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

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& All The Rest Expat Life

Bye-bye Dubai

Posted on September 19, 2020 by travelaurel

Reading time 3 minutes

That’s not my name

Posted on February 18, 2015 by travelaurel

Reading time 3 minutes

Middle East Ras Al Khaimah UAE

Hotel review: Banyan Tree Ras Al Khaimah Beach

Posted on July 11, 2013 by travelaurel

Reading time 6 minutes

Five F@%*!$# Years.

Posted on June 1, 2013 by travelaurel

Reading time 7 minutes

Dubai Middle East UAE

Hotel Hopping in Dubai

Posted on May 22, 2011 by travelaurel

Reading time 4 minutes

A Bad Idea: brought to you by the Dubai Road & Transit Authority

Posted on May 2, 2011 by travelaurel

Reading time 3 minutes

& All The Rest Expat Life

A Sandy Christmas

Posted on December 21, 2010 by travelaurel

Reading time 4 minutes

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Hiking at the Hanging Gardens (Jebel Qatar), Oman
Dubai's Plant Souk
A weekend in Bahrain, the Pearl of Arabia
Wild parrots! In my yard!
Hotel review: The Residence Maldives at Dhigurah
The best music for armchair travel

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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.

As #Ramadan wraps up and #Eid al-Fitr is about to be called, I’m keenly missing my adopted #UAE home and everyone in it. #EidMubarak!

Top Posts & Pages

A weekend in Bahrain, the Pearl of Arabia
Bye-bye Dubai
An epic Paris tour by foot; or, Walking 15 miles in my shoes
Yokoso Nippon at the 2016 St. Moritz Gourmet Festival
5 of the best temples to visit in Angkor (that aren’t Angkor Wat)

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