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Spartan Accommodations in the Emirates is a verbatim account of the traveling oddities that happened to me in the Emirates, particularly in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. I stayed there for only 3 days, but they were intense. The oddities refer mainly to the accommodations, which to limit the very high expenses in those areas, I chose among the cheapest.

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If you would like to listen to more episodes of the podcast called oddities on the road, this is the page with all the ones published so far.

The articles with photos from which the podcast episode is taken: Spartan Accommodations in the Emirates

In this link an in-depth discussion about the ski slope in the mall in Dubai.

Finally in the following links you can find the articles already written.

• It never rains in Oman anyway – travel to Oman and the Emirates
• Travel mishaps, risk of sleeping under a bridge in Abu Dhabi (where there are no bridges)
• Visiting Abu Dhabi, a raptor for seat neighbor on the bus.
• Visiting Dubai, reception in bed

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Fabio Viroli

Ho sempre avuto tante passioni, ma da sempre più o meno latenti, le principali sono viaggiare e scrivere. Tra le altre cose ho una laurea in psicologia; ho fatto per più di 30 anni l’allenatore di basket; leggo tanti libri; sono stato molto appassionato di sport e di musica rock; e faccio improvvisazione teatrale

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