Dubai Diaries - The Creek

So on the same day as we to the souk's, we also when on a boat ride on Dubai creek. As stated in the previous post it was probably one of the hottest days of the trip and he fresh breeze and the shade of the boat was much needed after walking around the souk's. The ride lasted about an hour and wherever you turned and looked there was something different to see. From the amazing architecture of the surrounding buildings to import/export boats, to restaurant boats, to mosques and peoples houses.

I love the architecture on the building 

Imagine praying right next to the water

Import/export boats 

The driver 

Restaurant boats 

Hanging his clothes up to dry

Contrasting glass building 

A little mosque hiding in between the houses 

Here is the video

Dubai Diaries: Dancing Fountains

One of the things I noticed in Dubai, even just from the airport, is that Dubai loves a water feature. There was a big waterfall in the airport, when we were coming out of the airport and everywhere else that we went. The most impressive one would have to be the fountain show that takes place outside The Dubai Mall and the Burj Khalifa (the biggest mall in the world and the tallest building in the world). Throughout the day and night the fountains put on a show to a different song every time and 'dance'. We went at night and the fountains were lit up. Here are a few pictures of other water features and the video of the 'dancing' fountains.

Fountain's at a hotel 

Fountain at Jumeirah Beach walk

The diving men fountain in Dubai Mall

A fountain in the Mall of the Emirates 

Dubai Diaries:The beach

Going to the beach in Dubai was one of those 'taking advantage of the amazing weather' kind of things. We knew we weren't really going to get another chance like this any time soon, so we sun creamed up and off we went. The beach was called Jumeirah beach and it was perfect because they do a ladies only day. With the sun glistening on the water and the warm sand between your toes it was easy to forget about the rainy days back in England. So here are some pictures that I took at the beach:

Umbrellas 

Dubai in the sand

Beach toys

Sun and the sky

Waves coming in 

The sun glistening on the water

The water

Palm trees and probably the only cloud in the sky 

Rubber dingies