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Exploring Deira, Dubai: Gold souk and electronics souk
February 21, 2008
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The next morning we headed out to explore Deira. We started out wandering through the electronics market. Nothing very exciting – prices were similar to or worse than what we can get in the US.Electronics Souk, Deira, Dubai
It wasn’t long before we moved on to the Gold Mar
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Le Meridien, Baniyas Square, Hotel in Dubai
February 20, 2008
Le Meridien Baniyas Square ViewWe had arranged through Expedia.com our first night at Le Meridien Baniyas Square. Le Meridien is a fairly high end chain. They have several expensive hotels in Dubai, but they also have one cheap location (“Baniyas Square”) in the Deira dist
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February 18, 2008
We booked our tickets relatively late, and as such, didn’t have much luck finding reasonable fares online. We ended up using a discount Asian travel agent/consolidator called Dada Tours, based in Los Angeles.…
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January 20, 2008
My wife and I took a two week trip in December 2006 to visit the UAE (United Arab Emirates), and Oman.…
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Allamanda Beach Club – The only ‘cheap’ option on East Shoal Bay
January 03, 2008
Room at Allamanda Beach Club Room at Allamanda Beach Club
We stayed at the Allamanda Beach Club, the only cheap option on East Shoal Bay. Of course, cheap wasn’t really cheap – it was still $160 a night, and it wasn’t even technically on the water It was about a 2
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Revisiting our Favourite Spots in Paris and Accidentally Winding up on Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
July 30, 2007
Eiffel Tower lit up at night. We took a flight to Paris yesterday afternoon. It’s an 11 hour flight and a 9 hour time difference so you don’t actually “lose” that much time. …
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Haifa, Jaffa and Tel Aviv
July 22, 2007
A view of the Bahai Gardens from the top of Mount Carmel. This morning we took the guided tour of the Bahai gardens (you have to take one to visit the sight). They’re built into the side of Mount Carmel, and probably the most beautiful gardens in the world.
Artists
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Haifa and Akko
July 21, 2007
Walking through the streets of the old city of Akko.In Haifa we stayed at the Port Inn – fantastic location, and a super clean hotel. Yesterday we explored Akko in the morning – it’s an old city just to the north of Haifa. It is on a peninsula in the Medi
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Caesaria, the Galilee and the Golan Heights
July 20, 2007
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A view over the site of Caesarea Maritima Well, we wandered around the crafts market in Tel Aviv yesterday and Nahalat Binyamin Crafts Marketthen stopped in Caesaria before driving up to Haifa.…
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