Nancy and I went to Atlantis today. I had seen a discovery channel episode, oh how I miss the discovery channel, about the Atlantis water resort in the Bahamas. They just opened this clone resort here in the Middle East. It is located near the base of one of the Palm Jumeirah off shore islands. [...]

This morning I took public bus ride from Al Quais to Dubai marina. It took almost 4hrs. By car this journey is no more than 45min to an hour. The bus stops are supposedly air-conditioned but the one I am waiting at is not. The clientele of the buses are purely Indians and Filipinos. By [...]

The next day we all get up around 11 to catch a brunch. Brunch in Dubai does not have the typical meaning that any regular person uses the word; Meaning that brunch is not just any ole meal combining breakfast and lunch as the word typically describes. Brunch is Dubai is an event, usually put [...]

I landed in Dubai, well specifically Sharjah which is another Emirate, around dawn during the end of Ramadan. Thus, the traffic was much better and I was able to catch a shared private driver with another local expat. I had contacted Pud on couchsurfering while I was still in Turkey and he had agreed to [...]