palm jumeirah

Grantourismo!

February 9, 2010

How would you fancy a trip around the world – 12 countries, 24 destinations in 12 months? No, I’m not giving one away, don’t get too excited. I’ve always loved writing and travelling so I look up to someone who does both. “Look up” means admire, get occasionally jealous and then dream and  travel vicariously [...]

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WW – Smiley Ray

July 1, 2009

See what others aren’t saying at 5 Minutes for Mom and at the WW Hub.

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Visiting Atlantis Hotel by monorail

June 29, 2009

From our recent trip to Palm Jumeirah by monorail, I feel that this transport system is no way catering to the commuting public. It is built for tourism. First, the fare is too expensive. Next, they are even planning to charge parking fees for people coming from Dubai by car and going to Atlantis Hotel [...]

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Experiencing Dubai’s first monorail

June 22, 2009

The monorail connecting Dubai’s mainland and Atlantis Hotel at Palm Jumeirah has opened last month and we went to experience it. The driverless light rail system travels along the trunk of the man-made islands from the Gateway station to Atlantis Hotel’s Aquaventure (water park). This monorail system services four stations but for now, only the [...]

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Wandering around Dubai like a real tourist, Day 1

January 11, 2009

A friend of mine, who is so interested in Dubai even before I hopped on the plane to relocate here came to see me last month, just after Christmas. Japan offices are off on the last week of the year so she had the chance to finally come, bringing all her guide books and t-shirts. [...]

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in Dubai, the possibilities are endless

May 7, 2008

First, they made man-made islands, marina, port and harbor, artificial snow (ski resort), and now, would you believe, they are bent on creating artificial rain? Yesterday’s rain was induced, man-made, artificial, fake! I knew something wasn’t right! The articles can be found in Gulf News titled, Cloud seeding experiment has thundering success (with photos) and [...]

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if you were in an island

July 2, 2007

By the word island I do not mean a solitary piece of land where shipwreck survivors get washed up ashore. Dubai is known for the ‘islands’ they created. In The News: First residents move into the Palm Jumeirah A few years ago, there was nothing but the unbroken sea. Now a new land which is [...]

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