Desert, anyone?

'tis wet, windy and woebegone outside. always thought that dubai was on or near a desert. one lives and learns. maybe all the construction is pushing back the sand (20% of the world's construction cranes are in Dubai).
Funny to watch people handle the rain here. Traffic alerts every minute on FM, slick roads, cars crawling at 40 kmph instead of 140, people calling in late or not coming in at all... and all this only after 5 mm of rain! wonder what they would do with 900 mm of the stuff. probably sink wells...
This is the second rain in as many days here, and more expected over the weekend.
Seems the desert safari is one of the must-dos here. Perhaps when it stops raining.....

Dubai: first thoughts and observations

this shall be by way of maintaining as daily a journal as possible of my stay in Dubai - the land of the twist and sheikh. while no commercial motive has as yet been ascribed to this exercise, i am not averse to the occasional donation (bank account to be informed later) for victuals to keep up my strength.

readers are welcome to post their comments / suggestions / advice / et al, which may or may not be read / actioned / welcome.

the aim of this blog is to amuse / entertain / inform and insha'llah that is what it shall be!

tally ho and may the journey never end!