Kickin’ it in Kuwait
I had my first visit to Kuwait to meet last week. Kuwait is somewhere that has eluded me for one reason or another so I was pleased to be able to spend a few days rather than the flying visits I...
View ArticleDubai X6 Stylin’
A combination of intense work travel, a vacation and a bout of flu has left my blog a little neglected. However I am feeling a lot better and saw a few things over the weekend that has made me want to...
View ArticleAway from Lebanon
A combination of international travel, moving house and waiting for an internet connection at home as hampered my blog writing over the last couple of weeks. Last month before the current troubles in...
View ArticleYour Name’s Not Down
Hopping around the middle east for business nowadays is starting to feel like the travel I use to do out of the UK. You know – flights full of guys in suits playing with there blackberrys dragging...
View ArticleBHX
The second Eid vacation soon came around and I took the opportunity to pop over to the UK so see my family as I will be spending the Christmas period in Dubai. Rather than use one of the London hubs I...
View ArticleA Few of my Favourite Things
The last time I visited Abu Dhabi airport was twenty four years ago when I left the UAE after having spent a year at school there. I recall quite vividly the mosaicked center piece, which seemed at the...
View ArticleTiger Feet
After a frantic week in Cairo, an eight hour turnaround in Dubai and a fog delayed flight of three hours I was on my way to South Africa for a well deserved break. After over 36 hours without sleep, I...
View ArticleHappy Feet
In keeping with the wildlife theme I wanted to blog about the really nice trip we made out to Boulders Beach whilst on vacation last week in Cape Town. It is a pleasant drive along the coast and...
View ArticleHelp me Clear up me Mind
Aside from the wedding in Jo’burg the highlight of the trip to Cape Town was a glorious day spent on the Wine Route. Andrea with whom we stayed with, proved to be an excellent guide for the week and...
View ArticleCannes I Kick It?
I am spending most of this week in Cannes at VMworld Europe 2009. From a work perspective it is one of the highlights of the year. Yesterday, I worked and presented at partner day which was a lot of...
View ArticleSandstorm
I am spending most of this week in Riyadh which is a probably a good thing following the excess of the Rugby Sevens at the weekend. The weather this morning was great – sunny, clear and about 28c....
View ArticleBlack and White
After spending a couple of weeks in Dubai it was nice to get back on the road and into the region. Me and a colleague started off with a couple of days in Riyadh. It is always best to travel with other...
View ArticleMaking Your Mind Up
It was with real pleasure I got to share a few days in the UK last week with a good Lebanese friend of mine. Having had a rather bonkers weekend with him Beirut last week it was nice to show him around...
View ArticleFlu By
This week I am in Cairo. It seems that a whole host of IT multi-nationals are also visiting this week judging by the hotels drivers signs at the airport. I always like seeing these guys, as I know I...
View ArticlePyramids in the Sand
Usual business trips no matter where I am are typically the same. Busy airports, tired hotels and a stream of customer and partner meetings punctuated with a mad dash back to catch the last flight to...
View ArticleA Guide to a Lad’s Weekend in Beirut
It had been a long hot dusty Ramadan this summer and there was palpable excitement in Dubai as the Eid holiday approached. Nearly everyone I spoke to had some plans for going away or spending it with...
View ArticleThe Thin Green Line
Despite the chaos that often ensues at various airports around the middle east the one that I feel most apprehensive about is any of the ones in Saudi. I have had the pleasure of standing for hours in...
View ArticleBack in the USSR
Last week I made my first trip to Moscow nearly three years to the date since my last visit. I admit the last few visits I found Moscow to be an intimidating place and hard to get by without any spoken...
View ArticleFlying First Class
In my last four and bit years in Dubai I have flown more than four hundred thousand miles on Emirates. Quite a staggering amount and probably accounts for some sort of gigantic carbon footprint, that I...
View ArticleDouble Decker
While I could write 500 words on one of the local (mainly Brit) pubs in Dubai I think it would be far more entertaining to share my experience with of flying Business Class on the monstrous Airbus...
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