The newest shopping mall in Dubai, The Dubai Mall (why can’t they come up with some creative names for their malls?), opened its doors to the public on November 4. This mall is supposed to be the biggest mall of the world with over 1200 shops waiting for the visitors to spend some serious mone...

Image via Wikipedia Ok, now that I have got a license, the next logical step was obviously to buy a car. In Dubai, you need a car to buy a car. There is no point in hopping around from one showroom to another in a taxi. You are better off renting out a vehicle and use that for your search. That̵...

Image via Wikipedia. The beach above is not in Dubai Well, unfortunately, there are none! It would have been great to have some nude beaches in Dubai, but as it stands none exist in Dubai, or anywhere else in the UAE, for that matter. Yet, people from some Western countries fail to understand this a...

A want to extend a warm welcome to all the new subscribers and readers to my blog. Thanks for becoming a reader. I work hard to make the contents interesting and I am confident that you will enjoy reading my blog, even if you don’t live in Dubai. Let me give you a little background first. I mo...

I am in Alger right now and this city turns out to be better than I thought. Despite beautiful landscapes, here are my observations about the city. 1. I walked through the streets of Alger, and it doesn’t feel an African country at all. Or perhaps my impression of Africa was very different. It...

I have a very different kind of interaction experience with the CEO of my current company. In the last two companies I worked with, I was pretty close to the CEO. I used to visit their office often, discuss work, life, and everything in between. The CEO used to come to office regularly, be involved ...

Last night I got a chance to experience dinner on a cruise ship. The gig is called Dhow Cruise Dinner. It’s basically a restaurant set up inside a cruise ship. So while having dinner you are also riding the boat in Dubai Creek. Besides food, there are live performances by singers and dancers w...

Image via Wikipedia Another news circulating these days is that Brad Pitt is going to design a hotel in Dubai. Now that’s a very interesting marketing gimmick. The latest hotel in Dubai is going to be designed by not at architect, but by a famous Hollywood actor. And on top of that, the hotel ...

I have observed that I can find my way around in Dubai with a relative ease compared to my peers. And I haven’t even started to drive. Couple of days ago a friend of mine was lost in the streets when he called me to ask for directions. I was at home watching a movie with my lovely wife. Nevert...

One thing about Dubai is that the architects are working extra hard to come up with unusual and strange looking designs on buildings being constructed here. I spotted this building while cruising on Shaikh Zayed Road and was wondering who would want to have an office in that building. But apparently...