Blogs from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Middle East
Full day stop in Saudi Arabia (Sharjah)
Published: December 24th 2011Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Sharjah
December 20th 2011
Saturday 3rd of december 2011 Had somehow a sleep in the plane, listening to Arabic music. Flying into the rising sun. Getting out taking the shuttle bus. Arriving at the airport another time zone I guess 2 hours later, running out of battery here, hopefully I find a place to plug in my resharjah, haha... . United emirates flags everywhere even at the passport control the lady has fingernails in the flag of the united emirates, nice, I like the colours, green white black with some red in it! Hmm going to the toilet again as always clean. There is a praying room for men here and a lady kinda sings the information of the flights at least it seems like that! Okay, I'm allowed to step outside after the manager in a sergeant looking style ... read more
September 4th 2011
Hello to All, This Blog is about our trip to Sharjah – Salalah. We two families (4 adults, 2 kids) started our journey from Sharjah to Salalah on 28th August 2011 08:00 pm; we reached 10:00 pm at Al Ain. We had dinner there and resumed our journey towards the United Arab Emirates border “MAZYAD” (MAZYAD border is the best & easiest way to exit from UAE to SALALAH) We have to stop on UAE Border post for immigration procedure. Immigration authorities have to verify our passport and they have to put the “Exit Stamp” on our passport. (Please make sure, passport and visa must have a minimum validity of six months on the date of travelling). Once you finish the UAE Immigration procedures, we have to proceed to Oman Border Check post for immigration process. ... read more
Three Emirates and a little baby
Published: April 23rd 2010Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Sharjah
April 23rd 2010
Lets start with the little baby. You see while I was off traipsing around the Gulf States my sister gave birth to a lovely baby daughter, called Kari! And so sweet and fragile she is, it is funny to think that we all once started that way, small, wrinkly and dependent. Come to think of it, we will all end up that way as well, except for being small again perhaps. Although most of us will also hope that we won't be as vulnerable and dependent later on in our lives. But wrinkly we shall all become, that is for sure, no matter how many face-lifts, botox injections and whatever else you might choose to endure in order to stave off the inevitable. It thus was a happy return to Dubai, seeing my newest niece. Now ... read more
January 18th 2010
A day in Dubai. That is about all I think I'm good for in this weird city. It is often said that if Saudi Arabia and Las Vegas had a child, it would be Dubai. Though I have not been to either Saudi Arabia OR Las Vegas, I'd say this observation is apt. The city borders on the ridiculous while attempting to be spectacular. Okay, to be fair, there is a lot to be impressed by with Dubai. For example, I stood in one of the world's largest shopping malls complete with an NHL sized ice rink and the world's largest indoor aquarium in the shadow of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower. The Burj Khalifa sure is impressive. Standing at 828m in height, it dwarfs the CN Tower. To me the Burj Khalifa makes ... read more
December 2nd 2009
One of the old favourites for photo shoot and coffee. Weather is turning out to be real nice now! Still no news of Sharjah Aquarium location. Seems like they don't want us to find it.... read more
September 18th 2009
Hey everyone, So I've moved! Here are pictures of my apartment. I have a huge one with oodles of space. Did I already mention I had room for visitors? I am more than happy to put anyone up (I am referring to my friends who receive notices about my blog). As you can see from my pictures, a bunch of us from work went to Sharjah which is a Emirate past Dubai. The wife of one of the teachers knows a lot of the shop owners and can get us really good deals. For instance, if anyone wants a necklace with their name in Arabic-for silver it is 250 dirhams and for gold it is about 600 dirhams so just divide that amount by 3.3 and you get canadian prices. I think the pictures posted show ... read more
June 16th 2009
Al Majaz Park is awesome especially during the night... i have taken photos of it from our flat @ 11th floor, Al Marwa Tower Sharjah. Sharjah is one of the Seven Emirates in the UAE and it's a great place to live! The House rent & Cost of living is way lower compared to Dubai & Abu Dhabi. ... read more
February 14th 2009
Gestern sind wir ins Nachbar-Emirat Sharjah gefahren, um dort mit Freunden ein bißchen Angeln zu gehen! Startpunkt war der Hafen "Al Khan". Wir waren insgesamt 12 Mann/Frau und abgesehen vom Fischer, einem Freund und Micha hatte keiner nennenswerte Erfahrungen mit Fischen. Es konnte also nur gut werden... Zu allererst mussten wir aus der Lagune raus auf´s offene Meer und um dort rauszukommen, mussten wir unsere Pässe beim "Hafenmeister/Küstenwache" (was auch immer) vorlegen... Damit Sie wissen, wer weg ist, falls wir untergehen. Und nun ratet mal wer keinen Pass dabei hatte... Richtig! Die, die es ja eigentlich wissen müssten, weil Micha schon einmal mit raus gefahren ist. WIR! Aber wie an der Schweizer oder früher an der Polnischen Grenze kann man schon mal Glück haben und durchrutschen. Und wir hatten Glück... Einmal auf dem offenen Meer sind ... read more
February 5th 2009
I went on a 10th grade (or grade 10 if you are from anywhere else but the states. I think it's like the difference between a liter and a litre) field trip to the desert. The first component of the trip was what is called "Dune Bashing." When I asked friends who had either been to Dubai or currently live here, the one things near the top of every list of things to do it dune bashing, which consists of riding in an SUV while some guy drives you up and over dunes -- kind of like a roller coaster that may tip over or get stuck in the sand at any moment. It was a lot of fun and I hit my head and shins one various parts of the car on a pretty consistent ... read more
