by Ian | Dec 16, 2019 | Zimbabwe
The Gift – Treasure in Chitungwiza It was time to leave Africa. The six weeks I spent in Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe had been a challenging, but eye-opening, experience. When travelling, six weeks can pass by in a flash but the journey through southern Africa had...
by Ian | Dec 19, 2019 | UAE
Bulawayo to Burj Khalifa I remember the darkness. Peering out the window of the plane on the redeye from Cairo to Dar es Salaam with the dawn yet to break, the continent below was covered in black but for the faint twinkle of a few homes creating a mirror of the...
by Ian | Dec 24, 2019 | UAE
Seeking Traditions Nobody in Dubai could give a rat’s ass about how I was going to celebrate Christmas. Though the majority religion is Islam, Dubai obsesses about doing everything bigger and better than anywhere else and everywhere around the city was done up with...
by Ian | Dec 27, 2019 | UAE
Dubai’s Hotel Holiday Supply and Demand Problem Understanding Dubai’s hotel supply and demand problem is a story of three hotels, poor timing, stubbornness, and poor planning. It was a week before Christmas and I had just arrived in Dubai after spending six weeks in...
by Ian | Dec 31, 2019 | Oman
Turning the Page – The New Year Lying on the southern shore of the Gulf of Oman, Muscat has been an important trading hub for more than 2000 years. Today it is the capital city of Oman which is located on the eastern edge of the Arabian peninsula. The northern coast...
