Al Seef Beach Hotel Sharjah

... We had lunch in the 'aquarium' restaurant, which had a big aquarium right in the middle. Our lunch was pretty amazing, and my dad says that it was the most expensive meal I have ever had.

Right now we are off to the spice and gold souks (markets) and this afternoon if it stops raining we're going on a desert safari.

luv
Amy

... two amazing hotels - the Burj al Arab (see next blog entry for our visit there) and the Jumeirah Beach Hotel.
Today, it's raining - which is pretty odd for the desert - and if it keeps raining our evening desert safari might get cancelled- which would be a real shame as my mum is really looking forward to it.

Tomorrow we're off to Switzerland, where it's -2 degrees and snowing in Zurich, which will be a big shock to us all.

luv Amy

... man so braucht..... ich sag euch, die unterwäsche für männer in dubai ist schon ein eigenes kapitel.... ;-))
um mitternacht noch schnell ins restaurant, abendessen, ein glas wein.... ja, überhaupt kein problem ....... und ab ins bett...
am nächsten morgen schnell frühstücken.......der shuttle wartet schon und zurück zum flughafen......das war's mit dubai...

... well-known Burj Dubai, and more modest people not to say poor that mainly come from Pakistan, China, Indonesia and so on to earn money and go back. The three chauffeurs I spoke with were not 100% people from the UAE but came from various countries, mainly Pakistan. It is very interesting to see chat a huge melting-pot this city looks like. It is multicultural, although the western culture and normes prevail especially concerning business, finance and ...

... Russians. Emiratis, however, tend to hold senior positions and are the driving force behind the gargantuan push to develop this city right into the forefront of the world. Speaking of development - the amount of construction going on here is seriously incredible. Everywhere you look there is a new skyscraper or hotel and another being built right next to it. While I was pausing at one stoplight, I counted 15 cranes ...

... amazing apartment. Dubai is amazing. Temp is around 38 deg. The swiming pool is fabulous. It's a concrete jungle with money everywhere. We went to a supermarket yesterday to buy some lunch. It was surprisingly cheap especially cheese ??? Food variety was amazing including the pickles and spices. The size of the shopping complexes is a bit overwhelming. Copied shops are everywhere. Building projects are ...

... to uptown midriff and had a sniff of the scenery. I bought diday's watch... Heartbreak bankbreak!!! We had dinner at Hardees. Ujptown Mirdif was actually like serendra. Open-planned malls (not much greenery, tho... ) enclosed by residential facilities. Lotsa dining places, coffee shops, and semi-high end retail chains. Nice place if one wants a steady hangout.  Tomorrow darth has an interview, so I gotta wake up early and fix up so that there wont be any star wars happening...

... on an awesome desert safari on friday night. Our driver Abdul did some crazy driving through the dunes - when I looked back at Scott I thought he may have actually shat himself!! But it was really fun. We got to some camp in the middle of the desert and had camel rides and henna tattoos and smoked some apple flavoured sheesha and got to dress up as locals(with just my eyes showing) which was hilarious. Then we had a traditional arabic bbq and watched a belly dancer. We all had to ...

... And for ten thousand dollars a night, I would hope so! That said, I have never seen less elegant interior design in terms of color, plastic, and plywood. I was particularly partial to the faux-gold panelling...at least, I believe it was faux. I did not make any jokes about this at the time. Here are the photos as promised. I wish I taken more, but as ...

... as one would expect but a mealy meal concoction, which, on reflection I have had once before in the dim and distant past. It was accompanied by kebabs, squash, and other such delicacies. Very nice too. Good company, and I was amongst the last to retire. Friday 9th September : Starting to have some very odd dreams again. Slept in and then went down to the Breeding Centre office to try and sort out my emails. Absolutely impossible to get at anything unless it is coming to my yahoo ...