Dubai

Photo of the Day: Rooftop Swimming Pool in Dubai

June 14, 2011

This photo was taken two years ago and is a testament to Dubai’s remarkable growth. I had very mixed reactions about the place but no one could deny the exponential boom that the city was undergoing during that time. On a rooftop pool deck in a residential apartment building we were witness to the growth […]






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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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Dubai evening 1 – Dancing, Shopping and a little bit of luxury in my hotel bathroom

October 17, 2008

I'll write a more elaborate post about the fantastic evening I had in Dubai tonight (meeting new friends, dancing to reggae and salsa at a old dive bar, driving through crazy traffic and shopping like a mad woman).  This post is about my really great hotel bathroom.  =)  It's modern, black granite, with a rubber […]






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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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