At the shared taxi stand in Abu Dhabi – and other Emirati cities like Sharjah, Fujairah and Al Ain for that matter – taxi drivers yell “Dubai! Dubai! Dubai!” to let potential passengers know their destination. And of course the other drivers shout out their destinations too. But there are always more taxis heading to … Read more about Dubai! Dubai! Dubai! Some tales of a city: Part 1 Once upon a time…
The NineMSN Travel site is hosting a number of live online chats with their destination experts, so as their Dubai Insider (along with Terence), I’ll be making myself available to chat to readers of the site tomorrow, Wednesday 12 February, from noon to 1pm Australian Eastern Standard Time. You may recall me telling you about … Read more about Got any questions about travelling to Dubai? Then join me for a live chat tomorrow on NineMSN Travel
A couple of weeks ago we were holed up writing in an apartment overlooking the sea at Glenelg beach, Adelaide, South Australia. While the days were warm and balmy, topping 30 degrees celcius, a little higher than the typical heavenly summer temperatures they get here, the evenings were deliciously cool. Cool enough to pop on … Read more about South Australia: from heavenly summer days to the living hell of a heatwave
Another series of live chats with local experts is starting soon on the excellent NineMSN Travel site. (I wrote about the first series here.) As their Dubai Insider (along with Terence), I chatted with NineMSN readers back in September (read the transcripts here) and it was tonnes of fun: travellers asked everything from my must-do … Read more about Your chance to chat to an insider
In response to the recent, dramatic escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza (read this excellent on-the-ground account by Ashraf Khalil and Rushdi Abou Alouf reporting for the LA Times), Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed has ordered that New Year’s Eve celebrations be cancelled in Dubai in solidarity with the Palestinians (read about it here on … Read more about A sombre tone set and New Year’s Eve cancelled in Dubai