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Exploring Old Dubai
"Old" is something of a misnomer when applied to Dubai. True, the Al Fahidi Fort was built in 1787 (and is the oldest building in the city), but the buildings that surrounded it are long gone. The...
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Desert Safari and Dune Bashing
Although Dubai is mostly about scale, luxury and excess, the Emirate has another side–sand. To experience this, we had to take a dessert safari. Our experience included about an hour of dune bashing...
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Eating and Sleeping in Dubai
As usual when we travel, we sought out both local foods as well as interesting restaurants. We had a lot of hummus, kebabs and gyros, but we also ate at a few particularly interesting restaurants....
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A Cultural Daytrip to Sharjar
Sharjar, which extends from Dubai as an extension of the city, is indeed a separate Emirate. It is the third largest Emirate and is and home to 800,000 people. This is the only totally dry of the...
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Oman: Musandam Peninsula and Khasab
We made our way from Dubai to Oman, which is independent of the UAE (United Arab Emeritus). Oman is roughly the size of Kansas, but with much, much more variety. With its combination of oil, gold,...
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Exploring Muscat Oman
From Khasab Oman, we took a plane to our second stop in Oman: Muscat. Since our plane did not arrive in Muscat until early afternoon, and we had to leave early the next morning, our options were...
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Driving Down Oman’s Coast
The next two legs of our Oman trip, organized by Timeless Tours, generally followed the coast south of Muscat to the beach at the town of Ra’s Al Hadd. Although only 220 kilometers from Muscat, we...
View ArticleDigging with the Turtles at Ra’s Al Hadd Turtle Beach in Oman
We have always wanted to catch a first-hand glimpse of turtles laying eggs and hatching. We previously tried to catch them one night in Costa Rica, but the turtles weren’t cooperating that evening. In...
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The Omani MountaIns: Nizwa, Jebel Shams and the Wadi Nakhr Gorge
After the thrill of seeing turtles digging holes and little hatchlings running to the sea, we began the final leg of our Oman journey: a trip that took us up Wadi Bani Khalid Drive up the 3,000 meter...
View ArticleA Footnote to Our Trip to Oman and the UAE
Sultan as a Sea to His People (although not necessarily to his hired help) We heard this phrase in both the UAE and in Oman. It generally refers to how the Sultan (aka, King) channels the country’s...
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