I am constantly amazed at the pace at which change is happening in the UAE. For the last 3 weeks my colleague and I have been hitting the road doing Millennium ILS training on the create list feature. Dubai is just an amazing city - er, well it's more like a building site from one end to the other. The iconic Burj al Arab is now quite lost amongst the skyscrapers making up the Marina and Palm Jumeirah area. The road construction is bizarre and nothing is ever simple. This means that one wrong turn and you will be heading in the opposite direction to which you should be going ... and there is NO EXIT for miles! It's a tad stressful on the nerves of the driver. Oh ... don't get me started on the drivers. Apart from that, it is a destination worth visiting.
Today we were in Sharjah at the University City - a huge area dedicated to the various institutions of higher eduation, e.g. Higher Colleges of Technology, American University of Sharjah, University of Sharjah, etc. Sharjah is very conjested and the road system is desperate for an upgrade. The traffic is a nightmare.
On Monday we went right across country to the city of Fujairah. It's well worth the drive to look at the changing desert landscape and the unusual rocky mountains. I hear that the sea water has become very polluted from constant spills from the ships plying the east coast between the Gulf countries (Iran, India, Oman, Yemen). Up the coast is the Sandy Beach which has the famous "Snoopy Island" and wonderful snorkelling.
Willie Nelson's "On the road again" will be playing in my head for some time to come...
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