Category: Traveling
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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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The Canadian Death Race
The Canadian Death Race (CDR) was my second ultra marathon. At 125 kilometres it is nearly double the distance of the first ultra I ran back in September, 2014. At the time I thought that ultra was pretty tough with some significant elevation change. Here is a little perspective for you: my total time for…
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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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A Farewell to the Middle East.
A few months ago I went for a run and got a very sharp thorn in my shoe. The thorn was so sharp and so long that it went all the way through the sole of my shoe and stuck me in the bottom of the foot. I had to stop and dig the thorn…
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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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Ramadan
This will be our second Ramadan in the UAE. I quite enjoyed the relaxed pace of things last Ramadan and look forward to a general slow down in this holy month. On a practical level, for us, it means that my work day is reduced to 6 hours (without a lunch break). Generally this means…
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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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