Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Qatar, Qatar Airways on Jun 4th, 2023
Friday was basically just a travel day. We had an early wake up call in order to catch the 5:10 Heathrow Express from Paddington. The train journey, transfer to terminal 4, check-in, security, boarding, etc. all went smoothly. We were a little delayed as we deplaned at least one passenger for reasons that are entirely […]
This was really just a travel day with a departure from Dubai at 8:30am on an Emirates Boeing 777-200LR, arriving in Tokyo-Haneda around 10:30pm. Here’s our precise route as flown during the 9:20 flight: A few items of interest… We flew over the western end of the Himalayas. Since it was day time, nice weather, […]
Posted in Dubai, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, Umm al-Quwain on Jun 4th, 2018
We started our day early–as I’m sure most folks do–at 7:30am with a camel ride. If I’m honest, the experience was both kind of thrilling and mildly terrifying. Camels, as you can see, are in fact very tall animals. They also kind of lumber when they walk… at least that’s the sensation from atop. It’s […]
Posted in Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah on Jun 3rd, 2018
This morning we checked out of our hotel in Dubai and drove to Ras Al Khaimah via a slightly longer route than needed in order to visit the emirates of Fujairah and Ajman, as well as Sharjah (boosting Emerson’s country count). Our destination was the Ritz-Carlton Al Wadi Desert Resort, which I picked because we […]
Posted in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Jun 2nd, 2018
Today we drove to Abu Dhabi to visit two sites: the spectacular Sheik Zayed Grand Mosque and the Louvre Abu Dhabi. We started with the mosque (which Libby and I had visited previously), which I think can speak well enough for itself: What one feels about this or any other religion, it’s difficult to believe […]