Thoughts of a travelling impostor in Dubai

05Mar10

Dubai Familiarity Trip 26th Feb – 03 Mar 2010 Courtesy of DTCM, we were invited as guests of the Dubai Government, Arabian Explorers and Virgin Atlantic to spend four full days on familiarity visits in hopes to enhance our understanding Dubai as a holiday destination, in particular for families. Here is my rather long account [...]

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Tags: aquarium, Atlantis, Burj, Dubai, Dubai Mall, hotels, Jebel Ali, Jumeirah, Oasis Beach Tower, Qamardeen, tourism, travel, UAE, Writing

A Hamaster stroke

03Mar10

Another weekend comes around and another week’s events calms down as the sediment kicked up in the big work pond decides to settle. This time next week I will be in the Middle East. This time last year I thought that if I were to go to the Middle East it would be to write [...]

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Tags: business trip, camel, clothes, corporation, Dubai, Dubai government, embargo, flight, Hamas, hotel, inspection, Israel, middle east, Mossad, News, tour, travel writing, UAE, Virgin Atlantic