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Academic Games in Dubai Day 1

A travel blog entry by tpuckett

... and act it out. Next came the spelling challenge. They got 30 words. Funny, I just heard defenestration, and I just used that word in class yesterday and Hannah has that class. She better get it right. Later, the top 10 kids will do a spelling bee on stage. We just finished the first seven rounds of the quiz bowl and both teams are doing well. The first round, as always, started with an all Doha round and our A team winning. The A team is 5 and 1 and the B team ...

Tripple M - Moschee, Mercarto, Mall

A travel blog entry by franca

... war echt ein Gluecksfall. Von da aus wollte ich zur Dubai Mall. Aber sich hier fortzubewegen ist schwierig. Strecken von ca. 100 metern werden zu minutenlangen Fahrten, weil eine Strasse und eine Mittelleitplanke dazwischen liegen. Wie auch immer ich habe die Mall erreicht! Ich sage nur Luxus! Alle Marken, die ihr euch vorstellen koennt, sind hier vertreten. Wasserfaelle, eine Eislaufbahn, ein Aquarium (in dem man ...

Eid Al Fitr

A travel blog entry by ieeworldvoyage

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August 17 Eid Al Fitr
Yesterday, we went to a rich restaurant with other teachers to eat a little chic and be part of all these people waiting for nightfall, at around 6:45 pm in order to eat ... it was very nice and obviously expensive but ... well ... as this was organized by another teacher, we participated. Ramadan ends today ... I love this Arab art! we see art everywhere and everywhere art is present.

This morning, ...

Modern buildings and Bedouin lifestyle

A travel blog entry by elaqid

Booking the tours I wanted was not as easy as I had hoped, but I was still able to complete them finally this morning which left me most of the day open for whatever. I thought maybe I would just relax on the beach or something. Then again, the Burj Khalifa was calling my name. The weather was not really 100% clear, but I headed out to the Dubai Mall and ultimately up the Burj Khalifa. A word of advice, you need to make ...

Hell on Earth

A travel blog entry by am1

... Sounds easy right, not so much fun in 37 degree weather. Anything else worth seeing is about 15 - 20kms apart.

I'm also staying in what can only be described as a shithole, see the review for details. As there is no real complaints department, hopefully I can sway other travellers not to stay here. Paybacks a *****, ************. I've had a pretty good run with places I've stayed throughout the tour, no real rotten eggs, but that luck had to ...