by Deborah Quinn | Sep 28, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, street notes, surat al-sabt saturday snapshot, UAE
Today I found the plant souk: a long row of seemingly indistinguishable shops selling–yep, plants. Caleb and I explored, walking past booths crowded with greenery and men saying “yasmeen, madam? frangipani very nice, madam, you want? inside and outside...
by Deborah Quinn | Jun 15, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, surat al-sabt saturday snapshot, UAE, What's It Like?
I think the world would be a happier place if all small trucks were decorated like the trucks in Abu Dhabi: flowers, butterflies, sometimes hearts. It makes being almost side-swiped a little easier.
by Deborah Quinn | Jun 1, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, lost in translation, Travel, UAE
Driving from Oman back to Abu Dhabi, this: Blowing sand, I think. That, or a huge wave of cicadas is about to hit the Washington Monument.
