Your local private tour guide in Dubai and Abu Dhabi - Tour with JB

"Marhaba" "Ahlan Wasahlan" Welcome to my city My Dubai & My Abu Dhabi.

When JB travel, he prefer to have someone from the city with transportation and start to explore the city. No waiting for others, no hassle, just pre arrange tour or as he wants is enough with a local tour guide who knows where he is going and tourist attractions in the city. 

Call him as "JB" your private tour guide in Dubai and Abu Dhabi UAE. He lived in the UAE for more than 18 years, witnessed city of Dubai growing and breaking records from the beginning. Breaking the ground of Burj Khalifa, the tallest tower in the world where once was army barrack and now is the new downtown Dubai where the place to be.  Location for the biggest shopping mall is located and other tourist attractions. 

JB his esteem customers from Slovenia, hardly speaks any English, but at the end they were so glad to book "Tour with JB" #tourwithJB. Grand Mosque Abu Dhabi Jan 2015

Roads network are never the same in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and if you need one not to waste time finding the way to your Dubai attraction destination then not look further other than JB "tour with JB" is fun and rewarding experience, easy going and speaks fluent English, Basic Arabic and fluent Swahili language.   In Dubai "Hakuna Matata" and Karibuni Dubai. 

He knows in details all the ways in’s and out’s of Dubai and AbuDhabi busy streets, and also use his own 4 wheel drive vehicle for your unique tours.  Having Multicultural experience and traveled to more than 10 countries around the world from Africa to Middle East, North America, Asia to Australia.   JB is a traveler himself, so he knows very well what traveler like you need in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

He is enjoying his free time to spend with his family and as a tour guide too. So he is available only on Fridays and Saturdays since he work full time.   As family man, he is also most welcome to host family too and give them a tour. 

What JB can offer in his Tour guide services:

* Group of 2 upto 6 people. * Family of max of 6 persons are welcome.

* English is my 2nd language - Speaks fluently. * Available only on Fridays and Saturdays

* Min Hours for tours is 3 and max 8 * Pick up from your location in Dubai or AbuDhabi

Please for booking go to Tour With Jabry Or send your comments here. 

Not to forget JB is an active TripAdvisor Member contributed more than 450 reviews on Dubai and AbuDhabi, check out his TripAdvisor Profile

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Is UAE Not Ready for Real Stormy Weather?

Sheikh Zayed Road 8th April Dusty Rainy Weather Conditions.  Photo Copyrighted@HassanAlJabri

You may wonder why there is so much of talk, warnings and news in UAE about coming weather conditions or what  has already been happened in the last days of stormy weather, which in my opinion for a very long time, the UAE never experienced a real bad weather. 

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Al Raha - Abu Dhabi, Cloudy Day.  Photo Copyrighted@HassanAlJabri

Back in June 2007 the super sonic cyclone Gonu, affected only one part of UAE and that is in Fujairah. Read more from Encyclopedia. Where as Oman was badly hit as it was near the main path, but mind you it was not under the eye of the storm, as for UAE it was like just minor of the path of the storm.   How about if it was under the eye of the cyclone Gonu.  God Help us all. 

Al Rashidiya, Opposite Airport Road Dubai, Nov 2012 heavy Rain.
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Take example of the last week 5th-7th April 2013, "stormy weather" as branded by the local news here in UAE. But for me it was nothing, as I monitor each day from more than 5 online news weather channels, and it was just a minor path of the main eye of the bad weather, which was much affected Iran and Pakistan coastal areas. The heavy cloudy conditions started around the Gulf sea and it was like on and off formation where the main path of the storm was near the coastal area of Iran upto the mainland near the city of Sherazi. 

In short, what we have witnessed it was nothing other than just a high wind, light rain with minor heavy in few seconds only, dusty air and light thunderstorms here and there.  And what happen?

First: 
Let's see the people who live in this part of UAE, for those who lived for long time, may never used to such weather as result very rare to take any precautions  or do anything other than just let it be.

Mamzar Beach Dubai on Rainy Day.  Photo copyrighted@HassanAlJabri

Second: 
Drivers; what's wrong with those who drive so fast in wet condition? are they are out of their mind?.  Do I have to feel sorry when they already overtake me with vrooom!! speed and left my windshield with wet dusty mud like dirt, to find them pile up in accident after few minutes ahead and I pass them with my caution speed, cio, byeee.....

I was really surprised next day to hear from the radio while driving along the Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, the number of accidents reported in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and other Emirates. Come on people, it was just a minor and a tail of the storm that was passed over the UAE on 7-8th April 13, what about if it was the eye of the storm?

Low cloud passing along Sheikh Zayed Road Dubai.  Photo copyrighted @HassanAlJabri

Third: 
Streets drainage, cannot handle even the rain from the tail of the storm, what about if it was from the eye of the storm? I think we will travel by boat along the Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai and other parts of the city streets of the UAE. 

