Hotels in Abu Dhabi - Prices and Reviews

When we came to Asia, we flew through west over the Pacific, laying over in Japan. This time we were going across the Atlatic, which means we've now flown all the way around the world...kind of cool. The flight was about 21 hours, but we had a brief lay-over in the Middle East (Abu Dhabi), so the whole journey took about 24 hours. But it really ...

The flight is uneventful and 8 hours later I step into the baking heat of Abu Dhabi. It is 7:30am and as I walk out of the airport it feels like I've opened an oven door. The first surprise is the female cab driver. Not a local of course, but an immigrant from a South East Asian country. All the work here is done by immigrants, the locals' only ...

A few photos from our trip to the Abu Dhabi Festival 2007. They had several stages lined up along the beach with a broad range of entertainment including the Shenzo Stunt Orchestra from Australia, Beat of the Drum, Puppets Parade, paragliders that dropped flowers on the audience, other paragliders that flew in formations with pyrotechnics stream...

Right now it's about 7 a.m. on Wednesday, so I'll go over the last few days. Sunday was the beginning of my Dad's work week since he gets Fridays off. They work on a Sunday to Thursday work week to observe their Holy day. With that in mind the mornings have been a little slow, but very relaxing. He starts work at 6:30 a.m. and gets home around 3...

arrived in sharjah airport this morning, got raped on an expensive (but new, smooth and comfortable) taxi to Dubai, and managed to find my sister's beautiful apartment here. It's certainly the cleanest place I've been in a long time! It's Ramadan, so things like getting lunch are a little tricky. Lots of restaurants will serve food but for takeo...