This summer has involved a lot of travel for me, mostly due to the number of weddings (back in the UK and overseas) that I have been invited to attend. [ ... ]
There is a big misconception that there are only a limited number of things to do in Dubai and the UAE. I have (frustratingly) heard many conversations between expats, tourists [ ... ]
The Eid holiday seems to have come round really quickly this year, and as I am just back from three weeks of gallivanting around Europe for various weddings and celebrations, [ ... ]
Barcelona has been on my hot list for some time now, and on being invited to a friend’s wedding in Sitges I was delighted to see that the thoughtful and [ ... ]
The posts that I have written for Ramadan over the last two years have been very much focussed on readers from within Dubai and the Arab world, included details of [ ... ]
When I think of Portugal, it’s normally the long sandy beaches, orange and lemon groves, and chaotic tourist shops drawn up from my memories of a childhood holiday in the [ ... ]
As a hard-working expat, I generally only travel home once a year and these visits normally tie in with special occasions – weddings and big family birthdays being the main [ ... ]
Summer in Dubai often finds us residents cooped up in doors, unsure of what to do with ourselves. Recently there’s been a new trend to sweep the UAE which provides [ ... ]
After recently helping a friend celebrate a special birthday and with my own celebrations in the not too distant past it started me thinking about all the unique ways that [ ... ]
Before the congratulatory messages start, no it’s not me heading down the alter, but it is one of my closest friends in Dubai. The couple’s story has actually already featured [ ... ]
