Our main reason for visiting Abu Dhabi, and the UAE, was to attend the final Formula 1 race of the season. Before the race weekend started, we did do a little sightseeing in Abu Dhabi, including visits to the magnificent Sheikh Zayed Grande Mosque and Ferarri World. Sheikh Zayed Grande Mosque is the third largest…
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Historic Dubai
Dubai evolved in the 19th and 20th centuries on either side of Dubai Creek, north of the modern Downtown Dubai development. The buildings and traditional marketplaces there today, while oriented towards tourism, still give a flavour of what the city was like prior to its oil-driven economic boom. We spent a few hours exploring the…
Modern Dubai
We remember reading the news reports when Ski Dubai opened in 2005. An indoor ski resort in the middle of the desert is so over-the-top that we had to check it out. Located in the Mall of the Emirates south of the newer Downtown Dubai development, Ski Dubai is the world’s largest indoor snow park…
Dubai Desert Safari
We were looking forward to visiting the ultra-modern, newly-built city of Dubai, but we also wanted to see the real desert while we were there. And not just a little sand, we wanted to see the endless dunes and Jennifer really wanted to ride a camel. We had an excellent seven-hour adventure with Platinum Heritage…
FPB 64-6: How To Make A Winter Crossing of the Atlantic In A Difficult Year
FPB 64-6 has just completed a winter crossing of the North Atlantic, which at one point featured hurricane strength compression …Read More
[KensBlog] Boatless in Seattle
Greetings all! They say the two happiest days in a boaters life are: 1) The day they take delivery of a new boat 2) The day they sell the boat I can confirm the first of these sayings, but am struggling with the second. Sans Souci, our beautiful No…
[KensBlog] Boatless in Seattle
Greetings all! They say the two happiest days in a boaters life are: 1) The day they take delivery of a new boat 2) The day they sell the boat I can confirm the first of these sayings, but am struggling with the second. Sans Souci, our beautiful No…
[KensBlog] Boatless in Seattle
Greetings all! They say the two happiest days in a boaters life are: 1) The day they take delivery of a new boat 2) The day they sell the boat I can confirm the first of these sayings, but am struggling with the second. Sans Souci, our beautiful N…
31 December 2018 Ocala and occasionally Jacksonville
Hip hip hooray!!! Our sofa finally arrived on 1 December—an indication of a good month to come! Now our guests don’t have to bring their own chairs nor sit on the floor.
We began the month with Bill and some o…
31 December 2018 Ocala and occasionally Jacksonville
Hip hip hooray!!! Our sofa finally arrived on 1 December—an indication of a good month to come! Now our guests don’t have to bring their own chairs nor sit on the floor.
We began the month with Bill and some o…
