The grandeur and booming consumerism in Dubai felt really strange after all that we had seen in South Asia. The surrounding society’s whole way of thinking completely changed during one flight. The focus point of life in Dubai is making money or developing one’s career. The riches of the Dubai emirate haven’t been based on oil for a long while …
Nepal day 21 and 22 – Weekend in Dubai!
In Dubai weekend runs from Friday to Saturday so our weekend started a day before yours in Finland! For the first time on this trip we had two whole days during which there was nothing we needed to get taken care of. Heat and huge buildings The autumn has just begun in Dubai and that means that temperatures during the …
From Nepal, days 19 and 20 – Dubai, visas and feeling sick!
After touching down in Dubai we certainly had lots to digest. At last we were up to speed again and there was something else than huge question marks on our next week’s agenda. The taxi was going well over 100 kmph on a six lane highway. Garbage, cows, dogs or even people for that matter were nowhere in sight. It …
Days 17 and 18 from Nepal – Heffalump into the shipping container and a run to the airport!
Putting Heffalump into the shipping container was supposed to be a simple one day process, but nothing really is in India. We picked up the car from the VW-garage and were super excited. For the first time in a few weeks we got to climb behind the wheel and drive around. The car didn’t look pretty but it worked! The …
Nepal day 16 – The Lump has been repaired, thanks and route plans!
The Lump has been repaired! At least that’s what they told us on the phone yesterday. We haven’t seen it yet zipping aroung in the Mumbai traffic. This was an extremely tough challenge for us, but now it’s done and the van has been repaired! We think it’s time to express our gratitude to the people and companies that have …