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Nice car, bad location.

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:19:13 -0700

Please be aware that there is a bogus e-mail doing the rounds with regard to swine flu

Sat, 23 May 2009 01:27:11 -0700

Please be aware that there is a bogus e-mail doing the rounds with regard to swine flu and informing people to refrain from eating tinned pork, please ignore this - it's SPAM.

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The Rainbow Sheikh's new toy!

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:51:00 -0700

Credit crisis? What credit crisis?

According to the guy manning the cafe at the car museum, Sheikh Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan is kitting out his new TriStar with rooms to stay overnight in. Unfortunately I couldn't get closer to take a better photo.

The word "hotel" was also mentioned, but I find that hard to visualise. Ring ring!

"Good Morning, you're through to Rainbow Plane Hotel. How can I help you?"

"Morning! I'd like to book a room for the night."

"Certainly sir, would that be in First, Business or Economy?"

More info about the Sheikh here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamad_bin_Hamdan_Al_Nahyan

UPDATED 10 June 2009:

We've since found more info about the plane: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled-(AMW-Tchad)/Lockheed-L-1011-385-1-14-TriStar/1523423/L/&sid=33d4f104b938b32a040ddc54a3b66dc3.

Current location in Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=abu+dhabi&ie=UTF8&ll=24.095306,54.422965&spn=0.01571,0.027895&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A

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Um Suqeim Lake

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:28:26 -0700

Every time there is a tiny bit of rain we get this massive puddle on the road outside our villa. It can be a pain, but the boys love it!

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Butlins coach trip to the local Off-License!

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:34:00 -0700

We found this rather odd. The photo is outside a "special" supermarket-style shop in Ras Al Khaimah which sells "special" beverages to the public. We had finished, walked out, and came across two bus-loads of people filing out!

The existence of such an outlet has always been a quandary to me, but NOW... Well, there can be no question of it's right to exist!

Anyone got a stag-do coming up?

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