sandCat in Dubai

Author: Cat Russell

  • cloudy and dry

    It may not be something you associate with Dubai but we have had some cold weather this past month. Ok well cold for us anyway, and as you will see in the graph below the lowest lows seen here for quite a while. Is this global cooling? Not sure but I have to say I have enjoyed being able to bundle up in jerseys and socks for a change. It won’t last and by April will no doubt be a distant memory, but being able to open the windows, and have soup and stews without running the aircon, is lovely!

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  • Season’s Greetings

    Merry Christmas to all of you from a sunny, and slightly chilly (yes really) Dubai. It’s almost time for that fat old guy in red to make his annual visit – although we don’t have a chimney – what to do?

    If you are travelling over the period I wish you safe travels and happy holidays. And may 2012 be a prosperous and wonderful year.

    Chat soon.

    [thanks to http://majikphil.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-palm-trees.html for the image]

  • the flip side

    If you travel much on business then you probably also suffer with the over-plastic syndrome. That is, one loyalty card for each airline you may ever have flown with, one for each hotel you may ever have stayed in and perhaps even one for each car hire company you have ever hired from. If you are very careful and extremely organised you may manage to always stay at the same hotel chain when you go somewhere, or even use the same airline, but for most of us we end up collecting dribs and drabs of points here and there. And then you move countries and lo-and-behold all the miles you collected on your previous national carrier become null and void as they expire into uselessness before you know it.

    working-dhow
    [a working dhow on Dubai Creek]


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  • Happy National Day

    The 2nd of December marks the 40th National Day in the UAE. Every year around this time people decorate their cars and homes with the national flag and images of the leaders (past and present). But this year it’s more extreme than ever – 40 is quite a big deal as you know.

    People have been encouraged to upload images of the number 40, and other images that portray the spirit of the day. So I have tried to capture the same for you, but sadly the good stuff I saw either a) whilst driving b) when I didn’t have my camera or c) both. So apologies but this is the best I have.

    speed-40
    [in Dubai Sports City]


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  • an epic celebration

    Next year I will be celebrating my 40th birthday. Inshallah of course as one must always add here, because you never know, do you, what will happen between now and then. But that is the plan at this stage. And it’s giving me grey hairs already – the planning of the celebration (celebrations?) that is, because as an expat my home is here (for now) but my family and oldest friends are not. So no doubt I will need to have at least 3 parties in 3 different countries, but that’s OK. As long as there are lots of gifts (hint hint). No but really that is not actually what I wanted to tell you about today. But you may start saving for the presents now – if you insist :-).

    adrian-hayes
    [source: Adrian Hayes]


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