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Published: September 8th 2007
Good buds
Jorge and myself. We will be having some good party times this tour!Hello friends, family and other people with spare time. As shown by those of you who track dates, it has been quite a while since I have made a blog entry. My sincere apologies. Unfortunatly I have lost my camera right before setting out on my trip. While I am in process of buying another, I have been able to take some shots of some trips. So I hope these will start to give an idea of what life is like here.
As I begin to think of how to describe this area, I am baffled as to of where to start. This being my first time over seas, where should I start? The food, ahh yes, and the drinks. The food is quite good! What is great about Dubai is that it is a very international area. There are numerous cultures where ever you go. In fact, recently I went to the mall, and if there were just a few more Americans, I would have felt as if I were in America. The great thing is that where I live, the food is quite cheap. I can get a large order of chicken and noodles, with a smoothie (such
The 7 star hotel
It looks even better inside, but it is a great site on the beach! as kiwi, mango and so on!) delivered for free all for just 5 $5. Yes, I have eaten a lot from this place. The drinks, well that is a different story. In the middle east, many, of the countries have a government heavily tied to the religion. Thus, what ever is not allowed by the Muslim fatih is also illegal. Therefore, alcohol is a big no no around here. In Dubai though, it is allowed in certain areas. For instance, there are only bars at hotels. Of course, liquor stores are not really around. In fact, if you want to purchase alcohol at these rare stores, you first have to have a liquor license, and you get this only after you get a residancy visa. Although you can buy beer at the hotel bars, they cost about $7 a piece. As you can imagine, I have begun to miss having a beer here and there.
Other things that stand out to me is the culture. Everyone here has been very nice. I thought by learning some arabic I would be okay, but no. The place is so international that I would have to learn many other languages. Considering that
Looking up
It's a bit disorienting, but here I am looking up from the front door. many of the workers here are from South Asia, I would have to learn all of these languages as well. Most people speak either English or Arabic though. Of course, the clothing here is different. I have seen many women heavily vieled. I suppose there are new things in every culture.
Anyway, I imagine it would be difficult to go over all of the new things in just one blog, but this has been a few points. On to the pics. Attached here are some shots from a couple fo school outings. The school took us out to a dinner cruise through Dubai. A very nice welcome. On the next day, we were take to the Burj Al Arab, the world's 7 star hotel. There was quite a lot to see there, and hopefully the pics paint some of the picture.
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Barbara and Tayshia
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wow..
We like the hotel..esp the spinning bed..we enjoyed the pictures.