“The last time we went camping in the desert, my sister got bit on the bum by a Scorpion!!”
Tag: MiddleEast
How to see Iran without a Visa: The Burj Khalifa.
For somebody so terrified of heights? I have the strangest urge to climb mountains and sky-scrapers. Even if I do … More
Abra-cadabra
“What can you buy for 20p? A Freddo Bar? A cotton bud? A stick of celery? Bugger all.
Well. Not in Dubai. Here, you can purchase a BOAT RIDE!”
Go see The World.
“When a friend first asked if I wanted to visit Lebanon Island on the weekend … I thought it sounded a bit far for a day trip. Lebanon is over 3,000 nautical miles from Dubai… boasting a route plagued by Somali pirates, war-torn mess, and famine … I WAS EXCITED, but it didn’t sound like a leisurely Friday cruise – it sounded more like the sort of adventure Phileas Fogg would have if he’d 80 days to spare…”
Cloak and swagger: A trip to the mosque.
“I’m far from the sixth pillar of Islam; sadly more Haram than Halal.
There’s not even a single spiritual fibre of my being… I get the giggles during yoga sessions and vegetarian sausages make me sad.
But there’s something undeniably magical about The Grand Mosque at Abu Dhabi…”
Brunch: So far.
“Brunch couldn’t work in the UK: People would be dead.”
