Tag Archives: UAE

UAE Driving license

Even besides ever more popular metro, the driving in Dubai remains the most convenient means of transportation.
While tourists and people on visit visas can drive with International Driving License from their original country, the UAE residents have to have a valid UAE driving license.
For some lucky people coming from the below countries, getting UAE driving [...]

What NOT to do when in Dubai, UAE

As mentioned couple of times before, United Arab Emirates is a Muslim country ruled by Sharia law. The rules are more relaxed than in some of the neighbouring Muslim countries, especially compared to  Saudi Arabia or Iran, however that are still few things that are very common in Western cultures that are simply not legal [...]

Things to see in Dubai, UAE

I have been asked recently to draft a quick list of  must- see things in Dubai, so here it is, as I (and my recent visitors) see it:
• Super-popular musical fountain and shark aquarium tunnel in Dubai Mall (www.dubaimall.com)
• go on the top of the tallest building in the world – Burj Khalifa ( www.burjkhalifa.ae)
•  Desert Safari [...]

Visiting Dubai – Visas

Christmas and New Year are coming and it’s a busy season for visiting Dubai. For those of you planning to come or perhaps you are expecting guests here are some important info regarding the entry visa.
Firstly, everyone needs a visa to enter UAE. Certain nationalities (listed below) are automatically granted a 30 days visit visa [...]

All important question – drinking (and i do not mean water) in Dubai

One of the first questions people ask me is “can you drink alcohol in Dubai?”. Let’s face it , we all like to party and for majority of us partying includes few glasses of  red. Or white (my personal favourite).  So the answer is: yes, you can drink alcohol in Dubai however there are few [...]

Holidays and Public Holidays

Like many people in Dubai, I also took  my vacation during our very, very hot summer, hence the break in my blogging  about life in Dubai – I wasn’t living in Dubai!
 UAE law states that  all employees have 30 (calendar) days annual leave. The companies also provide annual ticket home (some companies give [...]

Hot and Cold Water

Evolution has given camels long eyelashes and padded feet to cope with this harsh desert. Us humans are very poorly adapted to this environment and even after we made it into something we can live in (towns with houses, roads, malls etc), the nature still show us every now and then who has the upper [...]