Even though we spent only 2 days at Izmir, it was a really nice town to visit.
Our room view :
History Museum:
Theme park + Zoo:
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Showing posts with label trips. Show all posts
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
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Monday, 22 June 2009
Why Dubai??
wow been a long time since I last posted.
and while checking other people's blogs, i though of posting something.
but what???
hmmmmmm
Cars! (i soooo saw that coming)
no I'm actually going to talk in general about why people go to Dubai for shopping.
there are many reasons, but for me, they can be included in these points:
- Prices of goods (unfortunately that's not always the case these days)
- availability of goods (big time)
- variety of options.
- DESCENT malls and shops.
sometimes I wounder why we dont have some of the goods that are sold in Dubai, even though the demand for them is high here.
Both City Centers here (Muscat & Qurm) get soooo crowded during the weekend, couple of extra malls will surely make profit if they open.
I Cant wait for the new malls to open, specially Muscat Grand Mall (because it's goin to be big and close to home)
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ok since i'm talking about Dubai, i'm going to represent a counter argument by giving an example of a trip to dubai, a FAILURE trip if i may say.
I went with my brothers to Dubai for 2 reasons:
- get myself new tires
- Get my bro's Audi TT from the garage it's getting fixed at.
I checked around 7 tires shops, they were either closed or didnt have the tires i wanted -__-
In the end, i found the tires at the dealer, but for a price that needs at least 2 months' salaries =)
my bro went to get his car and went into a huge storm of switching from place to place, everyone blaming the other and nobody knows what's its problem.
I call it: "The curious case of Ayz's TT" -__-
and throughout this Dubai trip, my shirt was stolen at Wild Wadi (who the hell steals a sweaty shirt??) and I lost my new Ray Ban shades that i got from my father =(
BAD trip indeed.
End of blog entry ...
and while checking other people's blogs, i though of posting something.
but what???
hmmmmmm
Cars! (i soooo saw that coming)
no I'm actually going to talk in general about why people go to Dubai for shopping.
there are many reasons, but for me, they can be included in these points:
- Prices of goods (unfortunately that's not always the case these days)
- availability of goods (big time)
- variety of options.
- DESCENT malls and shops.
sometimes I wounder why we dont have some of the goods that are sold in Dubai, even though the demand for them is high here.
Both City Centers here (Muscat & Qurm) get soooo crowded during the weekend, couple of extra malls will surely make profit if they open.
I Cant wait for the new malls to open, specially Muscat Grand Mall (because it's goin to be big and close to home)
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ok since i'm talking about Dubai, i'm going to represent a counter argument by giving an example of a trip to dubai, a FAILURE trip if i may say.
I went with my brothers to Dubai for 2 reasons:
- get myself new tires
- Get my bro's Audi TT from the garage it's getting fixed at.
I checked around 7 tires shops, they were either closed or didnt have the tires i wanted -__-
In the end, i found the tires at the dealer, but for a price that needs at least 2 months' salaries =)
my bro went to get his car and went into a huge storm of switching from place to place, everyone blaming the other and nobody knows what's its problem.
I call it: "The curious case of Ayz's TT" -__-
and throughout this Dubai trip, my shirt was stolen at Wild Wadi (who the hell steals a sweaty shirt??) and I lost my new Ray Ban shades that i got from my father =(
BAD trip indeed.
End of blog entry ...
Sunday, 29 March 2009
we got Tiesto-ed !
i've been trying to attend a concert by a great DJ for a long time, but there's always something that stops me: work, short-notice, or special family occassions...
this time i did it!
i tagged along with Mike and his friends to attend Tiesto's Concert in Dubai, March 13th, 2009 =D
- left in the morning, arrived at around 1 PM, we went for a cruise till the hotel check in finishes.
- we had our nap (we needed it to attend a 6 hrs concert =P)
- lunch at Emarates mall, and then we went straight to Festival city, where the concert it.
- we arrived early, and got there beform the warm up starts (by DJ fredlux).
- I cant remember when was the last time i enjoyed my time THAT much!!! the music was amazing, the beats were great, and Tiesto didnt even start!
- at 12 am, Tiesto entered the stage!! wohooooo people couldnt stop screaming his name and dancing at the same time xD
- The opening song was by Rank 1, which we all LOVED (mike downloaded it later).
- my favorite during the concert were: Dance 4 life, Traffic, Elements of life, he's a pirate, and off course Just Be (where all the crowd started singing with it) =D
- one-hell of an experience!!!
- Concert ended at 3.30, we had dinner at BK, went to the hotel, and slept at 4.30 am.
- i woke up at 7, got ready, picked my family and went straight to muscat, Work -__-
End of blog entry...
this time i did it!
i tagged along with Mike and his friends to attend Tiesto's Concert in Dubai, March 13th, 2009 =D
- left in the morning, arrived at around 1 PM, we went for a cruise till the hotel check in finishes.
