April 5-7, 2019 I live in the small company town of Al Ruwais in Abu Dhabi, the largest of seven Emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates. The terrain is flat, characterized in the far west by sebkha, a flat saline plain that often has a blistered surface like giant flaking paint chips. Heading …
February 9-16, 2019 Cheops’ Law: “Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.” We chose Egypt – the ancient land of Pharaohs and pyramids – for our first trip of 2019. This is the perfect type of excursion to take advantage of during our stay in the UAE. Air travel time is less than …
“The memories of a man in his old age Are the deeds of a man in his prime” Pink Floyd Taking a summit hike on Mt. Kilimanjaro was nowhere on my radar when I came to the United Arab Emirates, but the opportunity came up, the timing was good, and the price was right, so …
The time came for our second trip. After considering the Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Seychelles, we decided on Seychelles. Etihad, the UAE national airline, advertised a holiday getaway including accommodations and airfare and that sealed the deal. I was only vaguely aware of Seychelles before coming to the UAE, so I did a little homework …
The master plan for the move to the United Arab Emirates has two parts. The first is to stash some bucks for retirement; the second, and just as important, is to travel this part of the world. Being located here reduces the travel time and costs and gives us the opportunity to visit some places …
Trip number six from the UAE was once again to old Europe – the Tuscany region and the isle of Elba in Italy. We made some effort on this trip to limit our lodging moves, settling for stays at two locations (plus a spontaneous last night stay at San Gimignano). We delayed making our reservations …
Our fifth out of country trip during our United Arab Emirates adventure was also our furthest trip abroad so far. Germany is a big country, so to be more specific this trip was to southern Germany with a foray into Switzerland. We are counting countries – sort of – so we planned on a short …
May 18 – 25, 2018 Our fourth trip abroad during the United Arab Emirate adventure was Croatia, and the third consecutive trip that wasn’t exactly on the short list when we came here. I have a co-worker that told me about Dubrovnik, and I started doing more research and found out there were several beautiful …
March 31 – April 4, 2018 For our third trip we decided on Jordan. This wasn’t really on a short list when we arrived in the United Arab Emirates but after talking to several other people there we were, booking flights for Amman. We thought it was good to go before getting into the summer …
Having the opportunity to start a new adventure late in my career, I have decided to start this blog as a journal to record my thoughts and experiences while they are still fresh in my mind for myself as well as any family or friends that may have an interest. I have named the title …