United Arab Emerites

‎We went to the beach this morning before checking out of our apartment. The area is really nice with lots of upscale restaurants, cafes, and stores. Along “The Walk”, as it’s called, they have these kiosks where you can take a photo of yourself and have it sent to your email. So we did. 

Here is the water fountain in front of the Burj Khalifa, timed to music.  It’s very similar to the fountain at the Belagio hotel in Vegas.
[kad_youtube url=”; width=640 height=320 ]

Here is a video clip of the middle of the dance when the lights went out at the camp and the lights came up on the dress.

[kad_youtube url=”; width=640 height=320 ]

Last night we went on a 4×4 desert tour and BBQ. We went 4×4’ing among the sand dunes just outside the city. After we stopped by a small camel farm to see some young camels and finally our evening at a desert camp where they had some different activities set up where you could try riding a camel, Arabic coffee and shesha pipes, and sand boarding. Then...

‎We’ve seen a few Tim Hortons over here. One in Abu Dhabi and this one in Dubai Mall. We had a couple Timbits and they do taste the same. 

This afternoon we decided to do the Penguin Experience at Ski Dubai inside the Mall of Emirates. We bought the up close and personal package which gave us a private tour behind the scenes of the penguin facility. There were 24 penguins in the enclosure and we had our own trainer take us into their home to see where they eat, sleep and play. Their area is a constant 5...

Today we went to the Burj Al Arab building, well‎ beside it. You can’t go in without a reservation. So we went to the public beach beside it to get our photos. The beach was really hot so we ended up in the water up to our knees since we didn’t have swimsuits with us. The water was like bath water.    I’m falling behind in my posts. It’s...