Inauspicous Returns

I've arrived in Abu Dhabi and so far, so, well, not good. 

Everything went well at the airport until it was time to meet my driver who never arrived.  Turns out there was some kind of miscommunication between my hotel and the company and anyway no one met me there.  It would have been alright if I had known the hotel name, then I could have just jumped in a cab and made it there on my own.  But, I didn't even know which hotel I was supposed to be staying at.  Finally, after numerous phone calls (made by Marhaba - Thank you!) and numerous wake ups, I found the hotel.  I arrived at the hotel around 5:30 am.

Because I assumed everything would be taken care of at the hotel, I did laundry, had a snack and breakfast the next morning.  Turns out I will be receiving a daily per diem (and a rather small one, at that).  I'll receive 130 dhs a day - my laundry was 550 dhs alone, breakfast another 100.  I spent a weeks allowance in one day.  So...guess i won't be living a very glamorous life for the rest of the week.

I hope that things start looking up here soon...

Comments

[Victor Li]

there's a chinese sentence:It is the first step that costs~
hehe

[Eric in Seattle]

Hey Alan - sent you a couple emails over the last 6 months - no answer. If any of your other friends read this and know what's up - perhaps they can post a comment here as well or send email to hauntedlighthouse- at - hotmail

[Ernest]

Hey Alan,

It's been over a year since you've written anything in the blog. Where R U? I am currently teaching in Northern Iraq at a private international school.

Drop me a line some time.

- Ernest