{"id":298,"date":"2010-10-01T04:17:14","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T08:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/?p=298"},"modified":"2010-10-01T04:17:14","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T08:17:14","slug":"desert-client-training-first-week-of-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/desert-client-training-first-week-of-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert + Client Training = First Week of Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I knew my first week of work would primarily be spent training comms professionals in the ways of media and PR planning. But, I didn’t realize part of it would be a desert safari…I experienced the exact opposite of the tranquility Brian “suffered” while lounging around a 5-star hotel and walking the halls of the poshest malls in the world. This “fun” evening activity involved an adrenaline-junky driver hurling us around in a 4×4 in the desert about 40 minutes outside of Dubai, allowing a photo stop and a moment to settle our stomach contents. After the thrill ride, we were led to a “traditional” bedouin camp experience with dinner, Egyptian dance, shisha tent, henna and totally authentic skimpy belly dancer wear. But, importantly, it allowed for\u00a0the first camel sighting! Behold…<\/p>\n

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Getting the tires ready for adventure!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A necessary photo stop to help keep my lunch down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Our first camel sighting!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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P.S. I’d recommend this experience, but one of my client attendees did get sick as we were heading to the bedouin “camp”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, I knew my first week of work would primarily be spent training comms professionals in the ways of media and PR planning. But, I didn’t realize part of it would be a desert safari…I experienced the exact opposite of the tranquility Brian “suffered” while lounging around a 5-star hotel and walking the halls of… <\/p>\n

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