Creative Meanderings

Since the sun rises around 5 or so, I was awake at 6am trying to decide what to do with myself for the day. So, I determined to read a bit, go to the Starbucks in the nearby Lamsy Plaza, come back, work out and then get ready to make a visit to the Deira City Centre Mall. Well, waking at 6am makes for a bit of a slow passing of time especially…

After waking up to construction work, I realized that yesterday there was no noise in the morning. Friday is the holy day in Dubai, so there were hardly any cars on the streets, few people out and mercifully no construction work at the crack of dawn. It gets light here around 5ish, much like Japan. So, I have been awaking a bit earlier than usual on vacation. With a leisurely start to the…

My second day in Dubai was pretty quiet as Allan felt the need to clean his entire apartment floor and some of the outside windows despite the insane heat outside. So, I relaxed and did some homework. In the evening, we went to happy hour in the MovenPick hotel nearby. No pictures there, but it was basically and ex-pat’s type bar where we could see some Olympics and he could enjoy a few…

I am in my second day in Dubai and have to admit that I haven’t really seen or done much just yet. However, I thought that I would write anyway. 😀 Starting with my nearly 24-hour travel from Portland, Oregon to Salt Lake to Paris to Dubai, it was a very long day to say the very least. The travel was okay for most of the journey. However, we were a bit late…