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Dubai is cool

A travel blog entry by akheiden

Hi every one

We arrived safe and sound in Dubai after a pretty unevenful 10 1/2 hour flight from Perth. From there things went a little south, as our hotel that mum had booked told us that they didn't have a spare room for us, but they had given us another room at the Marriot hotel around the corner - and from there things started looking …

Discovering Dubai

A travel blog entry by planet_wylie

Dubai was an unforgettable experience. With just a two-day layover, we covered a lot of ground.

Ramadan, the month of fasting for Muslims, had just started. Most restaurants are closed from sunrise to sunset, and it is illegal to partake in food or drink in public. In 40 degree + Celsius hazy desert heat (which used to be more like 50+ in …

Shu'mata

A travel blog entry by bmlevinson

... Every once in a while, one of the women would come and take our materials from us and weave. These women are STRONG. So that work was fun in the sense that it was almost like basket weaving. Then...they brought out the first bucket. We'd seen one of the women mixing it the whole time. Right before they brought the first bucket out, mom suggested that she and dad put their wedding rings away. You may have guessed it by now, but in the bucket was a mixture of cow poop and pee. ...

The bizarre jewel in the dessert

A travel blog entry by 2enma5ter

... totally exhausted on the sideline after 10 minutes. My teammates kept telling me how good I was doing while Thoby was running laps around me scoring in every possible way on me. I always dreamt about being a cornerback in American football. Good thing it stayed a dream. I was just terrible, but at the end I scored once and that took the last bit of energy out of my body. Planning on leaving the next morning back to Dubai with Thoby, Frances intervened and made me stay another day. ...