Category: Dubai
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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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Time well spent
I took the week off of work but made no definitive plans. In thinking about how I wanted to spend the week it came to me that I should spend some one on one time with my kids. It was Lilli’s tenth birthday on the 27th and I’ve been repeatedly stunned with how fast that…
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Staycation
I’m not sure when my last post was… likely nearly a month ago. This is a sure sign of the normality life has taken on here. I believe we are all doing very well. Kirsten had a real bout of serious homesickness last Friday but she seems to have rallied very well. There are some…
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Family Economy
So back in mid-November, James and I attended a fireside on Parenting. The guest speakers were staying next door with our neighbours (who happen to be the Stake President and his wife). I ran into them on campus while walking home from lunch with James. “Hello, we’re the Eyres we’ve heard so much about you.”…
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“Restrictions”
I don’t think we’ve really talked about dress code much, and yet it was the topic of a LOT of discussion before coming to the UAE. Most of the concern was more for my well being. The popular question involving what my restrictions would be as far as clothing choice. Though I tried my best…
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An Underwater Zoo
Last week I went to an under water zoo. I saw giant spider crabs. They have 8 legs! I also saw penguins, clown fish (or as I like to call them “Nemo fish”). I saw otters playing in the water, sharks, frogs, chameleons, hmmmm what else? Tons of fish! Little ones big ones some had weird…
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An Adventure in the City
I just had an Amazing adventure! My dad and I went for a ride on the metro to pay for schooling. It was really cool, and really hot at the same time. Lol. When the train stopped in Internet City, (where we had to pay for schooling), we couldn’t find our way to the International…