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Google Pixel 4 – our camera of choice! On this trip, we took all pictures with the new Google Pixel 4 smartphone. Including this 2-page picture. The 24MP camera really exceeded our expectations. Especially in low light and at night.

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EMIRATES EXTRAVAGANZA EXPLORING ABU DHABI - DUBAI - SHARJAH

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Often simply called the Emirates, the United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates along the eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, consisting of Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain.

emirates: Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. We would also spend some time in the desert. In style. Obviously. Follow us on our journey, and learn about UAE. Maybe our trip will inspire you to go on an Emirates adventure of your own!

Dubai with its glimmering skyscrapers, the world’s tallest building, the supercars and luxury hotels, has always been on the list for our Epic Travel Adventures that have brought us to many parts of the planet. It was about time, but as visiting only Dubai wouldn’t give us a good idea what the UAE actually is about, so we made plans to visit three of the original

A BRIEF LOOK INTO HISTORY We won’t go back to the earliest settlements in the Bronze Age, but will start during the Middle Ages, when the Kingdom of Hormuz controlled much of the area. In the early 16th century the Portuguese arrived and controlled much of the coast for around 150 years, building a customs house where they taxed

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