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Surviving Annapurna

A travel blog entry by mikeandheather

Dubai was a pretty cool transition between Africa and Asia. Nairobi is a cosmopolitan metropolis to be sure, and it dwarfed every other African city we'd seen in the last four months, but it seemed like a quaint village compared to Dubai, where we were whisked from the space-aged airport in an air-conditioned luxury coach (there are no old cars in …

Dubai is freezing!

A travel blog entry by ramdux

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Brrrrrrrrrr... Everywhere is cold; taxi's, shops, hotels... of course I'm talking about the abundance of air conditioning around here, its everywhere. However, the heat is not as bad as the common view of this place is. Daily temperatures reach around 43 deg. C. One can tell when its that hot because their are no Emiraties (UAE citizens) around on …

Amazing

A travel blog entry by kokyuho

... India. There are so many Indians in Dubai, apparently approximately around the 30% of the population of the city, but I would say with no risk of mistake that my hosts were the most friendly two of that population! hehe. And so, after meeting and having a quick powernap, Pegu and me went to meet again Sebastian, and started our tour in the city. Sebastian only was staying in Dubai for a day, therefore we tried to see all the important stuff in this day.

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First morning

A travel blog entry by africa1213

... me we are in the wrong house.. Oops. Finally found the house with caution this time, got changed and get back to pool. These houses all look the same, all have one four wheel drive and one sudan... The kids, Joshua, Mitchell & Jade, after seeing each other last in Mauritius 5 years ago took about 10 mins of being strangers to being friends. Joshua and Mitchell spend evening outside riding bikes in the barmy Arabian ...

Time to say goodbye

A travel blog entry by sara83

... gola ha bloccato.

La partenza: è il momento più bello e più brutto di ogni viaggio. Ti prende quel non so che di nostalgico mentre vai via da casa e c’è sempre un inevitabile "mi raccomando", con un latente “ma devi proprio?”, che ti suona come un anatema e si aggiunge alle ansie che cerchi di nascondere con tutta la nonchalance di cui sei capace. Arrivi a destinazione, ti ambienti ed è già tempo di tornare indietro. Ancora ...