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Afterwards, we hung out back at his place for a little bit, then I took a quick shower, said farewell to Faisal, thanked him for his hospitality and laughed about how I'd been at his house in Abu Dhabi TWICE in less than one year...
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...to Faisal's house! I hadn't seen Faisal since Meredith and stopped over and visited him in Abu Dhabi on our way to Thailand!
egypt part five
March 27, 2008
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Here's us with Faisal's friend Vadim saying goodbye just before getting into our taxi to the airport! Thanks a million for having us, Faisal! We had THE BEST time!
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And then I set my camera all the way across the tent and used the timer to take this awesome Hustler Magazine inspired photo that I call "The West's Corruption of the East."
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...a giant air conditioned (and carpeted!) tent. We went inside and Meredith took a bunch of photos of the two of us acting like we're working out some Old Testament business deals. Hahaha.
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Hahaha. Desert coldlamp pose #403 (We stole this shit straight from the Magi).
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But also so that Meredith could take awesome photos of Faisal and I together looking like middle-eastern bad-asses.
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Faisal and me!
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...put on funny ethnic hats and called it a night! Yay, Ethnic Hats!
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Here's a group shot of the four of us doing our best to pretend that we're not freezing our fucking asses off! (We all laughed at the winter hats that were for sale because we figured "How cold can it really be in there?" Surprise, surprise! Turns out, if you want to keep snow in the desert from melting, you need a room that's really fucking cold.

After we'd finished skiing indoors, I didn't think that the mall would have any other tricks up its sleeve that would impress me...but that was only because I didn't know that the Mall of the Emirates is also home to...
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Here's a close up! Hahaha. What's funnier than Faisal feigned shock?
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After lazing around and digesting for a while, we finally got motivated to get up and get going. On the way out, someone was nice enough to take a pic of all of us together.