I ended up spending New Years in Dubai which was should have been spectacular. But thanks to a last minute order from Shiek Mohammad all New Years celebrations in Dubai had to be cancelled to show solidarity for Gaza. Thus all party events at all the various hotels had to be canceled. There was a [...]

Dubai is truly a unique place. It’s a melting pot of cultures, a concrete jungle of extravagant over the top architecture, a vastly distant lower and upper class and a culture that is truly confused between traditions and modernization. My initial impression of Dubai was positive as a whole. It was somewhere I could see [...]

Christmas in Dubai. How polar opposite can one get to celebrating a Christian Holiday in a Muslim country. Nonetheless with the western expat majority here in Dubai, local businesses have no choice but to sway to the majority. There are Christmas decorations everywhere, but sadly no one has the holiday off from work. I [...]

Abu Simbel is a minibus ride away. You leave in the night and get there in the morning. There is a government sponsored caravan to protect the tourists from muggers and kidnappers. People are only allowed to go there in this manner.
The minibus drops us off at several different spots for a designated amount [...]