Beach

Baby’s first trip to the beach

March 8, 2012

March came along with cloudless blue skies and warmer weather, which usually means one thing when you’re in Dubai: it’s beach time! I don’t need to tell you how much one of my children loves the beach. A picture is worth a thousand words! Pristine had been in love with the beach ever since we [...]

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Missing the beach

April 23, 2010

I don’t know why but we’ve stopped going to the beach. I miss the salty air, the white fine sand on my feet, the emerald green water, looking at the sunset over the horizon and most of all, I miss seing Pristine having a great time on the sand. On our first month here, we [...]

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Autumnal equinox and the beach

September 24, 2009

There’s no Autumn here in Dubai. Naturally, because the four seasons do not exist in desert land. We just have warm and warmer (read: crazy hot) weather for the whole year. November to March is great and the rest of the months are just crazy. Hot. Humid. Dehydrating. I’m reading blogs and have seen bloggers [...]

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Proper and improper swim wear, know the difference!

April 25, 2009

I didn’t report for work today, Saturday (my first day of work week) because I am tired, have not had a two-day weekend since uhm, December last year. As I usually say whenever I have two straight days off, what a difference an extra day makes! ***** Yesterday, we took Pristine to the beach to [...]

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Top 10 things to do in Dubai

April 9, 2009

There are lots of things to do when staying in Dubai but here are the top ten in my mind. 1. Beaches – Dubai is home to the world’s cleaniest beaches with fine, white sand. When visiting, if there’s one thing you musn’t forget, it’s gotta be your favorite sunscreen. Pristine and my friend from Japan [...]

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How hard is it to get a room?

March 6, 2009

Some couples just don’t learn or too blind, too ignorant of the law or perhaps too hot to control themselves? Another couple was caught having sex in Jumeirah public open beach, again. The recent couple currently being detained pleaded for leniency and appealed to court that they should not be punished severely because no one [...]

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Caution to keep your cameras safe (when you’re in Dubai)

February 11, 2009

I took my friend who travelled all the way to Dubai from Japan, to Jumeirah Beach Park last January 1st. We were tired and sleepy from our late night New Year’s eve gathering but I figured, she came all the way here so she deserves to see the beautiful beach so we went despite our eyes [...]

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Dubai beach romp: He said, he said

January 7, 2009

The sex on the beach fiasco is over, with the two involved being deported out of the country and back to freezing and wet UK. However, I can’t believe the sordid details the man spilled to the Daily Mirror, about the moonlit night beach activity that landed him in jail, the excessive drinking, his bedding [...]

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