Business

Walking down the streets in Al Ain, I cannot help but feel like I am in the middle of a bad part of the city. It’s not that Al Ain is dangerous because there is absolutely no crime (literally), but the signs for the businesses make me feel like I am in a trashy, flashy, splashy part of town. They are not sophisticated; they are bold and tacky...But it is like this EVERYWHERE and for EVERY BUSINESS! It’s so bizarre. We walked around for a few hours the first week we were here, trying to find a restaurant, but I didn’t want to go into any of them because they had these huge neon signs. It’s been a big challenge for me to look past the tawdry signs and literally not judge the places by their covers... (By the way, the restaurant we did go to with the big neon sign was amazing.)