Sharjah is a coastal area situated on the Arabian Gulf. Traveling throughout the United Arab Emirates as an American was a wonderful experience. The people were kind and accommodating, until we asked to see the beach - then they were perplexed. It is, after all, winter and the coldest time of the year. While the breeze was nearly a wind, the sun was shining and the air was in the 70s. Of course this is all about perspective, as the temperature in the summer will easily be double this, so 70 is down right chilly. Wandering back and forth along this quarter mile stretch, I could have been walking the beach at home. Aside from the very large Russian tourists in very tiny bathing suits, the waves crashing could have been from any of the walks in this blog. The vast waters before me served only to make the world a little bit smaller.