ABU DHABI // Locating the best Indian restaurant in the capital, choosing what to wear when visiting a mosque and knowing how much it costs to take a hot-air balloon ride across the desert are important questions for any visitor to Abu Dhabi.
And a UK couple has compiled the answers to hundreds of similar questions into an electronic travel guide that focuses solely on the largest emirate.
Rahim and Zohara Hirji, who lived in Abu Dhabi from 2003 to 2007, are the authors of The Abu Dhabi Travel Guide, an e-book released last week on Amazon for US$2.99 (Dh11).
“There are quite a few guide books focused on Dubai as a tourist destination, but nothing just for Abu Dhabi,” said Mr Hirji, 35.
When the couple first moved to the capital – Mr Hirji to work as a government consultant and Mrs Hirji, 34, to work in a local bank -they found some “great local guidebooks for expats, but nothing necessarily focused on the tourist market, and anything on Abu Dhabi is a small supplement”, said Mr Hirji.
The e-book is being touted as a source for business executives and for tourists who may not have considered Abu Dhabi a viable holiday destination.
And for Mr and Mrs Hirji, answering questions on how to spend 10 days in Abu Dhabi and where to find the best restaurants is as easy as going through the information they have been posting for years on their popular website, Grapeshisha.
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