3.12.05|
I am sitting at the American School waiting for the kid's swim meet to begin. The Americans are hosting the Italians (Agip employees), the Dutch (Shell Employees), the French (Total employees), and others.
It is an overcast day - which is nice. I have my laptop and am on the school's wifi. I am sure if Stacey could see me she would disapprove. In fact, if she reads this she will likely cringe. I do not have my gigantic noise-reducing headphones on, though.
So, where in the world is Stacey Sandiego?
Stacey is in Dubai, U.A.E. is an easy 6-hour flight from Lagos and it offers good food, shopping, nice hotels, a beach and a safe environment. It is quite popular with expats here. She flew over there to meet her friend, Nu-Nu who recently moved to Qatar. The Dubai Ritz-Carlton, where she upgraded to a "club room" floor - has a concierge, wifi and different food spreads six times a day. She said she might "never leave the club room floor" - except for her beauty treatments. The only downer has been that the beach is marred by a droning "cigarette" boat regatta which interrupted her fresh watermelon juice morning cocktail.
I am sure a full report will be pretty amazing. She will be back on Monday night.