Friday the 3rd of October The Residential Palace for the Sheik in Abu Dhabi has been turned into a Hotel and a cultural focus point for the Emirate.As a building it is a phenomenal piece of architecture and as a Hotel it leaves the new style places looking tacky and under done.Today I spent three hours walking around what has to been one of the most stylish buildings I've been in. While I was in Europe I saw the Abbey de Founteroude (Spelling my be slightly off s...

Wednesday the 1st of October Atlantis HotelMy days plan all flew out the window with a text at 7.00am. Do you want to come to Dubai? Very simple little statement and such a loaded context.Down to the bus depot to catch a bus. Big bus I thought. Wrong! We grabbed a mini bus for 25 DHS ($10) each and were on our way. I had a seat in the front which I'm not sure was such a good idea as the speedo on the mini van was broken and it kept bouncing up and down the dial.O...