Lets continue from where we left in the second part. So, now I am on a foreign land for the first time in my life and no odd feelings. Actually I was enSoying it. We will continue from the Dubai airport.
We landed at Dubai Airport and one Mr.Rajesh from Ramco came for receiving us. A driver from Rakbank (our customer) named Moosa (a differnt name and he's from Taminadu wowwww) came for picking us up... learnt its just 105 kms from dubai to rak ...
I boarded Toyota Corolla for the first time and believe me its a taxiiiiiii there.... hmmm. When he was driving we could hear there was some odd noise frequently...like koin koin...when i asked him abt that.. he told casually that if it crosses 120 km/h range the alarm will be on ;-) but we dint feel that speed...because the road was extended strrrrrraight for very long... and the raod was controlled by radar it seems... so if they were caught... the bill will be sent to the car owner it seems. On our way to RAK from Dubai we crossed some cities (later came to know they are called Emirates.. and there are 7 Emirates there and so the name UAE - United Arab Emirates) are Ajman, Sharjah, plus something else...
One more first time for me... staying in a Five Star hotel - HILTON. We refreshed and came out thinking of calling our families and informing about our safe arrival and to have dinner. Actually we had a nice time that night... we went in search of phone card...but only madam (our proj mgr) had 50 dirhams(UAE currency).... and we culdnt exchange it in the hotel... we got the phone card for 30 dirhams... and now we are left with 20 only... when we asked a mallu barbor (mallu population is high in UAE like how tamilinans are in Singapore) he asked us whehter we need some money and he offered tea for us ;-) we thanked him and then exchanged some money in a bank there and had dinner in a restaurant named Vegetarians... and left to HILTON and slept having known that india has won the series ;-))) Learnt that we should have the respective country's currency with us wherever we go...
Then the next morning also we went and had breakfast in Vegetarains and then went to bank after the HR manager of RAKBANK Mr. Raj came for picking us up. There we had an intro session and we had the kick off meeting wherein we discussed reg the proj...like what shld be done and how? it was till 5 in the evening....they were very friendly and feel that we will have a nice time over here. It seems RAK is a village when compared to dubai...so got to spend 6 months in this foreign village ...hahahaaa.... then we came to hotel and got ready and left to Dubai where madam's cousin stayed. caught the taxi at 7.30pm and reached at 9.40 (think traffic is alike everywhere hahahha...). Usually it takes only 1 hour it seems.. but since we are new... they took their own time and took us carefully and casually :) madam's relatives were waiting there for us and had dinner (once again please note.... its veg and veg onlyy....) at their house and stayed there that night. now i type this mail in madam's cousin's house...had a nice dinner here... and we have planned for an outing at dubai with them... hahahahaaaa.... will update u with these details and snaps soon...
we have asked for complementary breakfast in Hilton itself.. so from saturday (its the week beginning there) we will not be going out for breakfast atleast...here dosa is 2.5 dirhams and thaali (lunch) is 7 dirhams...and it will take approximately 20 dirhams per day... no clue about the NV items... will write about that also later... dont worry... and think its time to goto bed now... its 12.25 mid night local time... and i should be fresh when we go for outing... so aaahhhh..... already i am sleeping..... take care.... and convey my regards to all... gooooood nighttttttttt.... and morning... gorgorgorrrrrr......
Note: dont think what wud have happened for the project with such a kinda guy... it was a greatttt success :)
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Jai T
