The red bull air race was being held in Abu Dhabi a couple of days after I was there. I got to see a lot of the setup down at the beach, and met some of the Redbull staff at my hotel, but sadly this was as close as I got to seeing the planes flying.
The Odd Place That Is Abu Dhabi April 16th 2009 Prologue
The international airport outside of Abu Dhabi is, in itself, the perfect metaphor for that city. When I first arrived and my travel weary self emerged into that sparkling edifice - a shimmering technicolour place that somehow resembles both a flowering lotus and a Turkish bath - I remember thinking that I would need to dedicate some serious time to explore the building upon m ... read more
Finished uni? Too lazy to get a job? Got a passion to see the world? Why not run away and try to cross the world from Bangkok to London without flying!
Starting on January 11, 2007 I set out to do just that with my mate Jeff. Bangkok, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, a six month sojourn in China, Mongolia, Nepal and India have happened already. Who knows where this new year will find me.
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