TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD: 2010_10

We will start out our next trip flying out late at night 8:55 p.m. for a 13.5 hour flight to Abu Dhabi, Unite Arab Emirates via Etihad Airways. Eight other members of our group will be flying from New York (also on Etihad) 2 hours later the same night. We are all scheduled to arrive in Abu Dhabi at the exact same time (7:45 p.m. the next day). We couldn't have planned this any better. The current plan is to clear customs, exchange some dollars for UAE Dirhams for incidentals, etc. If we all arrive together, Rich has arranged for a bus to transport us to the Hilton Abu Dhabi. If there are connection problems for either group the current plan is to take a cab to the hotel.

http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/uae/hilton-abu-dhabi-hotel-AUHHITW/index.html

After we get to the hotel we'll check in and drop off the bags and then go for a walk along the Corniche. It should be pretty close to 11:00 or so local time so the temps should be near 90 (down from the 100's during the day). This Corniche is about 8 kilometers long and runs along the Arabian Sea. Apparently, locals are out in full force at night to take advantage of the "cool" temps. Maybe a late night snack from a vendor and off to sleep.

http://visitabudhabi.ae/en/what.to.see/attractions/abu.dhabi.corniche.aspx

The next morning some of us (Rich) want to take a swim in the Arabian Sea. We have a breakfast at the Hilton and then check out to take a bus back towards the airport. Along the way we plan to stop and take about an hour to see the Shiek Zayed Mosque. Sounds pretty amazing to me and I really want to see this place.

http://visitabudhabi.ae/en/what.to.see/attractions/sheikh.zayed.grand.mosque.aspx

After our stop at the mosque, a short trip back to the international airport and a 2:00 p.m. 4 hour flight to Kathmandu, Nepal.

Sadly, this may be all you get once we hit Nepal. From what I hear the internet access will be "spotty" which probably means non-existant once we start trekking into the countryside. I will take notes each night on an app called Evernote. IF I get internet access I will copy the notes from Evenote to the blog and try to send it. Otherwise, I may have to wait until I get back to civilization to post everything. I will try.......