Blogs from United Arab Emirates, Middle East - page 174

After a much welcomed rest in our room, from our exhausting walk this morning, we received a call from reception to say that our tour guide for our ‘desert safari’ had arrived to pick us up. After a quick get-ready, we jumped in our white Toyota Land Cruiser, which we were soon to realise was pretty much the only kind of 4WD Dubai seems to know exists. It still surprises me that we managed to actually get thought the city, pick up the other people in our car and get to the meeting place out in the dunes without having a serious accident. I think someone forgot to tell that driver that he wasn’t driving on the sand dunes at this stage, and in fact, those are actually other cars on the road. It made the ... read more

whoever thinks that bigger isn't better, should spend a bit of time in Dubai! heralded as where east meets west (although i have heard this about turkey as well?), Dubai is basically a man made mega-tropolis. one of the seven states (emirates) that makes up the united Arab emirates (UAE) and governed by the maktoum sheik family, Dubai occupies a plot of dry desert on the Persian gulf. 50 years ago, Dubai was mainly a small, quiet desert town with a lively fishing and pearl diving community. today, the city of 1.3 million is a mecca of modernity. glass skyscrapers, high-rise condos, shopping malls and first class resorts, golf courses, and beaches dominate the vast concrete sprawl. as a stop-over en-route from Johannesburg to Bangkok, i only had 22 hours to properly explore. initially, my plan ... read more

On June 29th, Dubfire of Deep Dish came to Dubai and performed at Trilogy - one of Dubai's hottest night clubs. We went with a group of friends and had a great night out with awesome music and dancing. ... read more

Dominic's entry: Hello! Dominic here. I hope you have all enjoyed reading Andrea's travels and news as much as I have. It has been a pleasure reading about all of the adventures which we have had together and the latest chapter in our new age travels is sure to be just as fun. When Andrea and I sat down with my parents a couple of months ago, to tell them that we were moving out to Dubai, we knew that Justin was considering a move to the Middle East. Shortly after Andrea randomly ended up at the Emirates interview, Justin found an opportunity to apply his communications skills and experience in a new role in Abu Dhabi. We had not seen each other for about a year, and luckily we both had meetings in town at ... read more

I haven’t got time at the moment to go through the dozens of photos I took in Thailand last week, most of them probably breech the guidelines set by this travel blog site anyway and I don’t want to be banned again, but in the meantime here is another morsel from Abu Dhabi. They really do cater for all tastes here, you want Pizza? Curry? Lebanese? Thai? Philipino? Nepalese? Fresh Baguettes? German Sausage? Absolutely no problem, downtown AUH has got it all. Sick of all the hassle of chewing? Sugar rotting your teeth? Well then get yourself down to Madinat Zayed and get some Butt Sweet goodness in you! Naturally I have thought up a load of orifice related establishments, but this is neither the time nor the place. Urethra Franklin Mint. There. I’ve said it ... read more