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Dubious About Dubai: Part Three #travel #dubai

Posted on Nov 11, 2020 by TanGental

Opps, I missed a day… here’s day three and we’re back in 2017 and a few days I spent in Dubai, with my son, then the Lawyer of these posts and his girlfriend, now fiancé, the Beautician. Ok so three … Continue reading →

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Dubious About Dubai: Part Four #travel #dubai

Posted on Nov 10, 2020 by TanGental

My last day in Dubai, my limited conclusions about public transport and a poem… The chance to use the metro – I like all sorts of trains, well at least once – and visit the Dubai museum seemed a perfect … Continue reading →

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Dubious About Dubai Part Two #travel #dubai

Posted on Nov 5, 2020 by TanGental

Back in 2017 I travelled to Dubai for a short break while my son worked there. These few posts recall my impression and how Dubai took me When I think about the Middle Eastern states I’m thinking Sun, I’m thinking … Continue reading →

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Dubious About Dubai: Part One #travels #dubai

Posted on Nov 4, 2020 by TanGental

To continue my series on My Life In Transit, we are back in 2017 and Dubai. We begin with my preoccupations, for which read prejudices… I’m off to Dubai. Which is near Abu Dhabi and part of the United Arab … Continue reading →

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Dubious About Dubai, concluding and flying home #Dubai

Posted on Feb 20, 2017 by TanGental

The chance to use the metro – I like all sorts of trains, well at least once – and visit the Dubai museum seemed a perfect combo. We – the Lawyer, the Beautician and I – were meeting for lunch … Continue reading →

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Dubious about Dubai – day 3 #travel #Dubai

Posted on Feb 19, 2017 by TanGental

Ok so three days in Dubai is no way to judge a place. But you do gather impressions. This is a place that’s uninhibited in its excess and only limited by its overall size, the need to import everything, few … Continue reading →

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Dubious About Dubai day two #travel #thoughts

Posted on Feb 18, 2017 by TanGental

When I think about the Middle Eastern states I’m thinking Sun, I’m thinking Blue Skies, I’m thinking Sunnies and Shorts – no, maybe not shorts – but I’m not thinking… Mist and Mizzle. Sand storms and swaying trees. But, hey, … Continue reading →

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Dubious about Dubai; travelling-lite #travel #thoughts

Posted on Feb 17, 2017 by TanGental

I’m off to Dubai. Which is near Abu Dhabi and part of the United Arab Emirates. But apart from that I couldn’t stick a finger on the map and say I’d hit the spot. It’s the sort of place I … Continue reading →

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