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Re: off to Kish
Originally Posted by shakh your bootie
(Post 5617189)
it's apparently the third most visited place in the M.E. after Dubai & Sharm Al Sheikh....
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Re: off to Kish
Originally Posted by Inselaffen
(Post 5617206)
they are talking of building a new 7 star hotel there. so it must have some attractions!
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Re: off to Kish
Originally Posted by annacarna
(Post 5617243)
Visited by whom and why?
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Re: off to Kish
Originally Posted by shakh your bootie
(Post 5617256)
It's the Iranian free zone, also a holiday resort...
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Re: off to Kish
Originally Posted by annacarna
(Post 5617324)
I know where it is. I have heard horrible things about the place, hence my surprise that a 7* hotel is being built there
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Re: off to Kish
Originally Posted by annacarna
(Post 5617328)
I havent heard it called a holiday resort by anyone:D
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Re: off to Kish
Originally Posted by shakh your bootie
(Post 5617330)
well, i have never been..... let's see what our intrepid JVR makes of it...
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Re: off to Kish
Originally Posted by Inselaffen
(Post 5617333)
anywhere has to to be an improvement on Sharjah :p
what are u wearing to the party? |
Re: off to Kish
Originally Posted by annacarna
(Post 5617336)
Like your weekend wardrobe
what are u wearing to the party? |
Re: off to Kish
Originally Posted by annacarna
(Post 5617336)
Like your weekend wardrobe
what are u wearing to the party? nah, smart casual |
Re: off to Kish
Originally Posted by shakh your bootie
(Post 5617339)
Well I was gonna wear tights but MH has gotten in there first now....
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Re: off to Kish
Originally Posted by annacarna
(Post 5617341)
Pink ones by any chance
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Re: off to Kish
Originally Posted by shakh your bootie
(Post 5616091)
I fear the Kish experience will be wasted on young JVR......
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Re: off to Kish
Well I'm here... slightly underwhelmed though... thought i was being quixotic and adventurous, but in fact i've been spending money like water and nothing to show for it really...!
The ticket booking process is the most interesting (you can't book your return seat from the UAE; that's done by the cartel of hotels - or rather, people-holding pens - on the island once you get your return visa). For those who have or don't need visas, there is still no process to book a return until you get here. In spite of assurances to the contrary, there are no seats back to DXB tomorrow(!) so I ended up forkingo ut for a brand new single ticket to SHJ. It was either that or travel to DXB on Monday and I'm short on leave days as it is! Still, all part of life's rich tapestry. Taxi drivers are ultra friendly - most recent chappie is married with a daughter of 4, comes from Tehran and likes Tehran and Kish equally well. When they speak slowly, a lot of words are the same/similar to Hindi/Urdu, not surprising really... numbers up to ten are almost identical! Everyone does a triple-take when they see my passport, must be a first seeing a brown man travelling on a maroon passport. Insy, yes indeed most of the rooms are of the dormitory variety, booked according to nationality and gender. In my hotel, one of the tv channels (the onlyone with a clear picture) is a live update of everyone's visa situation. The idea being that once your visa is cleared you can expect your return passage to be booked and check out the next day. Hey ho - tomorrow plans include the Greek shipwreck, underground city and some ancient remains. |
Re: off to Kish
ohhh....cool report...so no club Med then...
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