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... m still sitting in Dubai Airport when my RESCHEDULED flight was supposed to have me landing in Muscat @ 4 am. But when we landed at midnight, I was steered to a transfer counter(always a bad sign) and informed that the flight to Muscat was cancelled and I would be put on the next one. My ORIGINAL flight was supposed to have me in Muscat at 22:30 yesterday.(I didn't get that one because they cancelled the AA flight first remember?) My flight from Dubai now leaves at 8:30 this ...

... of an Olympic swimming pool The Grecian marble columns were crafted in China and it was the first time that marble has been inlaid with mother of pearl apparently. The sound system is wired to the other 2,400 mosques on the island so there is just the one call to prayer on the island relayed from the Imam at the Grand Mosque. And a final couple to do with their traditional dress (and the most amusing we thought)... When the men take their wives/sisters shopping or ...

... walking through an English town? Would they be greeted with such warmth? In fact try walking through a small British twon at chucking out time on a Saturday night and tell me how civilised our nation is. Yuk. Cringe. My friend and I discussed the fact that Abu Dhabi was meant to be world HQ for the Al Q brothers. Not that I saw any sign of them. She said (and she has asked that the quote be attributed to her not me) - "better to be living actually in ...

Right now it's about 7 a.m. on Wednesday, so I'll go over the last few days. Sunday was the beginning of my Dad's work week since he gets Fridays off. They work on a Sunday to Thursday work week to observe their Holy day. With that in mind the mornings have been a little slow, but very relaxing. He starts work at 6:30 a.m. and gets home around 3 p.m. I suspect they have early mornings given they have ...

Gah! One of the most common responses you get when you say that you're going to India is a prediction that you'll get sick. Either from some nasty "foreign disease" or from the food. I've been absolutely fine, even when eating meat or succumbing to my fresh tomato addiction. Fine, I tell you!<br><br>And today? Bleugh. Seems the off feeling I had for a while in Agra yesterday wasn't just nothing. It didn't help that it was ******* it down with rain when I woke up. I think those ...

Hello again, I successfully made it to the United Arab Emerites. I stayed with a friend that I grew up with in Georgia. Her husband is currently working there. My trip was very relaxing. They actually live in a villa at a beach resort. I can't say that I saw many sights but I ...

... on her shoulder. Funny huh...Kind of like love tattoos. But Andrea quickly rubbed it off before it could leave any ink on her...so I guess she didn't like her love tattoo after all. I guess it also wasn't her fault completely...we were smoking Double Apple in a hookah at the time. Best of all our adopted family was right there with us. In fact they beet us to it!!! We hung out there smoking till they called us for dinner. We got a few good pictures of it and I must say it was ...

... dunes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and funky Arab chill out music mixing house with traditional Middle Eastern music just added to the collage of sights and sounds that surrounded and captivated us. And then, of course, there was the wildlife. But we'll get to that. Our journey started in Dubai, UAE, and just so no one says these travel logs aren't educational here's a bit of trivia for the next ...