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New York City - work conference

Off to New York City for a few days with work...fortunately had quite a bit of spare time to get out and about. Went up Empire State Building, shopping at Macy's, Bloomingdales and Saks, made it to Central Park and saw some seals at the Zoo, Wall Stree...

Most Recent Entry: Thursday, September 27, 2007

Jebel Ali Palm Court Hotel

This weekend was a work retreat out at Jebel Ali Parlm Court Resort. A good weekend and a great beach....

Most Recent Entry: Friday, September 21, 2007

Zac's first day in Dubai -another Brissie person!

Zac arrived in Dubai today also to start work.He's at the rival firm A&O. We ventured to the Pyramids at Wafi City in Dubai to try out the highly recommended Ginseng bar/lounge/restaurant. Very cool. Nice food and very nice cocktails. Amazingly eno...

Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Abu Dhabi

random pics of Abu Dhabi...

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, July 29, 2007

Malls in UAE - Dubai, Abu Dhabi

There are alot of malls here in the UAE....

Most Recent Entry: Thursday, July 26, 2007

Brunch at Le Meridian Dubai

It's a party!!! Abu Dhabi's Macbank employees descended upon Le Meridian hotel, Dubai for a very traditional Friday brunch....lots of good food and Bollinger had by all..it was a happy day....

Most Recent Entry: Friday, July 20, 2007

Al Ain, UAE - Luke's Birthday!

We decided to go to Al Ain for 2 nights - a desert city about 1.5 hours drive from Abu Dhabi. It's a pretty impressive drive - we passed huge red sand dunes and also massive rocks and some of the greenest grass you've ever seen! pretty amazing. We stay...

Most Recent Entry: Thursday, June 14, 2007

The Abu Dhabi Frathouse

So this is where we are living....commonly known as 'the Frathouse' to everyone at work, we are living in a large older style apartment in the city of Abu Dhabi. At the moement there are 5 of us living here, but you'd never know as no one is ever home...

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, May 27, 2007

Moving to Abu Dhabi, UAE

Most Recent Entry: Saturday, May 26, 2007

Back to Dubai!

Most Recent Entry: Thursday, April 05, 2007

Slovenia and Croatia and Bosnia, October 2006

Well Vienna was a last minute decision - I had a 6 hr stop over at the airport so decided to take the excellent airport train into the city centre - it was a Sunday so lots of things were closed - but still lots to see - like the horse drawn carriages,...

Most Recent Entry: Sunday, October 29, 2006

Greek Islands! October 2006

Today we got up very early for our taxi to the port of Pireaus. Just getting the the taxi is an interesting exercise in the dirty, crowded and seemingly unsafe street that we were in. Made our way to the Port and boarded a massive Blue Star Ferry for o...

Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Visiting Luke in the UAE - August 2006

Today we went four wheel driving in the desert in Dubai - absolutely awesome. The temperature was approximately 50 degrees Celcius and the dunes could be sooo steep. eheh a few of us felt quite sea sick after the journey. We then had a camel ride - the...

Most Recent Entry: Monday, August 14, 2006

Thailand Dec 2005 - Jan 2006 with my cous Sheri

Today started with my cousin Sheri taking her first ever plane flight - the 45min journey from Newcastle to Brisbane. She made it! Yay! So once she arrived we got increasingly excited and couldn't wait for our midnight flight to Phuket via Singapore. G...

Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Thailand February 2005

I flew into Bangkok after an eventful plane ride from Madrid which involved the arrest of a passenger and a heated domestic dispute! It sure was in-flight entertainment! When I arrived in Bangkok I got a transfer to the New World Lodge. It was in a ...

Most Recent Entry: Thursday, February 03, 2005

Eurotrip 2005

I arrived in Rome and got my luggage on (and off) the train out of the airport with the help of an American painter who was studying art in Florence. He also told me when to get off the train - rather helpful. I met Michael, Rob and Rhys at a coff...

Most Recent Entry: Friday, January 21, 2005

Europe Jan-Feb 2004

Today we arrived in the beautiful town of St Goar in the Rhine Valley. I loved the wine and we went to a faboulous tasting session where I got to try the special ice wine. Yum. However, it was probably not a good idea to follow the wine tasting...

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