Author: lcmacdonald
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Rebirth of a Clipper
At the end of May of this year I was online looking for jobs and wondering what I was going to do with my summer now that I was all caught up in my nursing courses. Just before preparing to head to bed I decided to log into Facebook. Here in our little city we […]
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Exporting Dogs from the UAE
We started out talking to several local boarding kennels in Dubai and Sharjah who also deal with importing and exporting pets. They were very helpful and offered up lots of information and a HEFTY price tag. We paid about $1500 CAD to get them into the country (excluding the cost of vaccinations to avoid quarantine), […]
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Top 10 things…I will miss about the UAE.
I will miss so much more of the UAE than these 10 things. #10 – Round-A-Bouts At first round-a-bouts were a little intimidating to understand. I have a feeling there are quite a few people here trying to figure them out still. Once you get it, they are actually pretty awesome, but not in consistently […]
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Top 10 things…I haven’t missed about Canada.
Things got a little crazy at the end of packing, and the computer was wrapped in a box before I knew it. Here are some posts that I wrote before the move. 6 months ago this post would have been way easier to write. Now that we’re weeks away, I honestly can’t withhold my excitement. […]
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Top 10 things…I won’t miss about the UAE.
Though the UAE has been a wonderful experience there are some things I’m am looking forward to being without. After I made this list I realized that the majority of my dislikes are traffic related. I’m sure there are a few other things I could add to this list, but these ones definitely popped into […]
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Top 10 things…I miss about Canada.
I’ve been wanting to write this post for awhile about things I am beginning to miss about Canada. Now that we’re heading back, I’ve also been thinking about what I’ll also miss about the UAE. So there will be a theme to my next few posts. My ultimate items are friends and family so I’m […]
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Lanka “Respected Island”
I dreamed of traveling to many places while living in the Middle East. Though WE didn’t get to very many places, we did get to a few. Most recently we returned from Sri Lanka. We had a very quick, 7 day trip. A place like Sri Lanka really deserves more time to see all the […]
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Brick and Mortar
Our first year in the UAE, Sept 2012-August 2013, the kids were homeschooled by me. They LOVED it. I actually got sick of hearing, “Mom, you’re the best teacher ever!”. It was NON-stop…in my head. Actually I think that was my mantra over the year. It may have sounded a bit more like this though, […]
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Orient Express
James had a conference in Hong Kong at the end of September for a few days. We had known for quite a while that he was going, and debated the same length of time as to whether I should go with him. He just couldn’t see how it would work with the kids starting school […]
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The Rest of the Story
It’s been 5 months and I finally feel like I can talk about the first few days of our trip to Salalah with our Australian travel mates. To recall our last day near Salalah see this post. I also feel the need to apologise for the long winded nature of this post…but it’s in my […]
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