Only In Dubai #2

Here is what I found on the parking lot at my hubby's work! Beautiful Rolls Royces, dusty, forgotten by the owner of ...

Restaurants #3 /Noodle Factory, Dubai Marina Mall/

Noodle Factory

Next episode from the series where you can eat in Dubai. This time we were doing our shopping in Waitrose at Dubai Marina Mall and suddenly I felt hungry, very hungry. We went to Noodle Factory.

They offers array of dishes from the region of Canton, Shanghai, Szechuan, Hunan and traditional Thai, Indonesian and Malaysian specialties - flavors of the Far East, and I love it!

Interior design is pleasing to the eye, and during the friendly weather (which are in the winter) they have tables outside as well, overlooking the Dubai Marina. 

For an appetizer we took Chinese dim sum, but before I realized that I should took a photo we ate all of them, leaving only a bamboo box and soy souce with chili.

My order Korean kimchi soup with beef. Delicious! Crispy beef, grilled. Medium spicy for me, but for people who do not like spicy food it can be a bit to hot. 

Pavel's order - salad with crispy duck, warermelon and pomegranate. 

Here you can have a look at the prices :)

 Just kidding! here, you have more legible page :)

In Dubai we have something called Entertainer Book - books with coupons for restaurants, water parks, spa etc. Six or perhaps even more types. They are issued for a calendar year. This coupon gives us for example free main course when you buy a main course,   so you pay for one :) 
I checked and there is a coupon for a Noodle Factory in blue edition - Entertainer Family.

How to bring your pet to Dubai

I wrote once before about the cost of veterinary treatment of pets in Dubai. In the near future will write more about it (cost of treatment, food etc.). Now I tell you what to do if you want to bring your pet to Emirates. 

Bringing a pet to UAE

As you know, Klusek come with me from Poland, we had a little trouble with that but finally we managed. To bring a pet to the UAE you must obtain an 'import permit'. The local Ministry of the Environment and Water has created a special page that you can use to apply for a permit http://petimport.moew.gov.ae/defaulten.aspx.

The import permit validity will be only for one month.
Pets neet to have following vaccinations: 

Dogs	Rabies	Canine Distemper Virus (CDV)	Canine Parvo Virus	Infectious Canine Hepatitis	Leptospirosis
Cats	Rabies	Feline Pan Leukcopenia (FPV)	Feline Rhinotrachitics (FHV-1)	Feline Calicivirus
Ferrets	Rabies	Distemper Virus (DV)

You need a certificate indicating the level of antibodies to the rabies virus - antibody levels must be at least 0.5 IU / ml, and the certificate should be from governmental laboratory or accredited laboratory.

The Certificate is not required for the countries from the group below:

Australia, Austria, Andorra, Ascension Island, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bahrain, Bermuda,Belgium,  Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Fiji,Finland, French Polynesia, Falkland Islands, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland,Italia, Japan, Jamaica, KSA, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Malta, Montserrat, Mauritius, Mayotte, New Caledonia, New Zealand,  Portugal, Qatar, Saint Vincent & the grenadines, Saint Kitts & Nevis, San Marino, Singapore,  Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, U.S.A,Vatican City, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna.

So, we have yo have:

- The pet must have a microchip for identification mentioned in the vaccination card

- Dogs and cats must be vaccinated for RABIES within last year, strictly not under age of 3 months. 21 days should be elapsed after the rabies vaccination date as a condition for allowing entrance of the pet.

The pet has to be shipped in Cargo not with the owner :( So even if an air line allowed to have pet on board we can not do it. You can check all conditions for carrying pets on http://www.iata.org.

Each person is allowed to import only 2 pets - law.

Summarize:

We need following documents:

1. Import permit

2. Original Government Health Certificate

3. Original Vaccination Card or Passport

4. Original Certificate for Rabies Serum Neutralization. (The certificate is not required from the aboved mentioned countries)

The importer will pay the fees (400 Dirham per one head) using the E-Dirhams card at the entry point on arrival of the pet. 

There are a list of breeds or types of dogs that are prohibited to be imported into UAE, I will not mentioned this list because it changes like in kaleidoscope. Second think is that there are some breeds that you can have when you are living in a villa and can not have when you live in a flat. It is better to write to them and ask.

For further clarification or enquiries you can write to animalquarantine@moew.gov.ae or call +971-42148444.

The cost of air ticket

I bought a ticket from Frankfurt and it cost 400 Euro.

Off-road preparation

I'll show you what's up :)

Pavel all weekend was in garage making some modifications to our car (I was an assistant). New off road season is coming so we have to be prepared :) The weather will be nice in few weeks so we will be going to frolic on the desert!

Modification that has been made: assembly of the front tow hooks and hitch at the back. The hitch receiver on the back is cleverly reworked to be the plate bracket holder as well. In the desert, we will remove the bracket and adjust hook - nice patent :)

Hooks on the front - we had to cut holes in the bumper :) Unfortunately cars sold here are EU versions, so the bumper does not have special places on it (U.S. one do). 

Homemade organizer was mounted in the trunk :)

Fire extinguisher has found its place next to the sand laders (special bars that help to dig out, etc.) and boards under the jacks - which we sew special bags for it.

Well, today we add SpiderTrax spacers - something which increases track width, which increased the possibilities of the car in the field. 
before

after we gained 1.5 inches on each side :)

and it looks like this :) It is beautiful isn't it? 

Now I see that I forgot to write about sandblasting and pouder coating black the wheels.

to be continued :)

Only In Dubai #1

Today from the series only in Dubai :)

Cadillac Escalade in barbie pink colour :) Licence plates two digits - you have to pay a lot to have one, for this number she probably had to pay few tousands or maybe hundreds of thousands of dirhams.

It can not be seen well in this pictures, but it also has a mirror windows (zero visibility, 100% mirror). But the best (or worst) is that the interior (I noticed when nanny was getting on) was also pink and lilac - everything: doors, seats, floor - everything!!

Dubai style: D