Muscat, Oman (2014)

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

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

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)

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 || 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...
Country Counters

Country Counters

I had to do a double, triple, quadruple take of the departures board here Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, Istanbul, Turkey. I couldn’t see a flight to Dubai anywhere. My flight to Dubai. I got that sinking feeling. I was worried but only long enough to...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2008)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2008)

Dubai, the jewel of the Arab world, is one of the 7 emirates that make up the oil-rich Persian Gulf country of The United Arab Emirates (UAE). The tiny emirate, twice the size of London, is a kingdom built on the profits of its oil reserves and so one shouldn’t...
Muscat, Oman (2008)

Muscat, Oman (2008)

I won’t say too much about our flight(s) from Mumbai to Muscat apart from the fact that they required us to get out of bed at 4:00 a.m. yesterday morning, the earliest we’ve dragged ourselves out of any bed thus far. Although the flights themselves were...

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