Finally it’s here!

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I finally get my hands on it!

2008 Volvo S40: 2.4Litre, 170bhp, Sports Chassis, Leather interior with sports steering, 17″ alloys, Power seat with memory, Auto dual zone climate-control… etc… Plus all the usual safety-acronyms associated with a Volvo!

A couple of photos from after I got back home:

Volvo S40

Volvo S40

A Volvo it is!

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After weeks of sweating it out, test driving, researching and what not, I finally make up my mind. Actually, I thought I did, when I test drove the 2008 Honda Accord V6, with its awesome 268bhp power and great handling…

But then I took a look at and drove the 2008 Volvo S40, and pretty much made up my mind straightaway. I guess more on this when the financing, insurance & all that comes through, and I actually get my hands on it!

Volvo S40
Finally I make up my mind!

Drive to Ras Al Khaimah

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We decided it’s time to be “adventurous” and do a last-minute drive up to Ras Al Khaimah, UAE’s northernmost Emirate - A drive of about 150 kms.

Since it was last minute, we thought choosing to stay at the Hilton might be the safe option, not having to research much, for some sort of “standard” expectations. It turns out that we were wrong. Even forgetting the part where the whole place looked so run down, the hotel service was abundantly sub-standard.

The food we had from the near by mall turned out to be far better than what was on offer for dinner & breakfast at the hotel. To top that, we were asked to pay for the dinner we had already paid for with the room, and had to go all the way up to the reception to clear up an obvious mess up of their staff.

As if to round-off the consistently bad experience, when checking out we had to wait, argue, and pay again for our room booking all over again, because apparently, “online payment” meant nothing to them.

Now you know which hotel we would not be recommending on your trip to that direction!

With that, I should finish off with a few pics of the trip. Don’t read too much into some of them looking great, just consider it due to my great camera :)

Mostly empty roads
Mostly empty roads

In the room
In the room

Outside the hotel
Outside the hotel

Beach resort
It was so hot, and un-happening at the nearby beach resort, that in 2 mts we were checking when the next bus back to the hotel was.

Greenery
The one decent angle I got for a good shot, in the whole resort place

Night
Thank you Nikon D40!

Pool
Pool, early morning. Now imagine 25 people in and around it, in the afternoon.

Celebrations!

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My company celebrated it’s first anniversary recently. No points for figuring out where I work, here are some pics!

Performances
There were many performances

Us!
That’s us of course!

Bollywood Performance!
There were some pretty decent bollywood performances too!

Anniversary cake!
That was the cake! And everyone got a piece!

And Big Screens!
Big screens

The vast venue…
The venue

Burj!
Caught a few great snaps or the Burj!

Another awesome snap of Burj!
That’s another one!

…and moving around

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Rented a car, and discovering whole new levels of freedom! What used to be trips that needed to be pre-planned, wait-in-the-sun-and-dust-for-taxi, suddenly becomes easy!

I like it!

Car
My ride, until I get my… err… not made up my mind! :)

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