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First Friday Foto Therapy
Blog: Travel With Julie - 3 February 2012
Mosque, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Taken by: Beau Fleming On the first Friday of every month, I will share a photo from my travels or yours.
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Dubai - Part Two
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 12 January 2012
Restaurant We were glad we chose to stay in the Deira area, which is the older part of the city.
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Dubai - Part One
Blog: Green Point Greenie - 6 January 2012
The Creek, Dubia We didn't initially think of going to Dubai.
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7s Heaven: The HSBC Dubai Rugby 7s
Blog: teach travel play - 10 December 2011
My relationship with my fiancé closely mirrors my relationship with rugby. I began dating Matt seven years ago when I moved in next door to the infamous “rugby house” located strategically between campus, and the bars. If ever a real life “Animal House” were to be, this would have been it. I spent afternoons wrapped [...]
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Green Dubai
Blog: Bit of Dubai - 30 August 2011
Dubai is a modern bustling city that emerges out of a harsh desert, but the city is a living proof of man's determination to achieve the impossible, the city boasts some of the most beautifully landscaped parks and arena's in the GCC. Continue reading →
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Sugar, Spice, and Souks: Deira Spice Souk
Blog: teach travel play - 11 July 2011
If you came to the United Arab Emirates in search of old world vignettes, tucked in narrow alleyways, filled with magic carpets, Arab men in colorful head scarves and puffs of jasmine flavored incense, you may be disappointed when confronted with the modern city. While Dubai rises high into the clouds with its contemporary sky [...]
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Top Five Must-do Dubai Activities
Blog: PassportChop.com Travel Blog - Reviews, Travel Experiences - 1 July 2011
It carved shimmering, sky-high tower blocks, manicured lawns and sprawling malls out of desert sand and it’s now carving out a reputation for itself as a bustling, adventure filled, luxury playground.
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Size Matters: The Burj Khalifa
Blog: teach travel play - 28 June 2011
If you are like me, and a large population of Australians, you are intrigued by, and often duped into making detours in order to view “The world’s largest can opener”, or “The longest dreadlock.” While hopping around Australia last Spring I was taken by how many signs I saw for “Broken Hill’s Big Bench” Or [...]
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A is for Abaya, B is for Betsey Johnson
Blog: teach travel play - 15 June 2011
I don’t like to be told what to do. Tricky character trait when faced with the challenge of camouflaging one’s self in the fabric of a culture not your own. After failed attempts to acclimate on the scene by drinking too much tequila in Mexico, or by wearing stilettos on Italian cobblestone until my feet [...]
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Dubai Is the Future, part 2
Blog: Roving Gastronome - 21 March 2011
[continued from part 1...] We arrived at the other side of the creek just as the Friday noontime prayer started. Aside from a few tourists milling around, taking pictures of the same penis-shaped minaret as we were… …the streets were deserted. We took our usual stroll through a supermarket, marveling at the mishmash of Indian, [...]
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O.M.G
Blog: An Englishman in Dubai - 17 March 2011
I admit it, I am a secret Usher fan. So when a good friend of mine sent me a text and asked if I wanted a ticket. I thought why not? I wouldn’t need to travel far as it was just round the corner in Media City. It is has been a rich time of [...]
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Dubai Is the Future, part 1
Blog: Roving Gastronome - 17 March 2011
When we use up all our water. When labor becomes completely globalized. When climate change sends temperatures above 120 degrees. When government regulation becomes so hated that zoning rules are chucked. Dubai is what the future will be. When Dubai was being built up, only about a decade ago, I was totally smitten. It was [...]
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A Taste of Dubai
Blog: teach travel play - 12 March 2011
Every city has its niche. None compete with Chicago Blues, Melbourne street art, or Hong Kong Dim sum chefs. If I were to pin-point Dubai’s most notable expertise it would be the city’s deliberate interweaving of architectural styles, cultures, fashions and cuisine. There was no better representation of this than last weekend’s Taste of Dubai [...]
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Sand Sand Everywhere: First and Last Desert Safari
Blog: teach travel play - 7 March 2011
The sun may go down in the UAE but the fire still burns bright. Atop a tall spire, not quite as far in the desert distance as I would like is an instant reminder that I live in a country with the seventh largest oil reserve. This reminder, along with an expansive sand box for [...]
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Would you like some Cheese with your Wine?
Blog: An Englishman in Dubai - 12 February 2011
There is so much to love about winter weekends in Dubai. There are lots of out door festivals, al fresco dining and concerts. So when I was invited to a birthday brunch at the recently opened Chi’Zen restaurant at Dubai Festival City there could be no better aperitif than going to see Amy Winehouse later [...]
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Daydreaming Dubai
Blog: Sophie's World - 8 February 2011
We’re just back from a cruise. The boat was Norwegian, yet we were just about the only “locals” on board. Sailing south along the calm Pacific, we went through the...Daydreaming Dubai is a post from Sophie's World
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After Thoughts on Dubai
Blog: Travels with Herb - 31 January 2011
“There are several sorts of ills in the world from which a person can never escape altogether, let him journey as far as he will. One escapes from one breed of an ill only to encounter another breed of it.” Samuel Clemens.
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Her Name was Rio and She Dances in The Sand
Blog: An Englishman in Dubai - 24 November 2010
It occurred to me last month as I gazed out of my living room window the the millionth time that I should actually do something about the yachts beneath me. Not necessarily purchase one, but at least chartering one for afternoon would be a special thing to do. So I set about some research and came across [...]
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I’ll Sail This Ship Alone
Blog: An Englishman in Dubai - 6 November 2010
I love living in Dubai Marina. Sure it can have its traffic problems, but it is now a mature community with plenty of shops, restaurants, hotels, cafes, gyms, spas and a wonderful beach and Marina it is great spot. A little bit of something for everyone. I have previously written about that Dubai Marina Yacht Club [...]
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Free Fallin’
Blog: An Englishman in Dubai - 4 November 2010
Inspired by seeing some skydivers last weekend at the Pink Polo I took my mate Paul down to the recently opened Mirdiff City Center Mall to have a go on iFly. It is great that Malls in Dubai seek to have something that is a unique pull and the prospect of having some fun in [...]
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Pretty in Pink
Blog: An Englishman in Dubai - 4 November 2010
It has been a long and hot summer but now the weather has finally broken and those of us living in the UAE are now looking forward of six to seven months of ideal weather. Each day being as good as the best Summer’s day in the UK – it can be a hard life [...]
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Double Decker
Blog: An Englishman in Dubai - 15 October 2010
While I could write 500 words on one of the local (mainly Brit) pubs in Dubai I think it would be far more entertaining to share my experience with of flying Business Class on the monstrous Airbus A380. The A380 and Emirates have been intricately linked and with a recent order for another 30 A380′s it looks [...]
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Start Me Up
Blog: An Englishman in Dubai - 8 October 2010
I have been enjoying my blogging over the last couple of weeks. So when I was asked to write a guest blog post for the Expat Explorer Blog I was happy to do so. It took a little bit of thinking about what subject to write about. But with the aid of the hindsight the [...]
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Got change?
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 30 September 2010
Bigger, better, faster. The only thing truly consistent in human history is change. The desire to develop, thriving to improve, at times seems like our only motivation. Nowhere in our modern world is this yearning better exemplified than in Dubai.
