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Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt – Messy

December 29, 2007

This week’s theme: Messy Messy road on the way to our apartment building. The ongoing construction work in Dubai leaves a lot of holes in the roads and piles of sand. It’s nightmare taking this messy path by foot. I always have to go the other way, the long way because I hate sand getting [...]

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Deira bus crash follow-up

November 14, 2007

The Indian bus driver involved in yesterday’s fatal crashwas questioned by the RTA (Roads and Transport Authority). Witnesses said he was driving recklessly and with speed but police have yet to confirm if the driver indeed jumped at a red light by analyzing photos and videos installed in the intersection lights. Why don’t they just [...]

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10 months after – DRIVING EDITION

November 13, 2007

After 10 months, you know when you’re in Dubai when: Your kid asks why you’re all wet at the back after you drive  A journey that normally takes 15 minutes on Friday mornings takes you 2 hours on normal days. You drive to Naif and you think you took the wrong exit and you landed in [...]

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