tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63013608603791335332011-04-21T18:25:39.420-07:00The story about us living in the arabian ranches and dubai, our new life here in the emirates and all its got to offer to us. The beauty of a prosperous futur for the kids and on the other side the dificulty of buying alcohol or just getting a pizza delivered at homebrowling familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00009586550246672077noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301360860379133533.post-71950610118608662232008-07-06T04:44:00.000-07:002008-07-06T07:19:18.232-07:00<span style="" lang="EN-US">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Sorry for not having given any news for a while but for Jeanne and me, it’s been pretty crazy for the last few weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">So this is why we are starting this blog so you can all follow our new life here in Dubai.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">After having been here now for a month and a half we have both settled well in our villa at arabian ranches and the kids love it. Our jobs are great, we are really happy and it’s really a town that is growing very fast.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_3DRILCpNNi0/SHC6XA2hQUI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Skb5IfKhlUc/s1600-h/al_reem_gazelle_%284%29-l.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 339px; height: 253px;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_3DRILCpNNi0/SHC6XA2hQUI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Skb5IfKhlUc/s400/al_reem_gazelle_%284%29-l.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219876872650834242" border="0" /></a><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="75" preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"> </v:formulas> <v:path extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"> <o:lock ext="edit" aspectratio="t"> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_7" spid="_x0000_i1028" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:233.25pt;height:174.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\MATHIE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.jpg" title="al_reem_gazelle_(4)-l"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--></span><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">We haven’t had much time to go out but we decided to go and visit the north emirates yesterday with some friends, and what a great day out it was!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">We left Dubai early and made our way straight up the emirates road all the way to Ras Al Khaimah, when tony said ‘’ follow me before we go anywhere we must stop at the power house’’ no idea of what he was talking about first and here we go past the etisalat building then the</span><span style="" lang="EN-US"> Hilton hotel and here we<span style=""> </span>enter what look liked the local power station.</span><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_3DRILCpNNi0/SHC6XVA2QOI/AAAAAAAAAAU/2acNC5bN2JY/s1600-h/10532-RAK.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 109px; height: 159px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_3DRILCpNNi0/SHC6XVA2QOI/AAAAAAAAAAU/2acNC5bN2JY/s400/10532-RAK.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219876878062862562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3DRILCpNNi0/SHC6XUsTvWI/AAAAAAAAAAc/yX2vF4yM5so/s1600-h/hilton+hotel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 136px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3DRILCpNNi0/SHC6XUsTvWI/AAAAAAAAAAc/yX2vF4yM5so/s400/hilton+hotel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219876877976714594" border="0" /></a><span style=""><!--[endif]--><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_9" spid="_x0000_i1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:178.5pt;height:134.25pt;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\MATHIE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image005.jpg" title="hilton hotel"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--></span><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Jeanne and I were looking at each other thinking what the heck, Then suddenly coming to a dead end and arriving on a parking lot, WOW!!! There was an alcohol shop. Big smile came on our faces and thought great what a good start to the day. The shop that everybody calls the power house is very big and they have every drinks you could wish for, from Heineken to</span><span style="" lang="EN-US"> Carlsberg and Budweiser, They even had Guinness (has you know my favorite).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Jeanne went straight to the wine section and she was overwhelmed with the large choices of white and red wines they had. She<span style=""> </span>took a nice bottle of French wine called Toque Noire and has for Craig and Tina they were more into the spirits and bought a nice bottle of black label. So not only they had a great choice but the prices where at least 30% cheaper than anything we had seen in Dubai and the best thing is that you don’t need an alcohol license to purchase<span style=""> </span>the drinks so no wories about the quantity you want to take.</span><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_11" spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:379.5pt;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\MATHIE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image009.jpg" title="IMAGE_003"> <w:wrap type="square" anchorx="margin" anchory="margin"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_13" spid="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\MATHIE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image011.jpg" title="IMAGE_002" cropbottom="19257f"> <w:wrap type="square" anchorx="margin" anchory="margin"> </v:shape><![endif]--><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_3DRILCpNNi0/SHC6Xenk3pI/AAAAAAAAAAk/pvuJv2J98hU/s1600-h/IMAGE_006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 418px; height: 311px;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_3DRILCpNNi0/SHC6Xenk3pI/AAAAAAAAAAk/pvuJv2J98hU/s400/IMAGE_006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219876880641220242" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_3DRILCpNNi0/SHC6XkA8noI/AAAAAAAAAAs/sDJ8a10Uykk/s1600-h/IMAGE_002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_3DRILCpNNi0/SHC6XkA8noI/AAAAAAAAAAs/sDJ8a10Uykk/s400/IMAGE_002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219876882089811586" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_3DRILCpNNi0/SHDQWtxDlaI/AAAAAAAAAA0/52kSjDkNUl4/s1600-h/IMAGE_003.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 357px; height: 267px;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_3DRILCpNNi0/SHDQWtxDlaI/AAAAAAAAAA0/52kSjDkNUl4/s320/IMAGE_003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219901056783455650" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">t</span><span style="" lang="EN-US">hat was done The car loaded with our liquors and beers we headed towards musandam where we found a great place to stop, got our picnic out, got all our drinks out and had a wonderful barbecue, we had a nice swim and we felt like back home on a nice Sunday afternoon by the beach sipping down our wines and beers and just letting the stress from Dubai disappear. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_3DRILCpNNi0/SHDQW-tkALI/AAAAAAAAAA8/xi_ZNEjkhkE/s1600-h/deserted_beach.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 212px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_3DRILCpNNi0/SHDQW-tkALI/AAAAAAAAAA8/xi_ZNEjkhkE/s320/deserted_beach.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219901061332205746" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_3DRILCpNNi0/SHDQXDqSsLI/AAAAAAAAABE/QCSuHbLdbl8/s1600-h/800px-Musandam_fjord.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_3DRILCpNNi0/SHDQXDqSsLI/AAAAAAAAABE/QCSuHbLdbl8/s320/800px-Musandam_fjord.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219901062660665522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">A couple of hours later after having had a right laugh and no more drinks to go we<span style=""> </span>headed back to Dubai with the souvenir of the best day out we have had since we were here. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">So my dear friends I can guaranty you that when you visit us we will definitely take you for a visit of the north emirates and for sure we will make a stop at the power house before enjoying the rest of the day.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">And for anybody from Dubai reading this blog, if you get the chance to go and visit the northern emirates and you are not sure where the power house is you can look up on their website at<span style=""> </span>the map <a href="http://www.centaurusint.com/map.asp">centaurusint.com</a>.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Our adventures here are just starting and we will definitely keep you up to date on our next trips coming soon but we are going to go round and visit the country much more now because there is really a lot to see and to enjoy outside Dubai.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Harry, Jeanne and the kids.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">PS: Don't hesitate on leaving us a comment!<br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6301360860379133533-7195061011860866223?l=brawlings-in-emirates.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>browling familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00009586550246672077noreply@blogger.com0