Author’s Note: This is an account of my experience on a recent flight from Mumbai to Abu Dhabi. If you’re unfamiliar with the phenomenon of guest workers in the Middle East, and other parts of the world, I suggest you do a quick internet search to … [Continue reading]
One Year in the Desert
It’s hard to believe that it’s been one year that we’ve lived in Abu Dhabi. One year of blistering heat and murderous sun, one year of travel opportunities in this part of the world, and one year of continuing this wonderful lifestyle of … [Continue reading]
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
What's wrong with this picture? At first glance, it seems as if very little is wrong with it. Just two women, enjoying a walk around a cultural site. However, the larger picture tells a very different story. The cultural site these women … [Continue reading]
It’s Not Always a Vacation
Travel a : to journey through or over b : to follow (a course or path) as if by traveling c: to traverse (a specified distance) Vacation a : a respite or a time of respite from something b : a period spent away from home or business in … [Continue reading]
2012: The Year in Review
2012 has been a big year for us here at The Life Nomadic. We made the move from South America to Southwest Asia, and between that move and our need to escape Abu Dhabi, if only for a weekend, we visited sixteen countries. It was a hectic year of … [Continue reading]
Sunsets Around the World
“Soon it got dusk, a grapy dusk, a purple dusk over tangerine groves and long melon fields; the sun the color of pressed grapes, slashed with burgundy red, the fields the color of love and Spanish mysteries.” ― Jack Kerouac, On the Road I am a … [Continue reading]
How Jordan Stole My Heart and Refuses to Give It Back
I’ll freely admit it. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was the first and only film of the series I have seen. I liked it for what it was, a slightly cheesy action film, but I really enjoyed it for what it inspired in me, a reason to visit Petra. … [Continue reading]
Love Letter to My Husband
I am looking at the back of his head right now; he’s busy playing Halo. The love that I feel rises in my throat and I want to grab him and kiss his face, but I don’t want to interrupt his game. That’s okay. I have a lifetime in which to bestow … [Continue reading]
Unrest
I have never really understood the word “unrest”. It seems so much like an afterthought; a simple word stating the opposite of “rest”, but no more. Isn’t everything and everyone in a state of unrest at times? Semantics aside, the word unrest is … [Continue reading]
Fear of Flying
The only people who know my secret are the ones who are closest to me. After all, I don’t travel with just anyone. You are a member of my family or a close friend to have witnessed me at my worst. And me at my worst is me on a plane. I have … [Continue reading]
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