Nevertheless, it didn’t take long for that aroma to transform into an altogether different tang, one which reeked of nomadic desperation and physical impermanence. Unlike Venice, Abu Dhabi felt alive like all boom towns, its air was suffused with the aroma of endless possibilities.

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