Novotel Abu Dhabi

... New Year (and don't forget my birthday on Jan 4th!). We fly at 8.40pm (Flight EY18) on the 19th Dec with Ethiad Airways to Abu-Dhabi and then on to Bangkok. We arrive 6.30pm on the 20th Dec (local time...we are 7 hours ahead) and will settle in the ...

Akhirnya setelah 8 jam penerbangan yang meelahkan, nyampe juga di Abu Dhabi - Uni Emirat Arab.... di airport sudah menunggu sopir dari Leighton yang akan membawa saya menuju hotel tempat saya menginap selama dua malam yaitu hotel Novotel Abu ...

... an hours power nap before I headed out to explore. It will give you an idea of how much things cost in Abu Dhabi when I have to book into a Novotel. It was the cheapest of any available hotel I could find (99GBP/night). The location is pretty good, right ...

... hours sleep we went out for a bit of a walk, an awesome cheap vego feed at an Indian place,  a bit of a shop at Abu Dhabi Mall (Which was totally underwhelming by the way) and found the most awesome franchise in the world, a place called Just Falafel ...

Started off this day at the Iranian market. It is one of the sights on the Big Bus Tour in Abu Dhabi.  I was specifically looking for more of the camel-wood, hand-painted trinket boxes that I saw at the souk in Dubai.  I was hoping for a bigger ...

... and a chilled Apple Juice. Mmmmm.. Well, that went well and soon enough, back in the airport again waiting for our flight to Abu Dhabi, and connecting then to Bangkok. I had been in the Middle East before, but only to Dubai.. as i have heard, Abu Dhabi ...