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LGW to DXB

May 15, 2009

Another airplane for a bed tonight. 7 hours to Dubai – a red eyeflight that's meant to let me sleep. But I always end up watching 6hours worth of new movies and then listening to international radiothat I don't understand. No rest for the wicked!!!! It's time to switch off the brain and get ataste [...]

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Dubai – the land of contradictions

December 21, 2008

*Note:  This post has been sitting in my inbox for months.  I wasn’t sure if I should share it publicly but here it goes…. My quest to find one word for Dubai has been very difficult.  I’m back in London now, completely exhausted and back to being super busy.  It’s sunny, I had a fabulous [...]

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Live from the taxi line at the Mall of the Emirates

October 17, 2008

The taxi line is an hour long. There's a yellow enzo ferrari parkedbeside me. And its ridiculously hot and humid.

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Dubai: Opulence

October 17, 2008

Dubai is total crazy madness.  What kind of planet have I landed on?  This place is insane!  I ordered an airport pick up from the hotel.  I didn’t realize that in doing so, I would be treated like the sultan’s wife or something!  Two people met me at the airport gates, another guy fast tracked [...]

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Emirates Airlines

October 15, 2008

I flew from LHR to DXB to CAI on Monday night.  I haven't slept in nearly three days.  I don't even know how it's possible for me to write a cohesive sentence.   But I wanted to report on my Emirates flight.  Why have I never flown Emirates before?  It is amazing!   Top notch. [...]

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