United Arab Emirates
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Friday, 27 Mar 2009 | Views [84]
What a sweet little town Jodhpur is. Leaving tomorrow early - was sick all day yesterday and felt like going home........ The little family run hotel (Heaven Guest House) made me feel at home though and it wasn't all too bad. The antibiotics kicked ... Read more >
Tags: jodhpur market, where i got all those saris
Monday, 9 Mar 2009 | Views [68] | Comments [1]
3/7/2009 Still in Palolem – this lovely place –enjoying every minute of it. People are very honest and friendly I the way they try really hard to cheat you- I love their way of doing it: Looking you straight in the eye, huge beautiful smile. I bought ... Read more >
Tags: marta and i in front of our hut
Saturday, 7 Mar 2009 | Views [66]
Early morning in Palolem. First let me tell you about our (Marta and my ) trip to Anjuna and the market (Gita calls it the flea-Market). After the four different buses and learning more about the Indian culture and the local traffic (which is ... Read more >
Tags: the nice juice
Tuesday, 3 Mar 2009 | Views [78]
The flight was delayed - of course, but we (Marta and I) got here. The airport was more my stile, not a sience fiction ghost image, but simple, small, primitive and very real. Gita and the taxi have been waiting for hours, but happy to see us. The humitity ... Read more >
Tags: view from the hut............
Sunday, 1 Mar 2009 | Views [70]
Margit is being a good wifey - We went to Al Ain on Friday (it being already weekend around here - Sunday, people go back to work). First I was a bit irritated, since it is the town I had to drive through on my "visa run", but then, of ... Read more >
Wednesday, 25 Feb 2009 | Views [66]
2/24/09 On the way with our bikes to our favorite groceries store -Spinney’s- Marta and I stopped at the women’s beach. I stripped down to my bra and underwear, and went swimming – for the first time this visit. The beach, the sand – all is men made, ... Read more >
Tags: marta on her bike on the corniche
Wednesday, 25 Feb 2009 | Views [123]
2/22/09 Set out very early this morning to apply for a visa for India, first Marta (who I met in October 2008, when Coby and I visited the UAE the first time) and I took a taxi all the way out of town, to learn the visas and passports are handled ... Read more >
Saturday, 21 Feb 2009 | Views [61]
Today, Coby and I took a trip out on the bikes (he rented one, because his bike hasn’t arrived yet…………..) All the way down the Corniche, past the Emirates Palace to the big Marina Mall (where I still couldn’t get the books I was looking for – that ... Read more >
Saturday, 21 Feb 2009 | Views [60]
Yesterday I learned that I need a visa for India, so I had to cancel the flight for tomorrow and since Friday and Saturday are like Saturday and Sunday here, I have to wait until Sunday to find an Indian consulate to apply for a visa –bummer…………..- ... Read more >
Friday, 20 Feb 2009 | Views [59]
A lot of the women here are Muslims and do cover up their bodies and their hair. Some even wear a veil over their whole face (which is really strange when passing in an aisle or on a narrow street, because it appears as if they can’t see you, just because ... Read more >
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