Tag: United Arab Emirates

Reflecting on Africa – Gimpy!

ByMinion-Chris July 9, 2016 1 Comment
Now that we've had a little over a week to to settle back at home, I thought it would be great to give my travelling companions an opportunity to share some of their thoughts on this great adventure we've been on. I sent them a list of  questions for them to talk about and so without further adieu here' Gimpy's take on this amazing trip! Gimpy will be the first so give us her take on this...

Grand Mosque, Travel to Cairo

ByMinion-Chris June 27, 2016 5 Comments
We woke up the next morning, checked out of the apartment and hopped into the transfer taxi that our hotel had arranged. It was an hour and a half car ride down the highway to Abu Dhabi. Our rooms at the hotel in Abu Dhabi were not ready yet so we hung out in the lobby thinking we would check in, relax and then make our way to the Grand Mosque in the afternoon. As we logged onto the hotel...

United Arab Emirates, Desert Safari and Malls

ByMinion-Chris June 27, 2016 4 Comments
I woke up about an hour before landing in Abu Dhabi. Because my sleep had been pretty broken over the past 36 hours, I wasn’t feeling amazing, but I was feeling MUCH better with the worst of the food poisoning having passed. I’m a bit regretful because I was really looking forward to a long international Etihad flight prior to this trip. I’ve heard amazing things about all of the middle...

One last drive, Return to Soeki’s, Travel to Emirates

ByMinion-Chris June 18, 2016 0 Comments
We woke up early again for one last morning drive to find the elusive male lion.  We were close yesterday and our luck throughout to find what we were looking for or something rare has been good so we were confident. We set out early in the morning again into the African winter, Matthews and Raymond circled an area known to be the male lions territory looking for tracks. We spent about a half...

Planning for Africa!

ByMinion-Chris May 26, 2016 1 Comment
In June of 2016 I will be travelling to Africa with two friends. Visiting all 7 continents has been a bucket list item of mine and going to Africa will check one more off the list! Africa is a huge continent with many amazing and wonderful things to see, do, and experience. When thinking about what to do, there were two things at the top of my list: Go on a safari Visit the pyramids This meant...