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Travel Blogs from Sharjah
The country of Forts, Mosques and Sheiks
... of constuction in the UAE, becoming an impressive modern city in just ten to fifteen years. Dubai has everything, including forts and mosques and a sheik (a governing king from the royal family of an emirate)
Hiring a car, we ventured away from the hussle and bustle of Dubai, as we headed to the desert oasis of Al Ain. In the Abu Dhabi emirate (the biggest emirate in the UAE), the city of Al Ain was built around a natural oasis. Al Ain was a great place to visit. ...
Ritz-Carlton
... hänen luo kylään. Rouvaakin harmittaa selvästi, ja äkkiä tuleekin minun pysäkkini ja hyvästelemme nopeasti. Harmi. Menen hotellille ja altaalle. Meillä oli suunnitelma mennä safarille tänä iltana, mutta jätämme sen väliin. Illalla käymme ostoksilla Emirates-ostoskeskuksessa. Ostetaan tuliaisia ja seuralaiselle vaatetta. Sitä Guessin laukkua ei löydetä täältä.
Viimeinen aamu. En ole koskaan kärsinyt erityisesti Suomen talvesta, kun ei ole ollut mitä verrata. Mutta nyt, kun ...
DROOMweekend - incl 1e foto van Petitbeurreke
... plekje, staat op het lijstje om te doen met al onze bezoekers. Als een echte Dubaiaan / Dubaiees (?) had ik een truitje meegenomen maar dat bleek ...
Skiing or Surfing?
... in the shape of the UAE logo. I mean, who does that if they don’t want to impress people. This city also has the weirdest shaped buildings I’ve ever seen. It’s almost like Las Vegas got taller and bigger. The other crazy thing is that the buildings here touch the clouds. It reminds me of when I went to Costa Rica and was in the cloud forest, except this time it’s a concrete jungle. The people here are proud of that fact. I ...
Like walking into a bowl of soup
... or smoggy or something.
Then I stepped out of the plane, into a bowl of warm soup. It was dense. And hot! I reckon even Dad felt the heat, although by the time I found them at gate 202 both him and mum had their jumpers on.
We're about to leave again. Another 6 hours ... then PARIS.
Yay.
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