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A travel blog entry by giuliani242

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I landed in Abu Dhabi around midnight still not feeling 100% after my experience with Delhi belly. I made my way to immigration and I was excited because I didn't see any other people my skin color. When I got to the immigration counter there was a man wearing a Keffiyah, the traditional Arab headdress. He also had a face so strong, it looked like …

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A travel blog entry by emilyfletcher

... there is us.... I am I must admit feeling slightly sick as I may have over done it on the plane food. My hair is chucked up and jeans with a hoody n dirty shoes are not 'the look.' In addition trying to decide whether to sit on the camels back in the airport made us slightly stand out more than anyone. Everything in the UAE always seems to be easier and well organised. To me Dubai and Abu Dhabi are a real life Sim City, normally I would balk at this kind of ...

Einmal quer durch Abu Dhabi

A travel blog entry by franca

... ueber 40�C und in praller Sonne werden koennen. Nach der Mittagspause wollte ich mir eigentlich einen Palast angucken, aber der wird momentan erweitert und war deshalb abgesperrt und mit Plakaten zugehaengt. Kurzer Hand bin ich dann noch in die Abu Dhabi Mall gefahren. Ich dachte, wenn die Dubai Mall so beeindruckend ist, dann ist die Abu Dhabi Mall bestimmt auch irgendwie besonders. Falsch. Ganz normal und ...

Midnight at the Oasis

A travel blog entry by maggik

... noise in the background. Knock at the door and in comes the duty manager "Bini" with 2 maintenance men and a security guard who takes his job very seriously. Maintenance man number one decides that the air need to move near the detector so wafts a magazine around as maintenance man number 2 watches so he knows what to do when this happens again. All to no avail. Apologies again, all disappear (except the noise) and reappear with electrician and step ladder, ...

İmperialism of the Will (Day 1)

A travel blog entry by paolo_g1979

... I had 4 hours of layover in the airport and it's fortunate wifi was free in the airport. Spent most of the time in the internet making sure I that after my trip, I will not be evicted from my office/home.

The flight to Brussels was early in the morning around 07:00 so I had the chance to see the sun rise and it was dramatic like a scene in Top Gun.

When boarding time for Brussels was nearing, I studied the demographics of the passengers who were slowly filing up ...