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EyeOnDubai: September 2006
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Heat and dust: a personal perspective on life in the desert. Sunday, September 03, 2006. Home thoughts from abroad. The roads are awful, the food worse and customer service almost non-existent. Is this really the country I so fondly and frequently reminisce about? Or is the UAE really capable of constructing and maintaining infrastructure on a national scale and of a quality no longer seen as necessary in the UK? Aren't they supposed to represent us? To enact our will? This same blind acquiescence seems ...
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EyeOnDubai: November 2006
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Heat and dust: a personal perspective on life in the desert. Sunday, November 12, 2006. Thought for Food II. Another weekend find, and one I'm not even sure I should be posting about. However. It was also Silvio who introduced us to the concept of Italian dining. We would be seated in his little restaurant, talk about business and his latest run-in with the council, or laywers, or the bank (always the bank! Posted by EyeOnDubai at 9:54 pm. Posted by EyeOnDubai at 2:40 am. Sunday, November 05, 2006. Provi...
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EyeOnDubai: March 2007
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Heat and dust: a personal perspective on life in the desert. Monday, March 19, 2007. Over the years I have lived in this city, my daily commute has ranged from a few minutes to a frustrating hour or more. Current employment and accommodation are conveniently located in the opposite direction to the major traffic flows on Shk Zayed Car Park, so I can usually reach the office in a comfortable 23 minutes or so. Posted by EyeOnDubai at 11:58 pm. Thursday, March 15, 2007. Posted by EyeOnDubai at 6:33 am.
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EyeOnDubai: February 2007
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Heat and dust: a personal perspective on life in the desert. Wednesday, February 21, 2007. Posted by EyeOnDubai at 9:55 pm. Saturday, February 17, 2007. How green was my valley? Took some UK visitors up to Hatta Pools to show them some desert, and ended up going rather further afield than intended. Flowers everywhere, trees bursting with life, and the whole landscape carpeted with a sort of jade haze, absolutely stunningly beautiful. A low afternoon sun only heightened the effect, and drove along emp...
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EyeOnDubai: June 2007
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Heat and dust: a personal perspective on life in the desert. Thursday, June 28, 2007. Truly, there is no such thing as coincidence. An interesting prelude to the new Die Hard 4.0 movie was standing in Borders with a copy of Douglas Adams" seminal "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" in hand. Three decades on, the Guide is still as maverick and original as ever. Glorious stuff. Posted by EyeOnDubai at 12:10 am. Saturday, June 16, 2007. Our Bonus Final Breakfast. Omelettes Aux Herbes Fine. Meanwhile, shred w...
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EyeOnDubai: January 2007
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Heat and dust: a personal perspective on life in the desert. Saturday, January 27, 2007. And what did you do at the weekend? Just an average weekend in the Emirates. And a couple of other attractions. The Russia Space Museum was a huge disappointment a few tatty space suits hung around the perimeter of a large tent, unexplained random photos, some bits and pieces of ‘50s and ‘60s paraphernalia with untranslated Russian captions. Never realized space could be so small and grubby. Jim Leroy in his Pitt Spe...
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EyeOnDubai: July 2007
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Heat and dust: a personal perspective on life in the desert. Wednesday, July 11, 2007. Madness, madness, all is madness. Much as I love this country, there are times. One of the particular quirks of this country is the bureacracy one encounters, particularly with regard to sponsorship and residency. Part of this process is the presentation and attestation of degrees, a task recently taken over by Empost, who are now handling all such transactions on behalf of the DNRD. 6 This Apostille is stamped, signed...
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EyeOnDubai: April 2007
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Heat and dust: a personal perspective on life in the desert. Monday, April 30, 2007. Continuing the squiggly bits. Having escaped Koulami, and with the smell of fried clutch receding, we turned instead to the neighbouring bay of Kalami. And almost immediately reached The White House. You believe everything you read, too? Home, lunch, and warmth, pausing only to admire the rollers breaking turquoise over the harbour wall. Quite a swell sight. Posted by EyeOnDubai at 10:53 pm. Sunday, April 29, 2007. The f...
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EyeOnDubai: May 2007
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Heat and dust: a personal perspective on life in the desert. Wednesday, May 23, 2007. Posted by EyeOnDubai at 11:52 pm. Sunday, May 20, 2007. So, what to do about the 2-tonne truck bimbling along in lane 3 or 4, clear road to his right, and chaos behind? Posted by EyeOnDubai at 11:41 pm. Wednesday, May 16, 2007. Less CLEAR by the day? This is the first time I have seen in print any suggestion that SALIK should be delayed. I wonder who's feifdom it is? The full story can be read HERE. Monday, May 14, 2007.
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EyeOnDubai: August 2007
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Heat and dust: a personal perspective on life in the desert. Monday, August 27, 2007. Except today was different. Let's hope our Boys in Green are back in place tomorrow! Posted by EyeOnDubai at 1:32 am. Tuesday, August 14, 2007. Here we go (slow) again! More RTA madness. What is it with these guys - are they niaive, ignorant, incompetent, or all three? Splashed across this morning's Emirates Toady in 32pt Arial - Speed Limits Slashed on SZR! Posted by EyeOnDubai at 12:19 am. View my complete profile.