Abu Dhabi

Following a 6-hour flight from Bangkok, we arrived to Abu Dhabi's international airport around noon yesterday. From the moment we arrived, our time here has been defined by a degree of comfort, ease, and air-conditioning that was not completely available during our time in Thailand and Cambodia. Having said that, the intense heat and humidity of the mid-afternoon sun in AD is quite literally breath-taking. Luckily for us, the lingering effects of recent sandstorm have acted to temper the sun's full & direct power...over the past 24-hours, the heat has only managed to reach into the mid-90's, but as the dust clears up over the next few days, triple digit temperatures are likely return and remain through much of August. By mid-september, the temperature should become more mild, reaching a moderate phase between October - June.