Hello Free World: Abu Dhabi, UAE hello

Hi, its dark and 8.30 back home while the mosquitoes are flying about trying to sneak into rooms and its sunny and rather dry here at 4.30. But we have mosquitoes here too.

The flight was rather turbulent from the beginning but what was more turbulent mid-flight were stupid toddlers. Thank god the earphones where noise-cancelling. Still, i didnt get any sleep because the in-flight entertainment was kickass. Minus the 1 minute long arabic advertisements at the start of every program you watch, plus my audio player had an error.

Its quite foggy in the mornings and night due to the temperature changes (which signals that winter is coming!), and the air is dry yet dense, thus harder to inhale. Oh, and the sun seems like its 12983213414483km nearer to the earth surface.

I also acquired some first hand experiences of the so-called "welcoming travellers with open arms" culture. The money-changers are arrogant, the phillipino workers at the mall think they're more superior than asians from asia, and the arabs are the more obnoxious, lazy and rude than all the obnoxious, lazy, and rude people you can think of. Everybody owns a porsche here, and a mercedes/bmw/toyota is like your conventional myvi back home. Maybe cheaper. Nonetheless, petrol and piss-smelling arabic perfume seems to be the best-sellers here.

Maybe piss-smelling arabic perfume IS petrol.

The girlfriend's family house is probably the most beautiful house i've ever slept in. Very mediterranean, high walls, circular architectural design with an open garden in he center of the house, big yard and an elongated pool. My room comes with a huge balcony and a nice cozy queen sized bed. The only things i really need.

However the outskirts where i am now does look like an iraqi post-war zone. The barren land seems neverending. And the highways are straighter and longer than.. okay, shouldn't think out loud.