Category: driving in UAE

Too many lead foot and jungle trained drivers in Dubai »

The number of senseless deaths in Dubai roads continue to increase when a driver of an overspeeding van lost control of the vehicle plumetting it to the opposite side of the road before being hit head-on claiming the lives of five people last week.
My husband and I are driving with the utmost caution at all times [...]

driving madness »

M has a Friday-Saturday day off and I have only Fridays.
On Saturdays, he usually wakes up with  me and drives me to the office, except for the times he wants to linger in bed and sleep which makes me so jealous.
Anyway, last Saturday, he showed no signs of waking up and taking me to work. [...]

the other side of the UAE »

Last weekend, we went to Fujairah, one of the seven Emirates of the UAE. The UAE is composed of seven (7) Emirates namely: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah. Of these seven Emirates, only Fujairah is situated in the east coast, fronting the Indian Ocean so the color [...]

roundabouts and driving »

Roundabouts - do you just hate them or I mean HATE them?
From where I got my driving license and practiced my driving, there are NO roundabouts. We had proper traffic signal lights, that’s it. No complications, few accidents. When we went to the UK last year, I thought that roundabouts was just really weird. Pardon me English [...]

weekend tidbits »

Sorry for the late post. It must be already night in some time zones. I must have kept some readers waiting and waiting until they dozed off to sleep.
Ha! who am I kidding? Readers?? my blog stats are at its all-time LOW this past few days and it is preventing me to write something…lack of [...]

the chevy picture »

M bought home the car yesterday with a big grin on his face and our whole weekend plan written on his forehead, he, he.
It was already night when he parked the car and too dark to take picture. We got a red hot Chevrolet Cavalier Sport Edition (whatever that means!). RED. I know, it’s so [...]