During my three months in Sharjah, UAE, I made many, many trips into the neighboring emirate of Dubai. I’m really not into glamour and glizt, so my jaunts into Dubai were short because, frankly, I was a little bored. I never once walked through the doors of any of the hotels for which Dubai is [...]

On my first trip into Dubai, the same day that I visited the famous gold souq after which I got almost hopelessly lost off the beaten path, I navigated through the far more colorful and enchanting spice souq nearby. Here, at the Deira Old Souq, a/k/a the Dubai Spice Souq, I found that the shopkeepers [...]

In today’s travel world, ever-multiplying numbers are intent on climbing off the tourist track and onto hidden paths in the heart of nowhere. I am very much about exploring the unknown and am constantly plotting out journeys to offbeat spots. The first time I headed from Sharjah into the very much on-the-beaten path city of [...]