UAE Digest is a full-colour magazine which is published in Dubai and sells for 5 AED (just under £1). The editor found a photo of my second son, Felix, on this site while she was surfing google for photographs of Green Mubazzarah, a local area of natural beauty. She contacted me to ask permission to use […]
Weekend fun
Al Masaood travel agent in Al Ain
After we had settled here in Al Ain, I spoke with or visited 4 different travel agents in Al Ain. I asked one about flights to the UK: they just told me to go to the Etihad website. Two others I asked to quote for a holiday to Egypt: I chased both a few times […]
Journey from Al Ain to Fujairah
Here is my first draft of an article to show you what the car journey looks like from Al Ain to Fujairah. It takes about 3 hours to get to the beach hotels there like Al Aqah Beach Resort (our favourite), Sandy Beach, etc. If you have a Garmin satellite navigation device, or the Tom-Tom […]
Le Meridien Al Aqah Beach Resort Hotel, Fujairah – views from balcony
Here are some photos taken from the balcony at Le Meridien Al Aqah Beach Resort Hotel in Fujairah… Looking to the north, the row of green trees in the middle of this shot marks the edge of Al Aqah’s land… Coming south down the beach, you can see the canvas tent covering the climbing frame […]
UAE Offroaders
UAE Offroaders boasts more than 500 members. A number of them live in Al Ain. I have nabbed the following text from an article at the UAE Offroaders site. “UAE Offroaders is a club of fun, desert-loving UAE residents, organised specifically to give newbies a safe and encouraging support network to get started, as well […]
Hili Fun City, Al Ain
The following photos are mostly family-type shots, but they’ll give you a good idea of what to expect at Hili Fun City, which is a pleasant day out for families with young children. You may, as I did, find other non-flattering photos on the net. Many of these are very out of date as this […]
Al Ain Wildlife Park and Resort
Here is a selection of photos to show what a great place this is… Here’s the entrance to the Al Ain Wildlife Resort. You can see the hollow ‘cookie cutter’ animal sculptures on the central reservation… You get a terrific map when you hand over your money… This is what you see as you walk through, […]
Palm Resort / Rugby Club, Al Ain
The Rugby Club at the Palm Resort is a very popular destination for ex-pats. It’s located at the far west end of Al Ain, on the way out to Abu Dhabi. (It’s about a 15-minute drive from the Hilton Hotel.) Here are some photos for you. The entrance… Turn left as you go through the […]
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Danat Hotel, Al Ain
The Danat Hotel in Al Ain was, until 2010, called the Intercontinental Hotel (and still affectionally known as the ‘Intercon’). The Danat is very busy with tourists and new arrivals to Al Ain who are sometimes lodged there temporarily until their apartments or villas are ready to move into. Here are some photos of it… […]
Al Ain Wildlife Park Dinosaur Exhibition
The dinosaur exhibition at the Al Ain Wildlife Park and Resort ran for a number of months until the summer of 2010. So it’s not there now, but it may come again in the future. So I’m posting these photos so you can see what it was like. It was very impressive! These creatures moved […]