I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo

Oh no amateur traveler episode 646. Today the Amateur Traveler talks about amusement parks, luxury

hotels, and the Louvre, mosques, museums, and camels as we go to the United Arab Emirates.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Let's talk about the

UAE. I'd like to welcome the show Carrie Hedrick from our Globetrotters.com and also Family Travel

dash Middle East.com who is coming to us both from the UAE and also come to talk to us about the United Arab

Emirates.

Carrie, welcome to the show.

Hi, thanks very much for having me, Chris.

And we actually probably ought to start by putting this on the map when we say the UAE,

what are we talking about?

Sure, so UAE is short for United Arab Emirates, which is right in the middle of the Gulf, so part of the Middle East.

And when you say the Gulf, we're talking about the Gulf of Arabia.

It's called the Arabian Gulf if you live in the UAE, but others might know it as the Persian golf.

Oh the Persian golf yeah. I was trying not to call it the Persian golf because I knew we were

talking about that side but yes same place.

Okay. Google Maps apparently calls it the Arabian Gulf now.

Oh, do they? Well, that's interesting. I did not realize that. Okay, and excellent.

Why should someone go to the UAE?

Right, well we have actually lived in the United Arab Emirates over six years,

so I've had the pleasure of being able to explore the country in some great detail,

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