View of Abu Dhabi from our hotel room, 9am, New Year's Day. The streets are very quiet and empty. This is our last day of the trip. It...

After leaving the Grand Mosque, we made our way across town to the Louvre Museum -- Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi has a thirty (30) year agreement...

Patrise and Doug in front of the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Grand Mosque Abu Dhabi Today's blog entry will be slightly different, in that I...

To better comprehend today's journey, it's better that I provide you a map, a visual of our travels. Bear in mind that we begin the...

Ain Dubai, the largest observation wheel in the world, in Dubai shown at night. It is 250 meters (more than 800 feet high), twice as tall...

The two of us depicted alongside the camel we rode together. The day began slowly for us, but picked up steam as the hours proceeded. It...

This day was filled with visits to essentially four locations: (1) the Dubai Miracle Garden, (2) the Dubai Butterfly Garden, (3) the...

Today was a day to visit 2 other emirate states. We started at Sharjah, which is the third largest emirate state by population. Sharjah...

Museum of the Future, Christmas night Upon our return from the morning's tour and shopping, we immediately went to the hotel's Cinescope...

Today, we both got up rested from our journey and time difference from yesterday in pretty good shape. I was hungry so we went to...

The departure day has finally arrived. We woke up early -- early for me at least -- got dressed and fixed breakfast. After which, a last...

On Sunday morning, December 22, we will leave for Dubai. On the first leg of the journey, we will fly from Atlanta to Houston. We will...