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Leaving the Wild West.
Blog: teach travel play - 24 September 2011
In January 2011 I left behind my chapped, winter lips, wearing instead a gold wedding band, and rode in the passenger’s seat to Seattle, where Matt and I would board a plane bound for the Al Gharbia Desert. We didn’t speak Arabic, couldn’t have told you where this desert lay on a map and were [...]
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Summer Kick-Off, Road Trip to the Liwa Oasis
Blog: teach travel play - 28 May 2011
Summer is on the sandy horizon and for a Pacific Northwest girl that means one thing, Road Trip! Problem 1) My international driver’s license is not valid in the UAE…go figure? Problem 2) In an Islam nation alcohol is prohibited for purchase unless an alcohol license is obtained, which I am working on. But come [...]
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108 for Japan: Complete!
Blog: teach travel play - 20 May 2011
Little satisfies me more than doing my part to create a better world, and physical exercise. You can imagine then how elated I was Friday morning after completing 108 Sun Salutations for our Japan Aishteru fundraiser. The event was a huge success both in terms of monies raised and participation across the globe. Yogis from [...]
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A World of Music, WOMAD Festival Abu Dhabi
Blog: teach travel play - 8 May 2011
I used to be really in to the Putumayo world music albums and listened to everything from “French Cafe” to “North African Groove.” These albums allowed me to close my eyes and get far away from my actual self, not yet traveled, and live an imagined life where I was changing the world, jumping off [...]
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Affluent Abu Dhabi
Blog: Sophie's World - 3 March 2011
Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE, holds a whopping 9 % of the world’s oil reserves, is the richest city on earth, safe, green, clean … and… dare I...Affluent Abu Dhabi is a post from Sophie's World
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The Grand Ole’ Mosque
Blog: teach travel play - 22 February 2011
I have come across a great deal of peculiar and remarkable sites during my travels: Cock-fighting stadiums filled with screaming fans in the Philippines, the schnee laufen team practicing with ski poles down cobblestone streets in Lucerne, Saki bombs and marriage proposals on top of Mount Fuji, and hands-down the best party I have ever crashed [...]
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Little Red Corvette
Blog: An Englishman in Dubai - 17 November 2010
The F1 came to Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island for the last race of the season at the weekend. And what a weekend it was. Last year I waxed lyrical about how fantastic the facility was and how much of a good time I had with my friends. Could it have been better? I had my [...]
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Invincible
Blog: An Englishman in Dubai - 12 April 2010
After all the build up and hype it has been and gone. The UFC publicity machine rolled into the UAE last week and did an amazing job. The radio and TV were full of it as were the newspapers and magazines. It was a shame not to be around as I was in sunny Vienna for the run [...]
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Ode to Dust!
Blog: Abu Dhabi Dispatches - 22 March 2010
Sandstorms are a common occurrence here. View out of my window.
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Finally!!!
Blog: Abu Dhabi Dispatches - 18 February 2010
I have lived here in Abu Dhabi for exactly a year and a half and a funny thing happened to me yesterday while running around doing some errands. I was just driving down the road listening to the radio when a strong deja vu thought crashed into my head from nowhere. I realized I was in a totally comfortable state. At ease with my situation and surroundings. I felt at home, whatever that is.
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Some Other Sides of Abu Dhabi- Part3
Blog: Abu Dhabi Dispatches - 10 February 2010
After beaching the kayak, we began exploring the area. The sand was a brilliant white with a clay-like consistency, slippery in some places. Some of the exposed sand looked like a sponge which was unusual as the origin of the holes was not obvious.Porous Surface
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I’m Mr Brightside
Blog: An Englishman in Dubai - 3 January 2010
At the start of last year if you mentioned to me that I would see The Kings of Leon, Aerosmith and The Killers in the UAE I would have thought you would be having me on. But sure they all came and all were brilliant. The last to visit Abu Dhabi was The Killers. I [...]
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The Latest from Uncle Sam
Blog: Abu Dhabi Dispatches - 20 December 2009
In keeping with the spirit of this blog, I am responsible for providing, from time-to-time, some useful information of concern to folks interested in visiting and/or working in the United Arab Emirates.
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Haircut Adventures....Again!
Blog: Abu Dhabi Dispatches - 18 December 2009
Any resident in a new country and culture has challenges in discovering how simple day-to-day things are done. This includes grocery stores, dentists, doctors, traffic laws and personal grooming. The personal grooming, mainly haircuts, for us guys is probably the most difficult. There are hundreds of “Men’s Saloons” in the city of Abu Dhabi but I live in the suburbs and the choices are slim.
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Don’t Slow Down
Blog: An Englishman in Dubai - 4 November 2009
When one of my colleagues asked me a simple question a few weeks ago I didn’t realise the implications. “Do you want to go to the F1 in Abu Dhabi?” “Sure, why not?” So tickets secured I didn’t really give it a second thought till last Friday. Then I started to get caught up in [...]
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