At Sharjah Airport, Sharjah , UAE

The airport is not that big but they have given a makeup to an old construction reflecting the architectural flavour of that region , along with modern amenities. One need to take IRIS scan before entering into UAE. The airport staff is very cordial and most of them can handle multiple languages. There are very less number of shops for shopping and dining here.

At Dubai , UAE

Dubai is modern , flashy and one among the major cities of the world. THe city tries to proclaim itself as a city of the modern world. City authorities are trying day and night to make the city as modern as possible. There are lot of locations which are of tourist interest. This is my second visit to this city and lot had changed after my first visit three years ago. Mainly the change is near the shaik Syed Road, the life line of Dubai. City is burstling with lot of commercial activity and is one of the ecnomic hub in the region.Normally Indian and Arabian food are available everywhere, although you could find other flavours of food here and there. Weather conditions are normally dry, but does have some part of the year with pleasent cold climate.At present lot of real estate activities are happening in and around Dubai. The worlds tallest building Burj-Al-Arab is coming up in Dubai, I could see lot of construction happening in and around that building. From a very long distance we could see the glimpse of the tallest building.Although Dubai does have lot of malls , IBAN BATUTA MALL and MALL of Emirates are the major attraction. IBAN BATTUTA MALL is divided into sections representing major countries of the world. An ambience is created for each of the sections in accordance with the culture it is represnting. Indian and Chinese pavillions are quite interesting to see. One can easily spend a day inside the mall, or i can say its a mall of malls.Dubai marina is an upcoming real estate venture. Lot of water bodies are created inside the real estate venture that it looks like a modern venice, where one can see lot of speed boats parked around big sky scrapper flats. As we move towards jebal ali free zone, we could see lot of industrial units. Traffic is a major problem in Dubai. Even though the roads are good, number of vehicles jam the roads often. Rent in dubai is high, so people are moving out to outer regions like sharjah to live and they wil commute to dubai daily.Karama center is a place where lot of keralite population is working and doing jobs. We went to a hotel called Soorya , and had a typical mallu lunch there. Shawarma (an eatery) which is made of marinated meat and grill is one of the favourite dish. Its taste had take it to other parts of the world. I had seen shawarma in some of the south Indian states.Dubai Sree Krishna temple is very near to Shiva temple and is a place of worship for Hindus here. Near by the temple we can see the Dubai Museum. Its a big structure built underneath the earth. It does explain about the resurrgence of the modern city Dubai. Shaik Syed played a major role in developing this city in the present form.

At Fujairah , UAE

UAE has a number of emirate states. One among them is Fujairah, its a state not so developed like Dubai, but still with all the facilites for a modern lifestyle. The state is on the eastern side of UAE. The weather conditions most of the time dry. Temperatures can go up to 50 degrees plus. Sometimes dust storms also appear , mostly during the dry season.There are several beautiful corniche to do brisk walking by the seaside. Khor fakan beach side is a major attraction. Its a beach with a small park nearby the beach. Lot of people come in the evening and spend time at the park. There are several dangerous roads by the seaside once you travel thru the khor fakan route, but the whole way is a scenic beauty. Kalba chorniche is beautiful and we can go to Oman border which is very near by.Mostly Arabian and Indian food are available in this region. Lot of companies surrond this area which is directly or indirectly linked with petroleum products. Traffic system is good and violations of traffic rules attract heavy penalties. In the recent years lot of developments had happened in Fujairah, and you could see lot of real estate development happening.There is a huge Indian presence in this region. Indian Social Club of Fujairah is an apex body where all indians come together. Mainly the keralite population is high like any other part of the gulf.