Sunday, September 30, 2007

lost and found

Sunday 30 September 2007




Any of these things look familiar to you ....... ???? I'm didn't leave this Friday night carrying these, but I definately came home with them ....


Friday, September 14, 2007

Tricky trick

Friday 14 September

Good morning ladies, what's your room number?
uuuhhhhh, well... uhhhh, do we need one? We have a membership card though!

The guy at the 'gate' in the Oasis Beach hotel was not easily fooled, and we were busted!
At least we pulled the trick about 10 times, but this time we really had to pay.
I guess we have to start looking for another beach club that hosts us, us unwanted, non-paying guests. hihi!



We enjoyed our last time in 'our' Oasis!!

Saturday, September 08, 2007

Oasis

Saturday 08 September

Naturally I didn’t just took the advice of people that have been here for a long time, but I had to learn the hard way about the danger of the summer heat.
I decided to pick up some sport activities again, and went running out here in my neighborhood. This is a perfectly healthy thing to do, but not at 11 in the morning during summer in the Middle East.
The temperature has risen to around 40 degrees around that time, and the humidity is killing. This obviously resulted in me, a fairly inexperienced runner and heavy smoker, coming back home completely wrecked. The rest of the day I was absolutely worthless.

That's two weeks ago now.
Veronica and I have found a much better way to spend the hot hours. We found a beach-club in one of the luxurious hotels, where we just enter in the morning like we are clueless hotel guests who come for their morning swim. Our true Oasis is the desert = Oasis beach hotel!
So far, we put up the show perfectly, they didn’t catch us yet.
The pool is delightful because its temperature controlled and the view from the 10th floor, is about the best view of the famous ‘palm island Jumeirah’ you can get without flying over it.







We did as well pick up sports activities, by joining Fitness First Gym.....

Saturday, September 01, 2007

Desert day

Saturday 01 September

The weekend here is on Friday and Saturday, so today it's Sunday... kind off. A beautifull day to to do some exploring in my new country. You don't even have to go real far from all the skyscrapers and construction sites to see proper desert.

To see nothing at all, can be so beautifull.






There's so much contradiction in this country. A good example is this alcohol shop in the middle of the desert. This is located in another Emirate 50 minutes away from my house.
Where it is forbidden in Dubai to sell alcohol in shops, it is perfectly legal here ....



So, the "Baracuda beach resort' is a very populair destination among the expats on a 'Sunday' !