Dubai Diaries: The Souk's

What is that you say? It's been four months since my last post. Eeeekkkkk!! Well I have no elaborate reason for my absence. It has been a complete contradiction of being busy at work and just procrastinating when I get home. That is not say the things haven't been happening in my life (if you follow my instagram you will have seen). There has been another holiday (to Morocco), my birthday, the new year, making and eating lost of food and just life stuff. But before we get into all that I realised that I haven't finished my 'Dubai Diaries' so here goes.

When you think of Dubai you think of the tallest buildings, the biggest malls, the seven start hotels and all of that which is all well and good but I really wanted to see and older part of Dubai with the souk's and the markets. We could have spent the whole day just exploring all the narrow alleyways, but the day we went it was probably one of the hottest day of the trip which was clear by the amount of water that was consumed that day. That didn't stop us from being totally in awe of all the touristy trinkets, spices, colours and aromas.

Traditional shoes

Camels 

Colourful umbrellas 

Love the design on this lamp 

Garlands 

Oooooohhhh the lights

All the spice mountains ( I don't even know what half of them are)

Another narrow alleyway of the markets 

Some more spices that I don't know 

 So here is to getting back into blogging and not having another four months off.  `

  

Fabric,Flies,Fish and Chips

I love local markets. They have such weird and wonderful things you can find and see. Me, my mum, my auntie and my cousin went to the markets this weekend and it was a glorious day for it as well. The school holidays had just started so they had a few things going on for children all around the town center. I obviously wanted to make a video of the day so I took my camera, and got a few dodgy looks from the stall owners and other people. We specifically went to have a look at fabrics and laces to match with outfits, and although we didn't find what we were looking for it was a lovely day out. To top it all off we got fish and chips with curry sauce before we went home.