Friday, January 30, 2009

Exploring Middle East

Last week was sooo busy week at work, sigh!and it killed me... i hope that explains why I hardly update my blog.But...next weekend we planned to for a holiday getaway again....this time our destination is Beirut Lebanon. Heard it's cool! Gonna find out soon. Since we are already in Middle East so...it is quite reasonable to explore it, because that might cost you much if u travel a long way from Malaysia. This time around will be 4 or 5 of us in pax. Hope it is nice..
Looking back where I started in Middle East which was 0n Nov 07, started in Dubai for few months and moved to Doha for good, beginning in the mid of March till now. Its been a year!!...well so it is reasonable enough to explore right hahaaha.. By right apart from Dubai, I have been to Oman and Bahrain. Last night when I attended dinner of "get together" we were informed that MAQ will conduct an Umrah and visit trip this coming April, aha...sounds interesting... really looking forward to follow. So another one will be slashed in the list (eventho been there before).



Let see what I have explored so far! Fasten your seat belt!

Dubai....one of the most popular city in United Arab of Emirates,being known as heaven for shoppers. Owns an advancement in developments, wish to have all of " the most" so called things in the world...so far they have "The Highest Building"..."The most expensive"..."The ...??"...and so on. The sky crappers in Dubai are growing so rapid. and i hope that explains why 60% of the world cranes are all in Middle East. Not quite sure bout the rest, but it is indeed shopping paradise!

Next is Oman, We travelled to Musandam part which is on the East side of Oman. It’s a curious observation about travelling in Oman is the moment u see the rock mountain that hugs the roads to Musandam. Musandam is separated from the rest of Oman by the east coast of the UAE, this is a very beautiful place with its cultural eccentricities is well worth visited. The dhow that we took served us lunch and free flows of drinks and bunches of fruits and food apart from the unexplained sightseeing!! Basically Oman is so good for nature lover! ( Kenya???)


Bahrain...where the capital of Bahrain is Manama.Basically Bahrain is an island, which Saudi lies on the west side of Bahrain that connected by the causeway. There were few places of interest we went while visiting Bahrain, of course the causeway to Saudi, Bahrain F1, Tree of Life, Forts and famous mosques and Bait Al Quran. Surprisingly that big community of Muslim in Bahrain are consisted of Syiah, and found out that Bahrain is quite liberal as compared to the rest of Middle East countries i have visited. Apart from availability of alcoholic drinks and pork everywhere, Bahrain also has allowed prostitution (as wht I've heard that the nearest neighbours will head on when they r looking for it)....

So...will see what is the next destination will be..

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