Border Patrol “Lets go to Oman, the borders just down this road. We can take some more shots; it’ll be great”…an inspired idea Ficks; so simple, so easy, just themselves and their passports in a white peugeout 205 hire car, hardly any money, phones that don’t work on the network in Oman. Perfect. So they drive down the road towards the border patrol, they pass through the first and show their passports, they drive through No Mans Land..too late to turn back now. They stop at the Oman border, show their passports, are asked to park the car and get [View Full Entry]

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SCUBA Saz and the wrongest day ever So they’ve now been in Dubai over a week and knowing that Ficks has his open water diver licence, knowing that they could go diving together as they travel round the world, knowing that she loves a challenge, Saz signs up for an open water course at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel. Such an amazing idea, such a beautiful location, such a professional bunch of instructors…such a shame she appears unable to blow out through her nose to clear her mask! 5 attempts later and close to hyperventilating she leaves the pool in tears…Ficks [View Full Entry]

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first leg • The case of the missing contact lens holder So their journey begins at Charles De Gaulle airport and already there is chaos! Traumatised from standing patiently in the check in queue whilst the biggest coach load of French push in front of us Saz realises she has checked in her contact lens holder and solution (ideal when you have a 9 hour trip ahead of you!) Discovering that the terminal building has little in it but some cool escalators, toilets and a newsagent they decide to improvise….2 boxes of tic tacs and a bottle of wate [View Full Entry]

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