Sheraton Suites Abu Dhabi

... or even chew gum in public. Despite this challenge, Ramadan has some perks. Once the sun sets, huge Iftar tents open up across the city. Chad and I had the opportunity to go to an authentic Iftar dinner where we had the most awesome Lebanese food of our lives! Shisha is smoked at Sohour, the celebration time after Iftar and before dawn. For Abby and Marshall&#8230;the Shisha here costs less than $3 and is so smooth compared to the Nice Ash. :)<br><br>On September 4th Chad celebrated ...

... s). After a little while you can blank out the carparks, and if you get off the main streets you find that the internals of the main blocks house sub-blocks and they are teaming with life. The buidlings all have little shops/offices at their base - family run businesses offering all one needs in their daily life - grocers, tailors, electrics shops, cheap vegetarian Indian. Typing services seem to be popular as do ...

... who all had big fans keeping them cool. We considered hoping in beside them. We cut our losses and headed back to the air con to get some dinner (by now night had thankfully fallen and we could eat again) before giving up on Abu Dhabi and taking to our room. A combination of jet lag, enforced fasting and Abu Dhabi's crappiness had taken its toll. EXCLUSIVE OFFER! Now add to the travel experience by viewing Paul's photos of UAE here! Or don't.

... and all the rest of the families start sending me a continuous stream of emails asking how well, how good, how great, etc... The first evening we had dinner with friends, and it was interesting to be with long-term residents. The food was great, and Steve treated us with a Margaux 2000, it was perfect. I had planned on getting gup early to spend time with the girls... eventually slept through my alarm clock, and got up just before noon. The girls had religiously not ...

... into their salads in a very on-the-edge fashion I thought. Respect. So, a good last night in Abu Dhabi. In good company, drinking good wine and with a warm evening stroll across a very civilised city. Sometime soon I may write about my uneventful journey home (or I may not of course). You can bet I will be back on line, however to record my impending visits to Ethiopia and Sudan (France I will keep to myself if you don´t mind).

... can't take photos? Ha-ha! Dad explains that we are American citizens and that we were just taking pictures of our Embassy. He's not having it, he's agitated. He asked us to pull over, called over another guard who then told us to pull up to the guard building. We pull up to the guard building as asked. The guard then asked to see my Dad's passport, drivers license and visa. He handed them over to him, along with his ...

... was burning up.<br><br>The aircon finally started working and we were off. I managed until the middle of the night, but then I had to go to the bathroom, where I had a choice and picked the wrong one. Sink or toilet? Toilet! The sink has a fine plug and wow, doesn't drain well. It took a while (the other passengers must've thought I had fallen asleep in there) but I finally got the room back to presentable and fragrant. Then I asked for a toothbrush and something really plain ...

... the place. Dubai is a city full of construction and a skyline that you will all recognise I am sure. It is also extremely hot and humid - 47 degrees and if you are outside for more than 10 minutes the sweat is just, well I leave that to your imagination!! I saw a lot of Dubai with Ian and Maureen on Saturday, and finished the day in the English Pub attached to my hotel. There are very few independent ...

... was the only one that was hopping since I picked up the coolest shoes ever...OK tied for the coolest shoes ever with my last pair. These put me further into debt but when you're traveling the world who cares. Ok I care but I couldn't pass them up. I'm still looking for a black pair of dress shoes since Andrea says I can't wear these with my suits either. I disagree again but ohh well, at least this pair I like with my jeans so they have SOME function!!! Andrea bought a dress and a ...

Hi just a brief one. Last day of relaxation on the beautiful Naxos. This is an Island I will come back to as we enjoyed ourselves so much. We were told not to be late for the plane because if all the passengers are checked in the plane leaves doesn't matter if it is the scheduled time or not and believe it or not this was correct. Arrived at the terminal which was not as big as our house and as soon as everyone was checked in ...