- we had our nap (we needed it to attend a 6 hrs concert =P)
- lunch at Emarates mall, and then we went straight to Festival city, where the concert it.
- we arrived early, and got there beform the warm up starts (by DJ fredlux).
- I cant remember when was the last time i enjoyed my time THAT much!!! the music was amazing, the beats were great, and Tiesto didnt even start!
- at 12 am, Tiesto entered the stage!! wohooooo people couldnt stop screaming his name and dancing at the same time xD
- The opening song was by Rank 1, which we all LOVED (mike downloaded it later).
- my favorite during the concert were: Dance 4 life, Traffic, Elements of life, he's a pirate, and off course Just Be (where all the crowd started singing with it) =D
- one-hell of an experience!!!
- Concert ended at 3.30, we had dinner at BK, went to the hotel, and slept at 4.30 am.
- i woke up at 7, got ready, picked my family and went straight to muscat, Work -__-
End of blog entry...
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Weekend in Sohar
Thanks Ayz For arranging the Trip =D
having an extra day off 2 weeks ago, My Brother booked us 3 rooms in Crowne Plaza hotel, Sohar.
I like these trips we have with our cousins when there are only guys, and we make our own schedual and activities plan ;)
The hotel is really nice, it's new and have many facilities.
most of the time we were in the swimming pool and at the ping pong tables :P
bowling, softball and Sona were also nice to experience ;)
the only problem was that the hotel is isolated from the city, we have to drive around 40 km just to be in the center of Sohar.
it was an unforgetable, enjoyable weekend ;)
here are some pics taken there:
End of blog entry . . .
having an extra day off 2 weeks ago, My Brother booked us 3 rooms in Crowne Plaza hotel, Sohar.
I like these trips we have with our cousins when there are only guys, and we make our own schedual and activities plan ;)
The hotel is really nice, it's new and have many facilities.
most of the time we were in the swimming pool and at the ping pong tables :P
bowling, softball and Sona were also nice to experience ;)
the only problem was that the hotel is isolated from the city, we have to drive around 40 km just to be in the center of Sohar.
it was an unforgetable, enjoyable weekend ;)
here are some pics taken there:
End of blog entry . . .
Saturday, 7 March 2009
Eat, Sleep and Jeep
lol i see that quote written on many Jeeps.
So here it goes:
My 2 cousins bought 2 wrangles last week, and everyone is so excited about that cuz now we have off-road cars on call whenever we need them :P
so last Thursday their Jeeps were put to the test for the 1st time.
and the result was amaaazing, it's really nice to see how easy those 2 Jeeps climb up the sand dunes, like it's a walk in the park.
sweeeeeet!
the Sahara Edition also has nice features inside, navigation/DVD screen, USB reader, AUX port, and a 20GB hard disk to put songs in.
and the soft top is a nice feature as well ;)
Mabroooooookeeeen Cousins, allah ya36eekum el 5air oo yekfeekum el sharr =D
here are some pics i took:
End of Blog Entry...
So here it goes:
My 2 cousins bought 2 wrangles last week, and everyone is so excited about that cuz now we have off-road cars on call whenever we need them :P
so last Thursday their Jeeps were put to the test for the 1st time.
and the result was amaaazing, it's really nice to see how easy those 2 Jeeps climb up the sand dunes, like it's a walk in the park.
sweeeeeet!
the Sahara Edition also has nice features inside, navigation/DVD screen, USB reader, AUX port, and a 20GB hard disk to put songs in.
and the soft top is a nice feature as well ;)
Mabroooooookeeeen Cousins, allah ya36eekum el 5air oo yekfeekum el sharr =D
here are some pics i took:
End of Blog Entry...
Saturday, 21 February 2009
BMW Nizwa Drive
ANOTHER car event!!!!
this event was to celebrate a whole year since oman bimmer club was launched.
we met next to Burj Al Sahwa.
left to Nizwa in 5 teams:
team 1: BMWs lead by Omran Al Muqbali
team 2: classic bikes
team 3: BMWs lead by Amarant Coral
team 4: Super bikes
Team 5: BMWs lead by (dont remember xD)
I really liked my team, consists of cars that i really like:
- My baby Roxy (alpine White)
- E82 135i (Crimson Red)
- E92 335i (Electric red)
- E46 M3 (pheonix yellow)
- 2 nicely modefied E39 540i (Dark Blue)
- 1 nicely modefied E36 325i (Dark Blue)
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in this event, the number of cameras used exceeded the number of members xD
everyone was taking pictures, and the photography effort by our Captain and Mr.Salim Al Wardi were much more then any other event (including rolling shots, shots from the bridge, videos, etc)
we arrived at Nizwa, after stopping in Izki.
