How not to number floors in a building

Usually you expect floors in any building to start at 1 or G (for Ground floor) and go from there. If you really want to be radical, you could go for A, B, C and so forth.


But check this out at Wahda Mall:

Starts (if that is the right word) with LB, and then goes on, UB, G, UG, 1, U1, 2, U2, LR and R.
You have to ask yourself why?

The biggest traffic jam in the world

It has been raining consistently for the last couple of days and it has turned downtown AD into a giant traffic jam:The picture above is of Electra Street (Zayed 1st) at around 9:30a.m. on Sunday. It was so much fun driving to work today!
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Eid and Clouds

Went to the stunning Grand Mosque for Eid prayers and took this:

.. and completely unrelated, we have clouds in Abu Dhabi:


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Labour camp

Went to a labour camp last week to distribute iftaar to the workers with colleagues from work.



At most camps, the employers provide iftaar and dinner. At this camp, the workers bought their own food. We also had iftaar with them that day.

Lets draw

Saw this in the childrens section of a local supermarket. What I found interesting was not the blacked out image (which was probably a pig or some such) but the little guy behind him in the pool.

If you look closely, the censor has drawn a moustache on it. Funny.

Bed space in Abu Dhabi

Notices on the side of a phone booth. 'Bed space' means exactly that, a bed in a room which has more than one occupant.

My name is........

on an island off Abu Dhabi.

The German Cake

A German Cake foound at Starbucks at Marina Mall yesterday.

Are these the only gays in the village?

Of course not, and these guys are definitely not. Its just how some of the guys walk around here.

Do mobile phone batteries have backsides?

This one does:
An el-cheapo Chinese phone (which I am currently using) with a backside!

The Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi

The Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi

The picture below is of the chandelier in the interior of the mosque.




The internet here is pretty crappy so I had to resize the pictures.

Shaky stadium on the inside

....... the Abu Dhabi cricket stadium where Pakistan managed to win the final one day.

When at the shopping centre ....

• Please wear respectable clothing
• No kissing or overt display of affection
• No consumption of alcohol in the mall
• No dangerous activities
• No pets allowed

A 'courtesy policy' outside Abu Dhabi Mall.