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A Taste of Dubai’s Miracle

Anyone touring Dubai will realize just how much a country with practically no oil or natural resources can accomplish in a mere 15 years. Talking to people who were here for that period, it certainly transformed their life and felt … Continue reading

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Waterslides in the Arab Gulf

We just spent a day in the greek/arabic/mayan Atlantis resort complex that somehow can only exist in Dubai. The waterpark is at the edge of the the surreal Palm island. Also there is unlikely to find another global melting pot … Continue reading

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Dawn in Dubai

By the time we all got to Dubai it was 3 o’clock in the morning. Not that it slowed down anyone as Sheikh Zayed Road was busier with cars than 5th Avenue. A fantastic day touring the tallest building on … Continue reading

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Long Long Flight

Rest day as I’m flying all night and day today and getting ready for the heat, sand and another month of nomad workouts… I still think there should be gyms on airplanes… TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

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Crazy Eights

I decided to have a couple of longer workouts before the 12-hour flight tomorrow night to Dubai. This way my body will crave the rest and ignore the design flaws of the airline seats… Looking forward to my drop-ins at … Continue reading

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