I was reading this post by Caz from yTravelblog this morning while having coffee before heading to another day of work and it made me smile as I was thrust back to some amazing moment I’ve had on my travels, especially some of the amazing places I’ve the pleasure of sleeping at. I’ve decided to … Continue reading »
The ongoing protracted civil war in Libya; Contact from a friend who escapred the violence in Libya; Misadventure in the Middle East by Henry Hemming and simply reminiscing about my travels has me thinking about the Middle East and North Africa again. The two years and a couple of months spent living in two different … Continue reading »
It was my first trip to Dubai, as I had only moved to Abu Dhabi three weeks before. It was going to be a boys weekend as my three other housemates were joining me. We had everything planned out, hotels booked, desert safaris arranged and places to visit on our list. It would be our … Continue reading »
During my first trip to Abu Dhabi, my friend had his cousin organise a camping trip to one of the island around Abu Dhabi. We were a group of twenty people. We took a little boat over to the Island and set up camp by the beach and then continued to enjoy the warm Gulf … Continue reading »
Two friends and I, in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, decided to go on a weekend camping trip to Oman. The idea was to drive down to a nice beach close to Muscat, camp out for the night and just chill out. We organized everything and early on the Friday morning we were off. I had … Continue reading »
After being dropped off in the camp where I would be based to see the turtles, I was lucky enough to meet a Scottish family there, who ended up giving me a lift back to Sur the day following day. From Sur I would have to find my own way back to Muscat. The friendly … Continue reading »
I was in Muscat. I had decided I wanted to go South to a Turtle nesting beach close to the town of Sur. This decision was made mid-morning on a Friday. Fridays in a Muslim country is probably the worst day to do anything as most people just chill-out with their families. I phoned up … Continue reading »
Within a month in Abu Dhabi I was required to go to Oman for a visa run. Due to lack of work I was allowed to spend a weekend in Oman while my work permit was sorted out. This would be the first time I would be travelling somewhere where I didn’t know anyone. I … Continue reading »
I just spent 10 days in a beautiful country. Guatemala. Now I was going to spend another five in another country. A country I knew quite well. A country that even though I only spent one year in, I consider a second home. The Emirates.
It’s Wednesday. My second favourite day of the Libyan work week. Wednesday comes before Thursday. Thursday afternoon is the start of the weekend. Our lousy one day weekend and even though this week is really only two days old for me, it has been a hectic one. Loads of work. Why is that work always … Continue reading »
