Thieves are breaking into cars and stealing tourists’ cash and belongings at the popular Hatta Pools. Police 
have warned visitors to be vigilant as they are easy targets for the thieves, who are difficult to catch because they strike in such isolated spots.
On Friday, three 4x4s were broken into and robbed of Dh5,000 (US$1,360) in cash and two digital cameras worth a total of Dh4,500.
The owners of one of the vehicles, Maggie and Roger Jepson, from Britain, said they were extremely upset and wanted their experience to serve as a warning to others.
“Apart from losing the cameras and money I have now lost my trust,” Mrs Jepson said.
“I’ve been living in the UAE for years and back in the 1970s I didn’t even lock my car. Obviously I am more careful now but something like this could happen to anyone.”
Mr and Mrs Jepson drove to the Hatta Pools after a day of wadi bashing in the nearby Hajar mountains with their friends, Margaret and David Fell, also from Britain. They parked at the end of the track and hid their valuables, then locked the cars.
When they returned 30 minutes later, the cars were still locked and bags zipped up where they left them, but they soon found the camera cases were empty and their wallets had been picked…SOURCE
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A domestic worker in Dubai, “Jane”, has given a testimony of her job and life. It’s republished below, slightly edited for punctuation:
“Hi.. I worked in JUMEIRA as a DH.. for 4 years and 5 months.. to a good arab family.. I dont have any comments for them because they are so good to me. They don’t look at me as a maid but as a sister to them.. but some of the agencies are taking for granted about the salary.. they get some extra.. which is.. that extra is a big help for our family.
“The problem is… some of the employers.. same my employer are abusing me, like they don’t even tell me, if I eat or no? Because they want me to stay all the time with the kids, or tell me to go and sleep just for 30 minutes. You know 5 minutes closing my eyes it’s like 1 day of sleeping for me, or I can’t even go to the bathroom leaving the children because they are just very busy of talking the phone from morning until evening. Instead, I would find way, how to go and make a release.
“Or I went to some places which is so class or social places without changing my clothes for the reason that she forget to tell me, while I’m so shy and felt embarassed with my kabayan. You know, just uttering those simple words without action is very hard for them while they’re doing nothing. Working from 6:00am to 11:pm, sometimes 2:00am or 3:00am is optional when have parties or weddings. Tell me, who is not tired of working and can’t have even a nap just for a minutes.
“They know that I am good and I do all the works and taking care of children is really important which is the big factor for them. And they don’t even want to find another until I become old. I’m talking about my efforts, they took out from me because they think I’m always ok even they saw me with their eyes that I’m tired everytime.
“They don’t mind me because they think they gave me good salaries which is 700Dhs. for 4 years and 5 months without day-off. And I spent with my own money buying those necessary things even they knew that it is their obligations to buy for us. What you expect from it? How much is left from my salary? As long as they can get benefits from me.. they don’t mind me at all.. just because I’m so good to them while they are taking for granted.
“Mostly, the problem with arab people are being a LAZY. Machines will sometimes not function or shutdown reading all the datas, how much more the human?”
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