Nizwa members were so kind to invite us to have lunch in the Sabla in Wadi al Ain, Mandiiiiiiiiiii :P
after lunch, Uncle Saif had the honor to cut the cake,and we all ate .
we arranged ourselves, and head to Nizwa Suq, to take group pics there.
we left Nizwa at around 5 pm.
the drive was nice, and we couldnt stop chatting about everything! xD
Here are some pics from the Event (taken by Salim Al Wardi)
this event was to celebrate a whole year since oman bimmer club was launched.
we met next to Burj Al Sahwa.
left to Nizwa in 5 teams:
team 1: BMWs lead by Omran Al Muqbali
team 2: classic bikes
team 3: BMWs lead by Amarant Coral
team 4: Super bikes
Team 5: BMWs lead by (dont remember xD)
I really liked my team, consists of cars that i really like:
- My baby Roxy (alpine White)
- E82 135i (Crimson Red)
- E92 335i (Electric red)
- E46 M3 (pheonix yellow)
- 2 nicely modefied E39 540i (Dark Blue)
- 1 nicely modefied E36 325i (Dark Blue)
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in this event, the number of cameras used exceeded the number of members xD
everyone was taking pictures, and the photography effort by our Captain and Mr.Salim Al Wardi were much more then any other event (including rolling shots, shots from the bridge, videos, etc)
we arrived at Nizwa, after stopping in Izki.
Nizwa members were so kind to invite us to have lunch in the Sabla in Wadi al Ain, Mandiiiiiiiiiii :P
after lunch, Uncle Saif had the honor to cut the cake,and we all ate .
we arranged ourselves, and head to Nizwa Suq, to take group pics there.
we left Nizwa at around 5 pm.
the drive was nice, and we couldnt stop chatting about everything! xD
Here are some pics from the Event (taken by Salim Al Wardi)
End of blog entry
Wednesday, 14 January 2009
VW Drive to Seefah:
after the incident with the police early in the morning, we went to enjoy our time with the VW guys.
everyone was disappointed that Mike didnt bring his Turbo bunny, since everyone wanted to see the 1st Stage 2 GTI in Oman.
the Drive was really nice, the road was beautiful, and i tried to be creative with pics =p
the weather wasnt bad, but it was sooooooo sunny and no shade whatsoever, so we got some sun burns here n there =p.
had a photoshoot, then drove back home (passed by matrah on our way back).
end of blog entry.
everyone was disappointed that Mike didnt bring his Turbo bunny, since everyone wanted to see the 1st Stage 2 GTI in Oman.
the Drive was really nice, the road was beautiful, and i tried to be creative with pics =p
the weather wasnt bad, but it was sooooooo sunny and no shade whatsoever, so we got some sun burns here n there =p.
had a photoshoot, then drove back home (passed by matrah on our way back).
end of blog entry.
Monday, 5 January 2009
Horrible start of a nice day:
me and Mike were on our way to meet the VW club guys for our Friday event.
somehow we saw 2 police ladies kinda stalking us, in their brand new Mercedes S-class...
they stopped us, asked my bro for his license + registration.
now i heard lots of people talking about how rude those ladies are, but never witnessed it myself.
GOD!!! they are worse than what i expected.
la 6areeqa wala i7teram, wala osloob.
she was asking my bro questions, and before he answers, she would ask another, and another, and another, in an offensive way. She also accused him of speeding and risking the life of others on the road. WTF?? the road was EMPTY and we were driving at a speed of 80 km/h !!!! (cuz we didnt want to catch up with them).
they left us in the police cars yard, the car was to stay the night there, and for what?? for having a black hood (cuz it causes threat to people's safety on the road)
what kind of system is this? and what kind of police force is this??!!!
we had to call our brother (who was in bed with bad flu) EARLY in the morning to come pick us up.
End of blog entry.
somehow we saw 2 police ladies kinda stalking us, in their brand new Mercedes S-class...
they stopped us, asked my bro for his license + registration.
now i heard lots of people talking about how rude those ladies are, but never witnessed it myself.
GOD!!! they are worse than what i expected.
la 6areeqa wala i7teram, wala osloob.
she was asking my bro questions, and before he answers, she would ask another, and another, and another, in an offensive way. She also accused him of speeding and risking the life of others on the road. WTF?? the road was EMPTY and we were driving at a speed of 80 km/h !!!! (cuz we didnt want to catch up with them).
they left us in the police cars yard, the car was to stay the night there, and for what?? for having a black hood (cuz it causes threat to people's safety on the road)
what kind of system is this? and what kind of police force is this??!!!
we had to call our brother (who was in bed with bad flu) EARLY in the morning to come pick us up.
End of blog entry.
a Credit must be Given
To Mr.Salim Al Wardi, Who was with the BMW Club in 3 Events, a great photographer...
i posted some of my pics during the Drive+dinner event in the last entry,,,, but here are some from his side, HDR Shots (the effect is kinda overdone,but they still look great)
enjoy...
i posted some of my pics during the Drive+dinner event in the last entry,,,, but here are some from his side, HDR Shots (the effect is kinda overdone,but they still look great)
enjoy...
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