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April 2007 - Posts

Homeward Bound

Hello Everyone, My last week in the UAE finished on great notes. I ran up Jabel Hafeet with a marathon-running friend I met from South Africa. 7 miles up to the top - and it was up! Because of the heat we left at 5am. The top of the mountain is jagged,
Posted by EmilyG | 0 Comments

Short Note

Hello, Just a quick hello to everyone as I finish up my night shift. I have found that people here assume that because I am white I must be South African. When people here guess my nationality it’s South African every time. Now that has never happened
Posted by EmilyG | 2 Comments

To the East side

Greetings Everyone, Last week was a mix of different experiences. I shadowed the nurse supervisor whose job it is to keep the hospital's bed capacity organized and problem solve. It was interesting because I was able to check out all the different
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Dubai (Do Buy)

Greetings, As I learned from my recent adventure, Dubai is all about the Do and the Buy...Dubai. The doing is mostly connected with the buying. I went to Dubai yesterday all ready to check out a couple of spots I had heard about. Once arriving I quickly
Posted by EmilyG | 3 Comments