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Travel Journal: Middle East tensions left me stranded in Abu Dhabi
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. Flight disruptions turned the writer's journey from a trip to Kyrgyzstan into a four-day stop in the UAE. PHOTO: TOH EE MING
ABU DHABI – I was meant to be in alpine landscapes, bundled in fleece, horseback riding through Kyrgyzstan's Chon-Kemin valley or cruising along the banks of Issyk Kul lake with sweeping views of the Tian Shan mountain range.
Instead, I was marooned in the desert, wilting under Abu Dhabi's 40 deg C sun – with a suitcase full of thermal wear and barely a pair of shorts.
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