Same same but different

Monday, 21 February 2011, 22:02 | Category : travel
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Abu Dhabi is same same but different compared to Dubai. Or at least that’s how I experienced it. In the taxi there – one long ride on a motorway, straight as an arrow. Every five minutes we passed a mosque. When the muezzin calls to prayer, the mosque must be so close that every faithful [...]

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Some, but only some, of my prejudices confirmed

Tuesday, 15 February 2011, 21:15 | Category : blog
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Exactly as foretold by friends who’ve been, my visit to the United Arab Emirates has been a constant journey between Las Vegas and the Orient. Our hotel The Atlantis on “the Palm” (se picture of it in previous post) was opulent beyond description and with so many people serving that it was close to creepy. [...]

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