Photos: 1) Campsite and 2) Looking down on the same campsite from the top of a dune. One of our best vacations ever was camping in the Liwa Desert with friends a few hours outside of Abu Dhabi. According to Wikipedia, the area known as the Empty Quarter “is one of the largest sand deserts in the world, […]
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Ninety Minutes in Black
Photos: The Grand Mosque, Elizabeth in black, Italian chandelier, mosaic, another view of the Mosque, modesty police, work in progress, Mohammed (our guide) Our hosts in Abu Dhabi had encouraged us to visit The Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque, locally known as The Grand Mosque. Our friend, Nicola, in particular, described its grandeur […]
The New Dubai
Photos: Burj Al Arab, Burj Khalifa, Ski Dubai After spending a day wandering through the old town, we decided it was time to see the Dubai we’d read about it. And there’s a lot to see. We jumped on the open-topped “Hop-on, Hop-off” bus with a goal to get to a hotel called “Atlantis,” located […]