Etihad Airways || Flying High
Today was my first time flying Etihad Airlines, the UAE’s official carrier & one of its two big airlines (the other being Dubai-based Emirates, who I have flown a lot with in the past). I’d heard good things about Etihad Airways & thus had been looking forward...
Muscat, Oman (2014)
The last time I was in Muscat, the largest & capital city of the Persian Gulf oil rich country of Oman (officially called the Sultanate of Oman), I left earlier than planned even though there was no plan. I will be leaving early this time too. I’ve spent the...
Rotana Jet || Flying High
My time in Abu Dhabi & 2-week stint in the UAE has come to an end. I’m en route to Muscat, Oman, somewhere I last visited back in 2008. The original plan was to bus it there, necessitating a return to Dubai, but I gladly put that idea to bed when I...
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Although it may seem the case, the United Arab Emirates isn’t just a stage for Dubai to strut its increasingly crazy stuff. It has a capital city (no Dubai isn’t it) that offers its own we’re-not-losing-the-run-of-ourselves sights & attractions,...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2014)
The jewel of the Arab world that has sprung from the desert in recent years to reinvent itself as the world’s premier 5-star luxury tourist destination.
Jazeera Airways || Flying High
Jazeera Airways. Nope, I’d never heard of them either, not before booking a flight with them a few weeks ago. Based out of Kuwait, seemingly they are the Middle East’s cheap, no-frills carrier (some, Jazeera themselves included, prefer the term low-fares), the...
Syria
Syria Reviewing A Pre-War-Torn Syria Crac des Chevaliers, Syria. May 7, 2008 ; One of my fondest travel memories of the recent past was of the days, in May 2008, that I spent in the Middle Eastern country of Syria. Like a lot of people around the world, I’ve...
Aleppo, Syria
The UNESCO World Heritage-listed city of Aleppo is Syria’s largest city, although not the capital (that’s Damascus). Having been inhabited since perhaps as early as the 6th millennium BC, it is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on earth, an ancient...