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Academic Games Day 3
... and showed him again, but nothing could be done except for him to apologize which he did. Tough break. Hannah went two more rounds, then went out without controversy. We then had lunch and the four Doha teams set down and worked on sportsmanship. I was happy to see them pick Oman because it is their first year and they really struggled. Next, we had the consolation round for the quiz bowl. Our A team went against the top seeded ACS A who obviously lost their semi round. ...
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... was going through all different possibilities of what engine problems there could be - I think I would rather stay blissfully unaware! After 1.5 hours we were told that the problem would take a while to fix and so we would have to get off the plane and re-board later. Bummer. Oh well, we got off and had to get that stupid airport bus again for 10 minutes, then it was a security scan again and this meant taking off all shoes, belts etc ...
Arrival in Dubai
... are clean here ... we'll see when we do a little more exploring.
They are re-painting the entire school ...
We are forty new people ... So, it is great ... there must be 160 teachers who work here, from primary to secondary.
The school gave us a Mac to both of us but I must learn to use is again (I had one in Canada).
15 août 2012 Arrivée à Dubai
Premières impressions :
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Modern buildings and Bedouin lifestyle
... matting process. A local woman who was watching this with me, jokingly said "don't they know this is forbidden"!!! That was funny and we all laughed.
Well, it was time to head out and get back to the hotel for my scheduled pick-up time for the evening tour I booked. I decided to walk to the Metro and off I went back into the heat. It was indeed 15-20 minutes away and I was the only "crazy one" out there on the trek. ...
Hell on Earth
... Alzheimers.
Is it worth leaving the airport for an overnighter - yes, probably once in your life. But for me, both Abu Dhabi & Dubai are in the 'been there, done that' category. Didn't really do alot for me. Highlight being that Mosque in Abu Dhabi, now that was worth an overnighter.
As this is the end of the road, I don't really want to go out on a low so thats enough of Dubai.
It's been a hell of a 10 weeks, (Russia, ...