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» PhotoFriday: The Desert
I'm drawn to the desert. So much that I sometimes wonder whether I was meant to live in it. In one way, the desert is the complete opposite of the snow and ice of home - the temperature and the relationship with the sun. In another way, the landscapes

» 2 cosy Dubai cafés
When travelling with my daughters, I often opt to reserve lodgings with breakfast. One reason is to get the girls up. Can't miss brekkie we've already paid for now, can we... well, that argument works some of the time, anyway. This time I didn't. Partl

» Dubai shopping
Our final day in the Emirates and our plane didn't leave until midnight. I had seen and done all I came to see and do, so today was the girls' day. Not surprisingly, they opted to hit Dubai's shopping malls. Apart from the world's best hotel (Burj

» Fujairah
A bit weary of seeing all these emirates, the girls weren't exactly enthusiastic about travelling to yet another one. Nor was I, for that matter. But with just one to go, we couldn't very well give up, so off we went. Fujairah traffic circle "Why

» Oman at last
We finally managed to get up to the Musandam peninsula, after I ascertained our new driver had brought his passport. The border formalities at Al Darah were straightforward - we paid 25 dirham p.p. to leave the Emirates and about twice that to enter Oma

» Arabian desert safari

» Affluent Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, capital of the UAE, is the second largest emirate. Also, the Emir of Abu Dhabi, Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, is currently the president of the country (as well as the son of the country's first president, back in the early 1970s whe

» Sprightly Sharjah
Between Ajman and Dubai lies Sharjah. Like Ajman, we didn't stay very long here but liked what we saw. Home to many of Dubai's workers, as cost of housing is about one third (we were told); Sharjah seemed much livelier than Dubai. Lots more people out an

» Anonymous Ajman
With a quarter of a million people, Ajman wasn't as tiny as I somehow had expected. Also, it seemed much more affluent than I had expected. I suppose that says more about my expectations. It seems the closer to Dubai, the better the state of affairs o

» Umm al Quwain
Mr. Inept tried to persuade us to go directly from RAK to Ajman, and give Umm-al-Quwain a miss altogether. Determined to see all the northern emirates, I was having none of that, so I persisted and he finally caved. As it turned out, his not realizin

» Ras al Khaimah
Turned out we didn't make it to the Musandam peninsula, as the driver had left his passport. After our failed Oman venture, we decided to hit the northern emirates going back south. UAE's northernmost emirate is Ras al Khaimah, or RAK, rather large w

» Dubai
The girls and I are exploring the Arab Emirates these days. We hope to see Oman as well, but that doesn't seem as easy as anticipated. Things have gotten in the way, like drivers without passports! But first things first, i.e. Dubai. Abra, Dubai cr

» Dubai: Zero Tolerance on Drug Possession
Possession of tiny amounts of illegal drugs means a jail sentence in the zero-tolerance United Arab Emirates, as evidenced by two Britons sentenced to four-year ...

» Fabulous Dubai Holiday Packagea
If you blink you might miss another tall building being built in Dubai. What once was a sleep provincial place that no one outside ...

» Ismael Matar helps UAE get over the Hump
The man on the right in the picture to the left is United Arab Emirates striker Ismael Matar who is both celebrating his goal against Oman and practicing riding a camel. Matar scored the lone goal in UAE's 1-0 win in the final of ...