As experienced observer of the weather predictions, I find hard to believe why UAE suffer much of the reported accidents and flooded streets just from a such weather.  I said again, UAE for a long time not experienced a very bad weather, from all observations  I have done for the last 15 years, all I witnessed was just normal conditions to a bit of high alerts one.  

Low passing Cloud - Dubai. Photo copyrighted@HassanAlJabri

Sure we pray to God, not ever to witness such weather in the future but what if will happen? Are we ready for it? If those empty headed drivers during the rain drive like crazy, how they will coupe up with severe weather? I think we need to prison them for the day or two for their own safety and others.

Also I find out there is no tendency of warning in advance about coming weather here in UAE from the local weather organizations or from the news, all you will hear just one day before it happen.  I remember I monitored Cyclone GONU back in 2007 from 26th May 2007 and I warned my friends I work to watch for that particular cyclone, then only on 31 May and 1st June was all over the news.

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Hassan Al Jabri
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Dubai Neighborhoods - New & Old

Is all about communities and neighborhood, and in Dubai, every after few months or a year, there is a new community in making. 

And mind you, we do not talk about any community, Dubai community always fully loaded, means that you will have all necessary requirements in that neighborhood, such as residential towers or villa, clinics, supermarkets, schools, hotels, parks, malls in some cases, offices both private and government, and list continue.

More communities are in making and soon or later when you visit Dubai, either you stay for 4 days or two weeks, it will not be enough to visit all attractions, you got to plan and visit next time. 

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Dubai-UAE Weather - Freak Weather Or We freak Nature?

MAMZAR - Dubai/Sharjah Border - copyrighted @Hassan Al Jabri

Once upon a time, about hundred years ago, United Arab Emirates was part of the long desert stretched from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait to Hatta and Mountain region of Ras Al Khaimah and Dibba. Blessed with Sea water from the Arabian Gulf (Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, Jebel Ali, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Um Al Quwain and Ras Al Khaimah) and partly Indian Ocean (Fujairah side).

Abu Dhabi - Cloudy rainy day.  Copyrighted @Hassan Al Jabri

Just semi arid desert nothing else other than few habitats from here and there scattered around the region. Rich with petrol buried deep in the desert of western region and oasis surround by green vegetation in Al Ain Area and Hatta.  

How was the weather? Well, first let me explain this, weather trend and changes are not faster like human development in the last 100 years, I'm telling you, we human develop and grow knowledge much faster than nature.  Why I said that?.  Means whatever weather you R experienced now in UAE, if in Dubai or Abu Dhabi or anywhere in the country in any month, is natural and it keep happening for a long time back with few differential in amount and power of the either sandstorm or high wind and thunderstorms. 

Dubai - Cloudy Clear Day - copyrighted @Hassan Al Jabri

So no matter how we developed in our surroundings, with high rise towers and highest tower in the world such as Burj Khalifa, fancy buildings, man made islands such as The palms, excellent road networks, metro, biggest shopping malls, expensive cars, and lots of other development that happened in just 40 years in UAE, the weather will be the same like 100 years ago and I say again will be "A Desert like weather". We cannot change that.

Abu Dhabi towers. copyrighted @Hassan Al Jabri

Particularly sandstorms, two times I witnessed serious sandstorm with total darkness in Dubai. One was near Dubai Mall, Burj Khalifa, it was clear afternoon day, drove out from the mall towards Business Bay Bridge road, within a minute the road covered with minute sand as result reduce the vision dramatically, where it came from ? I have no idea.   

Another one, when I was inside Jebel Ali Free Zone driving around looking for the office that I supposed to go.  It was at around 120:00pm clear and sunny, then suddenly windy, and in one minute I could not even drive or see the road in front of me. 

Dubai: Sunset. copyrighted@Hassan Al Jabri

In short, It happened a lot during the summer season (May - Sept) and lets not forget "Humidity" I called it "Natural Sauna" - You want to sweat without sweating hard work or run, just stand outside in the month of July or Aug - at Night , yes night time and you will start to sweat all over - some days are very humid. 

So if someone new in Dubai, and do not know the history of the nature of this area, will be surprised, how in the city well developed with some areas partly green experience such weather. 

Tip of Burj Khalifa Dubai in clear day. Copyrighted@HassanJabri

Same in winter season (Oct-March) Dubai - UAE receive sometimes a good share of rainfall, some years hailstorms and temp at night can drop to 1degree in the desert region.  Is very chilly, at night in the open areas for the month of Dec - Feb and even March. 

 One year I celebrated New Year Eve in the Desert, with all activities prepared for us, but everyone was looking for a hot drink and covered with jacket.

So It is nothing freaky about the weather here in UAE other than just normal region weather, sometimes sandstorm, followed by rain and thunderstorms, or just windy.

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SO IS WEATHER FREAKING US OR WE FREAK THE WEATHER?

Hassan Al Jabri
www.tripiladubai.com