Country Info
- Abu Dhabi
- Capital
- UAE Dirham (AED)
- Currency
- 2,407,460
- Population
- AE
- Country Code
Abu Dhabi Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Sheik Zayed mosque (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
... (Arabic: مسجد الشيخ زايد) in Abu Dhabi is the largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates and the eighth largest mosque in the world. It is named after Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al ...
Foray into the Gulf
... hours sleep we went out for a bit of a walk, an awesome cheap vego feed at an Indian place, a bit of a shop at Abu Dhabi Mall (Which was totally underwhelming by the way) and found the most awesome franchise in the world, a place called Just Falafel ...
A day in Abu Dhabi.
Day 5 Sun 25th Sept 2005 A day in Abu Dhabi. So much for the early start! We got up at 11am. Sohban is the housekeeper here, he made us breakfast. Sohban is also from India but further north than us, he comes from Dheradoon. We had planned to go ...
Dubai
Back to Dubai for some duty free shopping, any requests, let me know now! Spend, Spend, Spend... 12th January, 8.50, Sheritan lobby. Well we arrived at 6am this morning and are still waiting to check in after a 1.20am flight from Bangkok. For ...
Steel on Fire Festival Performance
... , a collaboration between Phoenix and Drumatical, as an evening highlight. Despite all this entertainment it seemed most of the Abu Dhabi population preferred to sit grid-locked in one mighty traffic jam, fervently honking their horns and revving their ...
viaje de regreso
nos fuimos en la linea aerea Etihad... la recomiendo de todas maneras , buen servicio, buenos aviones ... el aeropuerto de Adhu badi es ...
Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
Hey guys! We arrived in Abu Dhabi very early in the morning, so we spent the night in the airport. We then caught the free Etihad Airways bus to Dubai! See you there! No pictures sorry Love Matty and Taryn ...
Flying Marathon: Duration so far: 15h
Waiting for flight number 2 from Abu Dhabi to London: 1 March ...
Random vet run
... huge cat fanatics. Unfortunately the day I arrived in the UAE one of their 3 kitties passed :( They had driven down to a vet in Abu Dhabi to try and save him and while they were there they saw a young kitten waiting for adoption, so today they went to go ...
Hot in the city
It's Friday, the Muslim sabbath, so most places are shut. I take a trip into town to have a wander round and see how hot it is. As suspected, it's very hot indeed. I don't have a proper map, only one I printed out off the internet, and there seem to be a ...
Alien in UAE
... . You come off the plane and instead of going to passport control / heading to baggage claim you go to international transfers. No, not in Abu Dhabi you don't. In Abu Dhabi you follow the corridor to a huge circular room with a dome roof (I forgot to take ...
Super vol
... de dormir mais pas beaucoup de place (heureusement que j'ai grandi avec mesure), bref plein de courbatures mais bon vol. Arrive a Abu dhabi, apres avoir courru 3 km dans l'aeroport, ce qui frappe ce sont ces hommes habille de blanc (j'oublie de demander ...
Abu Dhabi desert experience - El desierto
... a la luz de la luna. Pròxima parada Beijing/Pekin, nos vamos para el airport. Yesterday after a visit to city centre Abu Dhabi, went on a 4x4WD excursion in the desert, amazing experience, like been in roller coaster for one hour. Really good. At ...
It ain't half hot mum
The flight is uneventful and 8 hours later I step into the baking heat of Abu Dhabi. It is 7:30am and as I walk out of the airport it feels like I've opened an oven door. The first surprise is the female cab driver. Not a local of course, but an ...
Welcome to Abu Dhabi
... inmensa playa con una ciudad a su orilla. La zona donde estamos esta al lado del mar, es la nueva área de expansión de Abu Dhabi, por cierto, aquí la construcción no esta en crisis, por si alguno se anima, eso si creo que aquí la ...
Farewell Abu Dhabi
... imagine being inside a giant doughnut lined with white, blue and gold tiles, you have some idea what the international terminal of Abu Dhabi airport looks like. The hours around midnight are a busy time for the airport as aircraft that have left the Far ...
The Emirates Palace
... hotel door. The hotel is spectacular. It was the most expensive hotel in the world to build, and is Abu Dhabi's answer to Dubai's more famous Burj Al Arab. The walls and the floor are marble, the skirting is marble of a contrasting colour. It is ...
17th-20th February - Days 3-6
... returned to Dubai after spending the last three days enjoying Mitch and Lorette's hospitality in Abu Dhabi. Another amazing place and capital of the United Arab Emirates (this blog is educational as well as entertaining). During our time in Abu Dhabi, we ...
Transit in Abu Dhabi
... ), accounting for approximately 86% of the total land area of the UAE. The seat of the President of the United Arab Emirates is located in Abu Dhabi city, which also hosts many oil companies, foreign embassies and the federal cabinet. The emirate's main ...
Our First Adventure at Fun City!
... it's hot here!" Our first blog entry is a fun one - the other night we were wandering around the Marina Mall in Abu Dhabi enjoying an evening of late night Ramadan shopping - still getting used to that - when we came upon "Fun City". The ...
Grand Zayed Mosque Experience
... (not including grounds) and was built in honour of his highness Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder of the United Arab Emirates and first president and ruler of the nation until his death in 2004. To say his mosque is exceptional in ...
still on our way!
... lol. those travel eeze worked a treat, mum. i had a bloody good kip, good job coz i would be nackered otherwise. arrived in abu dhabi international at 20.07pm local time. its emaculate here, i can see myself in the floor tiles! shae tht its dark n we ...
Friday = weekend!
Here in UAE their weekend is Friday & Saturday, takes a bit of getting used to! Been to the pool to catch some rays and swim a few laps - a tad cold but refreshing. No run today as having a BBQ with some friends of Ivan & V's had a very pleasant ...
Stop over
Day 2: Just got off of the plane after 12.5 hours. Local time is 7 pm (10am for you). We got us some Dirhams at a rate of 3.42 / CDN $, so we can grab a beer before we're back in the air in a few hours. 14 hours from here to Sydney. So far the two of us ...
Worth a mention...
OK, so I was only here for about 6 hours and the sign said no pictures, but everyone else was taking them so that makes it OK right ;-) If they don't want people to take pictures then they shouldn't make their airport look so impressive anyway. Best ...
9 hours is a long time
... stressful few days and a final dash to the hairdressers to solve the ginger highlights, i finally made it on my flight. Currently enjoying all abu dhabi airport has to offer. Which is not a lot apart from a Costa which is making me feel right at home. Its ...
Beers, Boards and Bowling
We then caught the bus down to Abu Dhabi the richest and largest of the Emirates. Everything was pretty modern and sleek here. On our first night we ended up at The Tavern at the Sheraton hotel at the bar for quiz night. Every table was full and we ...
Brand association capital of the world
Our first flight of the journey is as painful as expected and stopping in Abu Dhabi did nothing to ease the mental and physical discomfort we felt at being on a plane. This Gulf state is the living embodiment of status through brand association. The ...