Fluffy,
do you work for horizon too? Al Ain is not a nice place - believe me, it is run down and dull, dull,dull. There are numerous flashy expensive hotels dotted around in the middle of what is a desert oasis - dust and more dust. Shacks and sheds and dust and ...dull. Nothing for a 100 miles radius but desert.
The mil ab initio's - don't start me on that..........