Jerusalem is another minibus ride away and we tell the driver to drop us off near Damascus Gate. This is where our hostel is located. We emerge from the minibus in the hustle and bustle of Friday afternoon Jerusalem. We find our hostel outside the ancient walls of Jerusalem and quickly drop off our bags [...]

In the morning I left the Amman hostel with two Japanese girls that I had met the previous day, Yoko and Yasuko. We meet up with another one of their friend’s Chi and take a taxi to the minibus stand. We are headed to Israel.
The King Hussein Bridge Crossing or the Allenby Bridge Crossing as [...]

I got a haircut today from a guy whose only English was “Obama Good (followed by thumbs up) and Bush Bad (followed by thumbs down)”. It only cost 2 JD and was probably the best haircut I’ve ever gotten. The only downside of it was when he put alcohol on my neck and it burned [...]

So today I took a cab from Dubai Marina to Sharjah international airport for 120dirhams or 24USD to board a flight from Sharjah, UAE to Amman, Jordan for 40dirhams or 8USD. AirArabia is a budget airline that flies out of Sharjah and they’ve just hit their 4year anniversary, big woop? Well the cool thing is [...]

Today, the Nancys, Gerald, and I went to Ski Dubai. Ski Dubai is a green run at best and says they have five runs, but I only count two. The amazing thing about it is that it is attached to the end of a mall. Emirates Mall is about a 5min drive from Dubai Marina [...]

Its 5am on a Monday. I’m rowed over facing the couch and suddenly I hear a voice, when I turn over I see a fuzzy figure standing over me. Initially my reaction was to drop kick that scary looking figure and take defensive actions. However, as my vision adjusted I realized that it was Nancy. [...]

Ever since Nancy #2 has arrived in Dubai Nancy #1 has been doing a lot of dinner parties. And since my mom is always concerned that I somehow forget to eat meals unless she cooks it, here are some pictures of the awesome meals that I have been enjoying. It was nice to have a [...]

There are two Nancy’s in the Cerner Middle East offices now. To avoid confusion we have adopted Nancy 1.0 and Nancy 2.0, who is only here temporarily from the states. 1.0 and 2.0 are both working in A-Dub aka Abu Dhabi this week and it turns out that the there is a Abu Dhabi Film [...]