Homeward bound

Daily news for the capital----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 12th December 2011 Homeward bound The six-strong Volvo Ocean Race fleet begins its historic journey from Cape Town to Abu Dhabi today, as the emirate completes plans to become the first Arabian destination to host the gruelling, 39,000 nautical mile, round the world ‘Everest of Sailing’. Environmentalists to 'edutain' public at Eye on Earth Exhibition “Sealord” Philippe Cousteau and “Ape Queen” Dr Jane Goodall will share their passion with the public at the Eye on Earth Abu Dhabi 2011 Exhibition at ADNEC Footsteps of Thesiger expedition on final leg Team due to complete historic 1,500km trek on the Abu Dhabi Corniche at 2pm on Tuesday 13th December Up-and-coming talent to open Shankar Ehsaan Loy show A hand-picked group of musical talent is set to provide a local flavour as the opening act for Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy’s (SEL) show in Abu Dhabi Medical Aid for Palestinians holds first Charity Dinner in capital Abu Dhabi will play host to a charity dinner for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) on Thursday December 15th 2011 Click to see if you are one of last week's winners Get updates from us on Twitter - click here and follow us To unsubscribe from everything Abu Dhabi Week please click here