While the world outside was running its business as usual, there was an unmistakable feeling of excitement within me. The taxi smoothly cruised along the wide Sheikh Zayed Road towards Abu Dhabi airport, and I gazed outside the window wondering…
Category:Abu Dhabi
Comfort Inn Emirates Hotel is 3 star hotel that is conveniently located on the Muroor Road in Abu Dhabi. We purchased a 1-night stay from Cobone at a very good price. This hotel wasn’t too bad, considering we just wanted a quiet…
One of the several things that prominently stood out in the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi was this wall that one comes face-to-face with directly the moment one steps into the main prayer hall … We visited the…
I do not have the words to describe how beautiful and grand the Sheikh Zayed Mosque is. It is, in my opinion, the most imposing religious and national landmark in Abu Dhabi since it was built in 2007. According to…
Four years in the United Arab Emirates and I haven’t been in a museum. I always assume that museums prohibit photography, and when a certain place puts that restriction I lose interest. But that’s my assumption; maybe photography is allowed…
The sun is setting over the Arabian desert in a blaze of orange and gold. As I take my first step into the sand, my bare feet sink comfortably into the cool, soft, powdery sand. I inhale and try to…
. . . and that’s the law where I live, specially if someone puts great efforts in its presentation. More so if the lighting is good. And a little privacy helps a great deal too. Below is a picture of…
And you thought I’d only be showing pictures of sand and dunes! Yes, of course, there’s more of those to come, but allow me to show you Room number 400 of Qasr al Sarab for a change … A very…
Amidst all the excitement to share with you the seventy thousand pictures in the next five thousand posts, I completely forgot to tell you about the most fantastic part of our five-star stay at Qasr al Sarab resort: it was…
We drove non-stop on the road that snaked its way among towering sand dunes and, just as we began to think that we’d made a mistake coming all the way here, we finally saw it: a series of towers, turrets…
“Oops, looks like we just took the wrong exit!” announced Masood, as I stepped on the gas and overtook a truck. I checked the time: it was one in the afternoon; we’ve been on the road for three hours now. …
We just came home – four hours ago, to be exact – from an amazing weekend getaway. I have so many pictures and stories to share in the next several posts, inshaAllah. The above picture is just a glimpse of…