The government of Dubai is suddenly very afraid that in the rush to modernize they are destroying their history. Probably true based on what we saw. But they have managed…
Right behind the Gold Souk in old Dubai is the Spice Souk. A mere shadow of it’s former self it nevertheless holds some interest to those of us who are…
The Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi is located on a man-made island called Saadiyat. Abu Dhabi, probably even more so than its’ neighbor Dubai, has embraced the building of man-made islands.…
The largest mosque in the Emirates, it can hold 40,000 worshippers and it cost over $500 million to build. It rises up out of the desert just outside the main…
We love going to markets whenever we travel because it’s at the markets where you can really see the soul of the place. What sort of foods are people eating?…
We arrived at Abu Dhabi airport at 01:30, made our way through customs and immigration and found our chauffeur who was hired courtesy of Etihad to take us to our…