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Laurel Munshower | Travel Writer & Editor in Abu Dhabi & Dubai

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Category: Middle East

Bahrain Middle East Published Writing

A weekend in Bahrain, the Pearl of Arabia

Posted on April 2, 2017 by travelaurel
Reading time 10 minutes
Abu Dhabi Middle East UAE

Hotel review: Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel and Villas

Posted on September 3, 2016 by travelaurel
Reading time 6 minutes
Dubai Middle East UAE

An exercise in frustration: Saturday lunch in Dubai

Posted on August 27, 2016 by travelaurel
Reading time 5 minutes
Dubai Middle East Published Writing UAE

Restaurant Review: Cipriani Dubai

Posted on June 13, 2016 by travelaurel
Reading time 5 minutes
Dubai Middle East Published Writing UAE

Restaurant Review: JG Dining Room

Posted on March 15, 2016 by travelaurel
Reading time 4 minutes
Dubai Middle East Published Writing UAE

Dubai: Arabian Catwalk

Posted on February 17, 2016 by travelaurel
Reading time 2 minutes
Bahrain Middle East Published Writing

Short break: Bahrain

Posted on November 5, 2015 by travelaurel
Reading time 1 minute
Abu Dhabi Middle East UAE

Hotel review: Anantara Al Sahel Villa Resort, Sir Bani Yas

Posted on April 20, 2015 by travelaurel
Reading time 12 minutes

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A year ago today I shared snaps of autumnal Philadelphia. So here, have some more for autumn 2022.
Happy #WorldElephantDay from #Rajaji National Park in the #Garhwal #Himalayas. This was my second experience with #elephants in the wild, following close encounters on #safari in the Masai Mara. But while an #elephant never forgets, I most certainly do. In this case, forgetting to transfer all my photos from that Kenyan safari over to a new drive before I reformatted the one they were living on, and lost them all!
Happy weekend! Enjoy some Costa Rican critters. Spoiler alert: no sloths. They are much harder to find (especially in the dense, wild jungle I was usually in) than the marketing/tourism board would have you believe! But I’m not complaining, there was always plenty to marvel at.
My final stop in #CostaRica was the #Caribbean coast. #PuertoViejo, a jungle-backed beach town filled with backpackers, laid-back expats and stylish sun-worshippers. I joined the latter category at Hotel Aguas Claras, a plush beachside hotel in a refurbished Victorian mansion filled with decor by the multimedia-artist owner and imbued with a retro-Havana or Palm Springs vibe. Scroll through for a taste of the digs — I’ve included a peek at my tropical dream home, one of the hotel’s villas, on the last slide.

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