Mon premier jour avec O quand on est alle au Dubai mall [View Full Entry]

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I don't want to get into a big debate about ethnic origins of various races, nor do I want to get into details regarding numbers, but the fact of the matter is that the vast majority of the people on this planet are not white. The world population is currently estimated at about 6.78 billion. The bulk of the white people are to be found in Northern America, Europe, Russia and the Antipodes. Add together their populations and you can just about scrape together a billion people, not all of whom will be white of course. This means that for every [View Full Entry]

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Dubai July 2009 While the skyscrapers crawl up all over the place in Burj Dubai, Deira Dubai still has some of the old world charm. Various pictures from around Dubai. -Simon [View Full Entry]

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‘It’s a Dubai thing’ is a term we desert dwellers bandy around a lot in the United Arab Emirates. There are just certain things - some frustrating, some a little odd - that seem to be unique to this part of the world. It’s probably just that some aspects of life in the Middle East are simply different from what we’re used to. We are, after all, expats in a foreign country. Here, my top three ‘Dubai things’.... Roadhogs rule Motoring menaces mean you need nerves of steel on the roads in Dubai. Crazy manouevres such as reversing around a round [View Full Entry]

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Exactly as it says on the tin! Abu Dhabi - city designed... just not built! Even the ATC Tower is half missing! Will blog about the flight when I get to Sydney... I'm just keeping Tom in suspenders.. suspense even! Trumpets! Ok... So I left Manchester and had a delightful trip to Abu Dhabi. This place really is a city in the centre of the sand! There is absoloutly nothing around and the airport - as beautiful as it is - is very small! Got chatting with two girls... yet again another pair of teachers... I'm sure that students were supposed [View Full Entry]

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Dubai. waiting 11 month to see something from Dubai...yes but not alone!! Attendre 11 mois a Dubai pour visiter..oui mais pas toute seule! [View Full Entry]

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20/7/09 Got the visa, packed the bags, copied all the paperwork, got all the 'you beaut' travel things... pegless clotheline, sleeping bag liner, microfibre towel, travel books, maps, diary, journal, torches ... etc... I've seen 2/3 of the kids and got emails from the other 1/3. Got photos of all the kids and grandkids... (all girls - can someone tell my kids how to produce boys - then again it took me three goes!!) How do you pack what you think you'll need for the next 2 years in one bag?? "if you don't have it, you can buy it.." is [View Full Entry]

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Dubai - Rich Lands My vacation in Dubai was one of the best trips I have ever been on. More exciting than other vacations I have been on because, unlike any other country in the west, you get the new experience of exotic travel, landscape, tourism, and of course, weather. Sunny over 350 days a year, Dubai's desolate desert landscape is only half of what attracts the tourists, if that. Most establishments seem to have been created specifically for tourist satisfaction, so you will always be entertained. Some of the best things to do or see include the Burj al [View Full Entry]

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Starting at 4pm, our private driver pick us up near my apartment then drove for about an hour to the Desert. I'm glad I did booked for a private car as many other "tourist" were sick along the trip, yes desert safari is dunes riding and may be crazy!!! and well we both love crazy stuff!! Here we go for an hour of up, down, side way...it was cool met with few camels on the way. After that we went to this camp where we had a short ride on this camel and then we tried the traditional arabic clothe..mmh ! [View Full Entry]

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Have never been to Dubai and decided it was time to visit. I think i picked the wrong time of year to go. It was very hot both in day and evening. One of the local folk said that this was maybe not the best time to visit. All in all it is very intersting place. I only stayed a coupld of days but did enjoy myself alot. [View Full Entry]

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