I had tried to keep this in some kind of alphabetical order but my mind just
could not get things in order and it would be a pain to keep on moving items
from one table to the other. Abu Dhabi is a port that I have only been to twice.
The first time was during the first gulf war when I was aboard the WALTER S
DIEHL. This place is the UAE's capital as well as an Emirate. One nice thing
that I remember is that there would always be a pizza truck that would arrive
right after the gangway ladder was secured to the pier. I really never got
around Abu Dhabi that much. One year I was flying out of Dubai to spend part of
my leave with my wife in the Philippines she had already flew there from the
states. The Phil consulate was in Abu Dhabi so I had to take a cab with a few of
the other guys from Dubai to go for my visa since the rules for US visitors had
changed due to the base closures. Most of my experience was with Dubai. My
nieces even had a cousin working at the Duty Free there.
