no less difficult but we see the light at the end of the tunnel so I just need to hang on for 7 more weeks Then I39m going to be a traveling fien</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/blog-783692.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Lucky to be Alive</title>
                    <description>I know  it39s been weeks since I39ve written and now I39m going on yet another driving rampage... but there are some good photos at least rightThis morning was just difficult. I can39t stand when people call the type of driving in Qatar Aggressive Driving. It is not Aggressive Driving which is driving so that you can get where you need to be without standing aside and letting peopl</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-780693.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Ventucky Fun and return to Doha</title>
                    <description>After the cousins were gone I took the next couple of days to relax and hang with my parents. I got to see my friend from high school for lunch and played Pickleball with my brotherinlaw. It was surprisingly fun  when would i get to play something called pickle ball againWe drove down to catch my flight from Ithaca which was actually disappointing. First of all  no traditional Olive Gar</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Ventura-/blog-778596.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Annual Leave St Patty's Finger Lakes Wines</title>
                    <description>I flew late midnight the night of 8th March. I first flew into Amsterdam where we landed at about 5am. I had more than 4 hours until my next flight so I decided to explore a little bit. I had checked both my bags so all I had were my kindle laptop and purse with me. I actually managed to sleep pretty well on the flight but I was feeling gross because I had worked right up to the last minute</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/Geneva/blog-776978.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Week 40  Food tastings</title>
                    <description>Yeah so pretty much since my geologists friends have arrived my wonderful diet has gone out the window I39m not too bad but I was really enjoying that downward progress on my scale. Oh well. It was worth it. Beer food and much need company.There is not much to tell shocking I know but we went to the souk a few times to The Pearl hotels and just around where ever. There is a decent v</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-774381.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Museum of Islamic Art Take 2</title>
                    <description>Most of Saturday I lazed about cleaning off an on. I really need to hire a maid  I hate mopping. That evening I picked up Jeff to head to the Museum of Islamic Art. I39d been there once before with Matt but it is such a nice peaceful beautiful place it is worth going back to and it39s free. We took some nice photos and wandered about but the place closed promptly at 8pm. Actually th</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-774380.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Adventures in Northern Qatar</title>
                    <description>Friday morning I got up early to prepare for a Qatari road trip Jeff and I made plans to head north and drive around to see what Qatar has to offer. Granted it39s not much but it was a fun day. We made it to the northern tip Rawais and drove as fast as we could or stopped for random sites  like a giant fatty lizard that I almost ran over We drove from Doha to Al Khor to Al Thakirah </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar//blog-773840.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Week 38</title>
                    <description>I made another trip home to my apartment in Dubai. It feels good to get out of Doha sometimes and this time my fellow geologist accompanied me. But what a hassle of a weekend it was I could only get a super late flight and then we wound up in holding pattern for almost an hour while landing Dubai where our gianormous plane was offloaded via bus UGH. I had to wait for my coworker to go thro</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/United-Arab-Emirates/Dubai/blog-772951.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Western Qatar</title>
                    <description>I woke up fairly early this morning and convinced myself to go driving before the crazies got on the road. So I headed west. I took Salwa towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia then veered right towards Umm Bab Love the name though the town was nothing. It was mostly just me on lonely stretches of twolane road which somewhat worried me since I forgot my phone. Ooops I passed ... well... desert</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/blog-771492.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Move over  I'm better than you</title>
                    <description>I39m getting tired of describing the daily nightmare that is driving in Qatar just as I am sure you39re tired of reading about it. But I feel it says a lot about the mentality here. People really do not seem to care about anyone but themselves. I have yet to see a random act of kindness unless it is me. It is very sad and I wonder if I39ll be able to handle being here for the next year o</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-771416.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Home life</title>
                    <description>Another blog of my daily life... Sorry  Qatar is not nearly as exciting as Dubai. I have no friends no public transportation no delivery no gym... nothing. It is a bit of an adjustment. Fortunately it has been a good week because I still love my job and I am so happy in my new apartment. I39ve been able to cook and relax. No more driving all the way to West Bay everyday  a 15 minute commu</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-770391.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Moving in</title>
                    <description>The last 10 days or so were a whirlwind. I found an apartment that I liked but it took sometime for my office to arrange it. I was supposed to move in last week but since I couldn39t I took an impromptu quick trip to Dubai. I hung out with Jamie saw a movie with Samar did some errands and upset Melvin for not calling him. Sorry Melvin  The flight to Dubai on Qatar Airways was extremely</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-769111.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Qatar  Settling in</title>
                    <description>Saturday I set up an appointment and looked at two apartments and I was good with either. They were set up nice and included everything. Everything. All utilities furniture appliances... even a full set of kitchen knives They said with a one year contract they would even replace my bed if I didn39t like it. The second apartment39s layout was a bit more homey so that was the one I went w</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-766977.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Qatar  Making Friends</title>
                    <description>As usual not much to report outside of work stuff. I39ve been getting along pretty well with my coworkers lately and working on a bunch of smaller projects which have kept me busy And I39m reading the book I39ve been waiting for for 15 years Basically I39ll be shut up in my room all weekend.Except for tonight. My american coworker Kay invited me to dinner with her running club. </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-766646.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Dubai Dune Bashing  best one yet</title>
                    <description>I returned for a weekend trip to Dubai to get out of Qatar for a few days and do something. The only thing I39d recently done in Qatar was find the Belgian Beer Cafe at the Intercontinental Hotel with a coworker  my first beer since Dubai39s Rugby Sevens and it was soooo good...What is kind of nice and exhausting at the same time is that there is just so much to do when I return to Dubai  </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/United-Arab-Emirates/Dubai/blog-765861.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Happy New Year from Qatar</title>
                    <description>I know you are probably sick of me saying there is nothing to do here in Qatar  but it is fairly true. Fortunately I just LOVE the work I39m doing. Like seriously love it. The geology is interesting the projects are unique and we have a good crew working here that I get along with quite well. It is just sad that it is located where it is. I would love to blog about my actual work experie</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Qatar/Doha/blog-764475.html</link>
                </item><item>
                    <title>Christmas in Dubai part deux</title>
                    <description>Happy New Year from Qatar. I haven39t written in a while because there is seriously nothing to write about.Let39s start with Christmas. Christmas Day my coworker Annene invited me to spend the day with her family  her sister husband and kids and actually their families. There were many nationalities there  Aussies South African English and me  so it was an interesting mix. I had on</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/United-Arab-Emirates/Dubai/blog-764390.html</link>
                </item></channel></rss>