If you have researched Dubai at all, one of the warnings that pops up regularly, is the that traffic and driving are generally quite dangerous. One of my worst fears about living in Dubai is the driving on the Sh**kh Zayed Road. The amount of accidents that happen in Dubai is amazing. My thoughts are basically if you every have a breakdown on th...

I made it!!! 14 hours later I landed in Dubai. As we flew in you could see the lights from the Palm Islands. I landed and it finally hit me that I am on the other side of the world. (2100 Christmas eve) My first stop was trying to figure a way out of the Airport. I made it through the passport check point no problem. I got 300 Dirahms (1 Dollar ...

Well everybody...it's over for real this time. The semester's over, and now I'm going back to Cincinnati for the rest of my life. I'm kind of sad about this. And kind of not. Things I will miss about Dubai: 1. Always being warm enough 2. Shiny skyscrapers! 3. Being able to cut to the front of the line on buses...and also that sense of moral outr...

Alive and Well Well I did it -- for all of you who doubted my safe return from Pakistan....I'm out. I'm in the airport in Dubai waiting to board the next leg of my 25 hour journey home....a flight to London. Last Days in Pakistan As with all of my trips, there is always something that doesn't go as planned. After the last entry, we were planning...