The Dubai Expat Diaries

More Aerial Photos of Dubai – here you can see the Dubai Marina area…these photographs were taken in 2007. Dubai Marina Pics / Dubai Marina Aerial Photos – The Palm Jumeirah Trunk and the Mina Seyahi / One & Only Royal Mirage area (Al Sufouh Road) Dubai Marina Pics / Dubai Marina Aerial Photos – [...]

More Aerial Photos of Dubai…these photographs were taken in 2007 – a lot has changed since then, especially in Downtown Dubai (and of course the completion of Burj Khalifa) Downtown Dubai Pics / Dubai Aerial Photos – Sheikh Zayed Road from a distance Downtown Dubai Pics / Dubai Aerial Photos – The Dubai Skyline and [...]

Old but gold…these Aerial Photos of Dubai were taken sometime in 2007, but still look great – some things have changed…and other things not so much! Dubai Pics / Dubai Aerial Photos - The Mina Seyahi Marina and Hotels (Le Meridien Mina Seyahi and The Westin Dubai) – Al Sufouh Dubai Pics / Dubai Aerial Photos [...]

Dubai is set to make history today, with the opening of its very own superscraper and the world’s tallest building Burj Dubai scheduled to open at 8pm. Major General Mohammad Eid Al Mansouri, Director of the General Department of Protective Security and Emergency Department at Dubai Police told Gulf News: “His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin [...]

Dubai’s favourite beach bar, Barasti (Le Meridien Mina Seyahi on Jumeirah Beach Dubai) has launched what it calls it’s “biggest promotion ever”. It certainly sounds like it! Check out the details from the official press release: How to play – Barasti Big Deal Barasti Big Deal is our biggest promotion ever! We’ve teamed up with [...]

Barasti is back with it’s extremely popular “Barasti on Tour” promotion…this time it’s free Summer getaways for a lucky bunch that gets to hit the most famous beaches around the world. More info below: THIS SUMMER WE’RE HITTING THE WORLDS COOLEST BEACHES: OVER THE NEXT 3 MONTHS, SOL INVITES 4 PEOPLE – TWO WINNERS AND [...]

Heard an interesting survey on a popular radio channel a couple of days back (on or around Valentine’s Day). The listeners were asked whether they would like to hold their partner’s hand or a cell phone. Surprisingly, more than half said they would rather hold a cell phone! I understand how essential the PDAs are to [...]

The popular Barasti Bar has just launched its latest leg of “Barasti on Tour”. Last time winners were flown to Sydney for New Years Eve…this May 6 lucky people get to fly to New York! More details below…

Twitter (Official Site: www.twitter.com, More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter) the microblogging service that allows users to update their status, share ideas, interact and post online finds with others using 140 character messages is fast growing in popularity. The Twitter community in the UAE is currently estimated to be over a 1000 users, with a percentage which is quite [...]

Everyone’s familiar with the Le Meridien Mina Seyahi, which has been a longstay member of the Jumeirah hotels community…most popular, perhaps due to Barasti Bar, one of the most popular social watering holes in Dubai. Next door on the same complex is also The Westin Dubai, which opened in May last year with a well-remembered [...]