• Home
  • About
  • Articles
    • Weekend fun
    • Shopping
    • cost of living
    • Driving related
    • Evenings out
    • Miscellaneous
    • Children related
    • Videos
    • Mental/physical health
    • Sport
  • Sitemap
  • NEW!
  • Free Ebook
  • Challenges
  • Appreciation
Settle into living in Al Ain quickly and gracefully

Children related

  • Children related
  • Parks in Shiab al Ashkar

    Posted on June 15, 2016July 12, 2019

    Finding fun, relatively quiet and safe parks in Al Ain can prove to be a little bit of a challenge. However, in the Shiab al Ashkar District, you will find a great many beautiful, spacious and well-equipped parks. They range from rather large ones, with Helter Skelters and trampolines, to smaller ones with a scattering […]

    Read More
    Leave a comment
  • Children related
  • Al Ain Paintball paintballing

    Posted on June 1, 2011July 12, 2019

      There’s a great Paintballing Centre in Al Ain called Al Ain Paintball: Desert Storm – which is in the same complex as the Al Ain Raceway karting track. Here’s what the reception building looks like, with my eldest son, Toby, on the left approaching the entrance, attending a birthday party treat here with several […]

    Read More
    2 Comments
  • Children related
  • Al Ain Raceway, Al Ain

    Posted on May 31, 2011July 12, 2019

    If you travel east of the Hilton Hotel in Al Ain, drive past the Danat Hotel (previously called the Intercontinental Hotel), and carry on for about a kilometre, you’ll see the Al Ain Raceway on your right (just around the time you say to yourself “It can’t be this far out of town!”). It’s a […]

    Read More
    Leave a comment
  • Children related
  • Al Ain Vipers ice hockey team

    Posted on October 18, 2010July 12, 2019

    Al Ain has its very own ice hockey team, the Al Ain Vipers. They run youth teams and a men’s team and provide training from absolute beginner upwards. They are now taking applications for new members from boys and girls between the ages of 4 and 18 to play what they call “the coolest game […]

    Read More
    Leave a comment
  • Children related
  • Swimming team at the Hilton Hotel, Al Ain

    Posted on October 13, 2010July 12, 2019

    This is Rami Bou Khodr who teaches swimming at the Hilton Hotel in Al Ain… He runs the American Swimming Academy. He is Lebanese, and has lived in Al Ain for the last 2 years. I asked him to tell me more about himself. He said, “I am a teacher and examiner for lifeguard courses from […]

    Read More
    7 Comments
  • Children related
  • Burj Khalifa / Khalifa Tower, Dubai

    Posted on October 12, 2010July 12, 2019

    The Khalifa Tower, the tallest building in the world, was renamed the Burj Khalifa before it opened. You’ll need to book your trip up the Burj Khalifa – the tallest building in the world at least 48 hours before you plan to go. If you just turn up on the day, you may not get […]

    Read More
    Leave a comment
  • Children related
  • Dubai Aquarium, Dubai Mall

    Posted on October 12, 2010July 12, 2019

    This is a quick post I’ll add to one day!… In the Dubai Mall, not only is there the enormous aquarium, but you can go behind it to see sea creatures and penguins, and have some great close encounters! Your children will probably be as amazed by these archer fish as we were… [jwplayer mediaid=”2500″] And […]

    Read More
    Leave a comment
  • Children related
  • Music and dance at the House Of Arts, Al Ain

    Posted on October 3, 2010July 12, 2019

    If you or your child would love to learn to play a musical instrument or learn to dance, then the House Of Arts in Al Ain may be just what you’re looking for. Run by director, Gabriele (“Gaby”) Malzahn (pictured right), it offers classes in piano, violin, guitar, voice, cello and theory. To register, you […]

    Read More
    Leave a comment
  • Children related
  • Football at the Palm Resort in Al Ain

    Posted on June 17, 2010July 12, 2019

    For those families with boys – or girls – aged from 3 to 12 who love to play football (soccer), there are opportunities here in Al Ain to play often. Doctor Abdel Noureldin (on the right in the photo), who works at Tawam Hospital, one of a number of hospitals in town, runs a fabulous […]

    Read More
    6 Comments

    Categories

    • Weekend fun
    • Shopping
    • cost of living
    • Driving related
    • Evenings out
    • Children related
    • Miscellaneous
    • Videos
    • Mental/physical health
    • Sport
    • Points of interest
    • Uncategorised
    • Dubai
    • Arriving in Al Ain
    • Challenges
    • Schooling
    • Libraries
    • Driving directions
    • churches
    • Hotels
    • Where to live
    • Oman
    • Hospitals
    Activello Theme by Colorlib Powered by WordPress