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Latest posts by Mriganka (Micky) KalitaDubai is known for its glass and steel skyscrapers that gleam with unbridled ambition and malls that act as metaphors for a life devoted to wants. However, just a few minutes drive away from the city limits reveals vistas serene. Amongst undulating shapeshifting dunes lies vast sabkhas (salt flats)...
Posted on 3 April 2018 | 5:18 pm
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Climbing the Torre Del Mangia or the Tower of the Eater (the eater bit is a reference to eating up profits) involves 400 steps. That's 400 steps up an ancient and extremely narrow stone staircase. Definitely not recommended for those who are a wee bit claustrophobic. Or those who suffer from delusio...
Posted on 20 March 2018 | 12:20 pm
Read postI am fascinated by the concept of fine dining. First, of course, is the cuisine. Not food, kindly note. Describing it as food somehow diminishes the mystique surrounding these hard-to-pronounce dishes. Secondly, the huge dents these culinary works of art make in one's retirement fund ensure that I a...
Posted on 4 March 2018 | 2:55 pm
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