Holiday International Sharjah

... last time I was here. I kept two hundred dollar bills in my pocket in case I got caught. Great dessert bar. You can land you chopper on the roof and walk to your table, You can also look down and see the Palm Island development, big beyond comprehension. Scores of hotels, hundreds of big houses, all built on a manmade island in the Gulf. <br><br>Tomorrow...Return to Africa!

... have for hoteliers looking to promote a brand within a large segment of the population &#8211; particularly the increasing number of tourists to Dubai.<br><br>Internet and Computer Consultant.<br>PC Desktop Computer<br>Desktops Computers<br>

... of large sailors with me who picked me up and carried me off to cool down. Despite this I had an excellent day with the boys and we finished it off with a good meal at the Mission and then home for an early night. The next day we sailed into patrol 3. So that was Dubai. We will be back again soon and I am really looking forward to it. It doesn't have the same atmosphere as Singapore but I think I like it just as much. Next time in I am going to go exploring more. I want ...

... but it is safe to say that i was mightily ****** off. On leaving that room i was taken to a table where several customs officals went through my main bag with a fine toothcomb. I realised that i had some pirate DVD's in my bag that were wrapped up in a black big bag. When they found this bag it did look very dodgy and they got very excited and were dissapointed to see it was only DVD's. In the ned they let me go but it ...

Still only much of the same the last few days. I have made another new friends in one of my roommates who is Egyptian. Comes in very handy to have a friend who speaks the language and knows of a cafe with free internet owned by a friend of his. Today i smoked my first sheesha, you know those big bong looking things. Something i had wanted to do, smoking a ...

... wooden boat here. It is still being built (now by immigrants, of course) and used for fishing, trading, or taking people around. The Khor is the large river that runs through Dubai and made it an ideal site for settling a city. As we started having drinks while peering at the huge buffet, the ship set off, and we sailed down to the sea and back while chitchatting with the colleagues and big bosses, as everyone was there.

... thing has its weaknesses--apparently, the building was not made waterproof, and during a severe rainstorm last month, the entire place flooded. Ruined the mural of the map we painted and everything. So much for Liz's immortality. So much for all the hard work (much of which was done while I had a case of Salmonella), so much for 24-hour shifts, and so much for my professional experience. That was ...

... to a hotel bar. The restrooms in Dubai should not be confused for a prayer room, which are always in the same location of popular malls, and the doors are similarly marked. For a muslim, it is an obligation to pray 5 times a day, so even when shopping it is possible to stop for prayer. That being said, the background of most people in these facilities, is not Muslim. A large percentage of the people in Dubai are tourists or ex-patriots, leaving the ...

... to him and ask if we could get our picture taken! See, I always thought you weren't supposed to talk to dignitaries and royalty till they said something first...kinda awkward for all of us. His Highness was kind enough to accomodate. Hey! Now I have proof that my clunky old film camera is better than your spiffy digital camera. No longer can you, or anyone else, make fun of ...

... Lesser Flamingo, Namaqua Dove, Stilts, Red-wattled Lapwings, Laughing Doves, Collared Doves and more. It could really be the desert, but it is a comfortable one and one that guarantees that you can experience some of its delights. Passing through on area into another you go through a cave structure containing Egyptian Fruit Bats. This is a beautiful exhibit which lacks the sickly dingy fruity decaying smelliness one so often encounters in bat displays in other zoos. Back ...