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Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Dubai November 26th 2008

Hello everyone!! I've written a few more blogs updating my european travels. I'm still about a month behind, but I"m trying my best :) I'm just having too much fun to sit and write on the computer! Right now I"m in Dubai and actually flying out in about 3 hours to New Zealand. I've spent just under two weeks here and it was a blast. You'll hear about it later though, hopefully :) I'll be arriving to NZ nov 28th and will potentially spend three months there until my visa runs out. Should be pretty exciting. I've already booked a 5 day surf tour on the north island. I'm just dieing to get some good surf time in!! Hope everyone has a wonderful thanksgiving. I'll be at my layover in Brunei all day but i'll try ... read more

Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Dubai November 17th 2008

Arrived at Dubai airport's new and extremely glamorous Terminal 3 building in the evening, stocked up on duty free, and then met up with Al and Russ who were kindly letting us stay. The weather was excellent (in contrast to our previous visit), so we spent the week up to our proposed Bangkok flight in relaxing by the apartment rooftop pool and visiting local attractions. The pool has a great view of the Bur Dubai which is the tallest building in the world and is nearing completion. Because most of the apartment's inhabitants were at work we had the pool to ourselves for much of most days. Annoyingly my camera is only working intermittently with most pictures coming out with a purple fuzzy haze so I'm limited in the photos I can upload. One night we ... read more
Jen enjoying lime mint cooler
On the Jumeirah Palm
Al and Russ

Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Dubai November 9th 2008

Last week was fun in Dubai...today was "country side" Dubai. This is one of my favorite sunset on earth, and I truly wanted to share it to Ma'ri. So after a short 4 hours flight, a very short night...a little nap in our hotel, we got a pick up for our safari Dubai. Not that many pictures, but an afternoon and evening of fun! Enjoy the pics...and jut wait for our next entry....you may have to wait a little...but not too much...next one...coming soon...with Love!... read more
Love the sunset...
with love...
ride and play...

Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Dubai November 9th 2008

So we graduated! We had a special ceremony, a cake and met the CEO of Qatar Airways, Mr Al Baker. At 5:30 the next morning, the bus picked us up and took us to the airport for our flight to Dubai. We were barely in the air when we started to descend. Wow, I got that Hong Kong feeling...a fresh, bustling, impressive city ….Dubai! I cannot wait to take a trip there...it’s so close and easy for me to go there. A bus took us to the Emirates training facilities where we found it to be state of the art and only 2 years old. They have 3 mock up planes: an A300 for ground evacuation, one A330/340 also for ground evacuation and one for ditching. We practiced on the A330/340, 5 at a time we ... read more
On the plane on our way to Dubai
Dubai form the training centre
Lunch outside...

Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Dubai November 8th 2008

Well.... no photos yet but just a quick note to say hello. Will try to update this from Saudi if possible... but who knows. All has been uneventful so far.... as we have just had the first day here in Dubai. Flights were uneventful... with a short delay leaving Vancouver as someone was determined to be too drunk to fly (at 3pm??), so they had to offload his luggage. Frankfurt... well... the armpit of airports really... but nice bratwurst. Nice flight down here... with me reading all night as Toddy watched movies and slept. I am a wee bit jealous. Scaffolding and construction cranes are the current main attraction here as the building blitz continues. Wonder when Dubia will be finished?? Ha Ha. Staying at a lovely hotel in the middle of who knows where... though ... read more

Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Dubai November 5th 2008

Strange things can happen when you try to save a few dollars on plane tickets. My itinerary includes three different airlines, which means checking in three times, checking luggage three times, going through security three times, and so on. In London, the person who checked me in at Biman Bangalesh Airlines had a bit of a chuckle that I'm flying through Dubai to Bangalore. He said that never in his many years working for Biman had anyone ever done this before. Really? It actually makes pretty good sense to me, Dubai is right on the way, between London & Bangalore. Flying Biman Bangladesh reminded me of flying when I was a kid, when we'd take that flight half way around the world between South Africa & USA every couple of years. I always thought the airplane ... read more

Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Dubai November 3rd 2008

We have a new addition to the household. And she is just lovely. Her name is Lucy and we adopted her from the Feline Friends charity on the weekend. Needless to say she has settled in very well and is now in charge of the entire household. ... read more
Lucy again
and again
and again

Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Dubai November 2nd 2008

Dubai - a transit stop on my way back from India. It's stating the obvious but it was hot here, even in this time of the year. In some ways it felt like that I am still in India but in a different environment. Half of the time I got by speaking Hindi. There are plenty of electronic and gold shops here. I was staying in Deria (near the creek) and the thing which really stands out in the sky line is Burj Dubai. The world's longest tower and they are still building it. It is sinister looking and a little creepy. Probably because it is much taller than any other building in the skyline by a long way. There is construction going on everywhere around Dubai. The Palm Jumeirah is an artificial islands in a ... read more
Jumeirah Beach
Thin building on the left is Al Durj (from the Creek)
The desert

Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Dubai November 2nd 2008

We went to the Irish Village in Dubai this past weekend for a scary good Halloween party. It was great to be in an Irish pub, drinking a Guinness, and listening to live music. I decided that since I didn't pack a Halloween costume in my suitcase, and my name is Erin, that I would simply be Irish for the day. As it turns out, it would have been way more fun to dress up. Some of the costumes were fantastic!... read more
Irish Car Bombs!
The Gang
The Irish Village, Dubai

Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Dubai November 1st 2008

The last few weeks have seen a lot of stress...and a lot more stress is going to come in the next few weeks. So this little break, planed months ago is a true welcome. Four weeks ago, Christophe, Leslie's godfather and my best friend of more than 20 years wrote me a small email. I'm moving to the United Arab Emirates for few months...when do we have a drink...the answer came straight on...on 31st October. It's a small world for few of us! So 2 days in Dubai before heading to paradise where I'm writting this entry. My last visit to Dubai was three years ago. I'm impressed how the place has evolved so fast. Living in shanghai, I'm used to fast moving places...but this place is amazing. It's also my fourth visit here in less ... read more
The Burj....blurred pic...but what a place
So now...this is impressive!
the drop...




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