Archive for the ‘Abu Dhabi’ Category

I got an email from Emirates regarding their cancellation of their “Global Sale” in Qatar “due to the requirement of governmental pre-approval.” This is quite alarming since “Global Sales” or promotions, especially if done online means you need to have pre-approval from the Qatari Government to conduct them here? Or does this have to do [...]

My previous post was cut short as I was called for my turn at the Six Senses Spa in the Pearl Lounge in Abu Dhabi. For those who are going there, my tip is to get a schedule early upon arriving at the lounge. The lounge is quite good but may be small especially when [...]

It’s the start of our vacation and everything starts wit5h the flight back home. As I’ve blogged a couple of weeks back, we’re taking Etihad this time. We agreed that we’d sleep in the afternoon of yesterday so we’d have enough rest for our red-eye flight at 4:30 AM (Doha Time). Xiane and I were [...]


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  • Life on the Spot: Doha, Qatar: [...] heard about Pork cuts being sold at Qatar Distribution Company (QDC) a month ago but since our [...]
  • rosanna lambanecio: My flight coming back from vacation is on 16 april 2012,manila-doha,doha- sanaa.In my ticket it is s [...]
  • Kalyan: It was a great list to refer and if you could add the unit for which the price was considered, the l [...]
  • Life on the Spot: Doha, Qatar: [...] wanted Xianelle to also experience the Qatar Food Festival. We had fun last at last years̵ [...]
  • Life on the Spot: Doha, Qatar: [...] just came home from visiting the Qatar Taste and Fun Food Festival 2012 being held at the Do [...]