Places I've Lived #23 - Sacramento, California - Squatting in Arden Arcade
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Once we had my wife's green card, I made a plan. It wasn't a great plan, but it was a plan. I bought our plane tickets - me, wife, and baby. We were flying from Morocco to Dubai then to San Francisco. Using some travel contacts, I managed to get us a three night stay in Dubai at the Atlantis Resort - we were going to do the desert safari, visit the Burj Khalifa, and many other things. However, since Dubai has apparently had a problem with Moroccan residents not going back to Morocco - they require all Moroccan residents to have a return flight to Morocco. This was ridiculous as we were flying onward to the USA - but they wouldn't budge - my wife would not be allowed to leave the airport unless we bought her a return ticket. Emirates allowed me to change the flight to a 10-hour layover and we missed our chance to do anything in Dubai except wander through the mall-like airport and look at the night lights shining where we couldn't visit them.
Places I've Lived #23 - Sacramento, California - Squatting in Arden Arcade
Places I've Lived #23 - Sacramento…
Places I've Lived #23 - Sacramento, California - Squatting in Arden Arcade
Once we had my wife's green card, I made a plan. It wasn't a great plan, but it was a plan. I bought our plane tickets - me, wife, and baby. We were flying from Morocco to Dubai then to San Francisco. Using some travel contacts, I managed to get us a three night stay in Dubai at the Atlantis Resort - we were going to do the desert safari, visit the Burj Khalifa, and many other things. However, since Dubai has apparently had a problem with Moroccan residents not going back to Morocco - they require all Moroccan residents to have a return flight to Morocco. This was ridiculous as we were flying onward to the USA - but they wouldn't budge - my wife would not be allowed to leave the airport unless we bought her a return ticket. Emirates allowed me to change the flight to a 10-hour layover and we missed our chance to do anything in Dubai except wander through the mall-like airport and look at the night lights shining where we couldn't visit them.