jlo Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Just thought I would share a few piccies from our Dubai hols. It's a very strange place and I am not sure that I would return in a hurry but it was....interesting! http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3164014&l=826d7212bc&id=576314120 It was certainly warmer there though!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 I can only see one pic Jlo It does look like an interesting place, I would be interested to know why you thought it was strange and to hear some stories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 I can only see the one pic too We want more Jlo, you cant tease us like that! more piccies and stories please? When I read your post out my DD said 'Ooo, is the a picture of the hotel in the sea?' and that was the only one we could see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 I could see them all Can't wait to hear the stories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=135293&id=576314120&l=6c504b9f9c I will try again. I tried to put things on Flickr but it didn't like me (my PC is dying on me!) This is supposed to show the album rather than the first photo but if it doesn't work I will try Flickr again. I just get the feeling that the Emiratis(sp??) are trying too hard. They want to have the biggest and best of everything and, for some reason, it just doesn't quite work. The Dubai Mall has 1200 shops but it is just so huge that you don't actually have the time to go into any of them so I don't know how long it will last. The Burj Dubai (or Khalifi as it has now been called) is the tallest building in the world but is in danger of being the biggest white elephant around, There are amazing buildings alongside buildings that are half built; really wealthy people alongside people on less than the minimum wage. The whole place is spread across such a huge area that you can't really get to grips with where you are. Oh, and the traffic is horrendous - no way would I dare to drive there. We saw terrible driving on an minute by minute basis. On one occasion, we were in a taxi that made a very innocuous cut into a line of traffic, he was immediately hauled over by a traffic cop and fined 500 dirham (about £90 - more than he would actually take in one or probably two days) Whenever I go to a different country I like to make the effort to speak at least a few words of the language but there was little point in doing it over there as there are only about 16% of inhabitants who speak Arabic and English is the common language. On New Years Day we decided to go skiing to try and condition ourselves to the weather that we knew was waiting for us back home!! Just as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Oh wow Jlo! Thank you, now I can see all the pics, what a lovely family you have. The pictures are fantastic, it looks like a spectacular place. i love the desert photos and that sunset looks gorgeous! as do those puddings There is certainly some striking looking buildings. It does look the sort of place you want to go and see, but maybe only once? A shopping mall with 1200 shops? ahhhhh (big sigh) my idea of heaven! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 What wonderful pictures I love the silhouette in the sand picture, its I won't show my OH the segway picture, as he wanted to do a segway tour in San Fran and I didn't, so we didn't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 I thought that 1200 shops would be my idea of heaven but I was just overwhelmed! The puddings were rather lush. We were at the gala dinner on New Year's Eve on the beach in front of the Burj al Arab hotel. That was an experience but the amount of food that was provided was, quite frankly, obscene! The fireworks were spectacular though. In the desert we were in a 4x4 with a boy racer who kept skidding to get the sand to fly up. It was like being on a huge roller coaster:- fine for the first couple of minutes but then I felt decidedly queasy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Ooo 'food' and 'obscene' in the same sentence.... I like it I would love to have a go on a segway too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 Ooo 'food' and 'obscene' in the same sentence.... I like it I would love to have a go on a segway too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Great photos . What lovely kids you have . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 Great photos . What lovely kids you have . Thank you. Most of the time, they are!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Great photos - looks a strange place with funny shaped buildings and very different from here - looks like you had a ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 It's one of those places I've always wanted to visit. I have friends who lived in the Creek? and had plans in place but the Gulf war broke out and they came home Lovely pictures of your family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Lovely photos, looks like you had a great time. How different would that be sitting on a beach as the new year came in instead of freezing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Beautiful! We stayed at The Hilton in Abu Dhabi last year - very similar. We loved it & are wanting to return one year for a holiday. We loved the lushness & grandness of it all. We felt rather spoilt & everything it just so unique & exquisite. The finishing touches are fabulous & the service we got was amazing. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Lovely pics - I can only just imagine the heat while sitting on the radiator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
