So, up until now, we've been sticking pretty close to the hotel. Venturing out every so often to the mall attached to our hotel, or splitting fares to take a taxi to another mall across the city. Malls are safe, tourist-y, easy ins and outs. We've discovered the pharmacy where we can go and talk to the pharmacist behind the counter and get something for a sinus infection, or a bug bite. Not so bad. We've been learning about the two phone companies and how to use our visa and passport to get a pre-pay phone. We can't get a contract on a phone, or lease or buy a car until we have letters from our employers and our residency visas.
We're even getting quite competent with our conversions of dollars to dhirhams. I've gotten so that I don't quite freak out at spending 15.75 dhirhams for a bottle of hair conditioner. I've just got to remember to tell myself, "Divide by three, Sheri, divide by three." So, a bottle of hair conditioner is about $5.75. Not quite so bad, or maybe even a little bit less since the US dollar is worth about 3.68 dhirhams. I've got to remember to start training.... er, I mean telling Doug to start thinking when he pays say $3 for something at home to remind himself that it will probably be about 9 dhirhams in Abu Dhabi, or his frugal nature will suffer quite a shock! So much more to share, but I am tired. We returned late from being fingerprinted at the police station.
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