This afternoon, I flew to Portugal - Lisbon - and I am enjoying the sunset on the Castle of São Jorge - with a view of the Ponte 25 de Abril Bridge and the river Tejo. As ever when I have a short stay in Lisbon, I am staying at...

I have postponed my planned change from my old Dell laptop to a new Apple MacBook Pro until October 2007. Apple will only release its new operating system MacOS X 10.5, known as Leopard, at the end of 2007.

Apple wants to bring...

Not a day goes by without news of deals by investment banks, Hedge Funds and Private Equity companies in the financial press. Deals in the branch are becoming ever more complicated, and are getting more and more gigantic....

On the last morning before leaving Dubai I always get up early, so that I can photograph the Jumeirah Burj Al Arab at sunrise. The sun is behind the Jumeirah Beach Hotel at dawn, and the beach is almost empty at 7 o'clock....

I finished my trip to Dubai in the Jumeirah Madinat Al Qasr Hotel. The Jumeirah Al Qasr Hotel is near the beach, and in the neighbourhood of the two hotel complexes Jumeirah Beach and Jumeirah Burj Al Arab. The hotel complex...

After four eventful days in Oman, today I flew with Emirates from Muscat back to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. I am going to stay at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers. The Jumeirah Emirates Towers are about 30 car minutes from...

I can hardly believe it, but my Omani guide and I have driven over 500km in the last few days. A couple of impressions from these...

Today was originally set aside for diving, but because the conditions are so bad underwater I have hired my Omani guide again, for a tour to three old fortresses.

Happy Easter from Muscat ...

Today I planned to do some underwater photography on the Muscat coast. A driver from the Oman Dive Center picked me up as agreed early in the morning from the Grand Hyatt Muscat, and I regretted very much only having booked the...