Dubai:
Met
Dad and his fiancee at the airport, and on the drive home we got our
taste of Dubai.
We
went down Sheikh Ziad road and looked at all the amazing tall
buildings. Its the main arterial route for the whole of Dubai. The
arabs love having the biggest and the best things in the whole world.
They have more Guinness book records than any other country. We drove
past the tallest building in the world, The Burj Dubai, which is due
to be opened in january 2010.
The
next day we went to Atlantis, which is situated on the man made
island shaped like a palm and is veiwable from space, The Jumeira
Palm. Atlantis is a big complex whioch includes a water park, an
aquarium, hotel and a mall. The aquarium was set up like Atlantis the
old myth of the lost city. They had every fish you could imagine,
including a whale shark!
Afterwards,
we went to a souq (arabian marketplace) where we had lunch. We also
also had a ride on a traditional Abra (traditional boat) around the
water ways of the complex.
Then
we went to a Salon and got a manicure. After that we had a ride on
the brand new metro computerized monorail. I also met Rosannas
daughter Pian who was lovely.
The
day after we went for a trip down to a secluded beach an hour out of
Dubai called Umm Al Quwain for some fishing and a picnic. We caught
one fish but it was way too small to eat so we put the poor sucker
back. Just
relaxed
on the beach on the beach and soaked up some sun. Then we went to a
near by water fun park. We went in the wave pool and heaps of other
different rides. There was one pool called the dead sea, because they
filled it with so much salt that you can float without doing
anything. And its impossible to touch the bottom. So I thought I
would try, and got so much salt in my eyes that I cant even explain
how much it stung my eyes. Almost like two bees stung my eyes.
On
our drive back home we stopped at the sand dunes and saw some wild
donkeys. Dad let me drive the car for a bit which was scary but once
you get the hang of it, it was really fun. It feels good to be in
control of a car and 4 people.
The
next day we drove to a place in the mountains near Al Ain, called
Jebel Hafeet which was almost to the border of Oman, the next
countrie. We went for an explore up the highest peak of the United
Arab Emirates. Then we went down the bottom of the mountains for a
picnic. The mountains were amazing, the whole area used to be under
water so the mountains were formed underwater from layers and layers
of debris and animals falling to the bottom of the ocean.
On
out last day me and my dad went out fishing on this beautiful beach
on Dubai main strip. We were fishing for ages with nothing but a few
bites. Then all of the sudden my fishing rod gae a massive jerk and I
almost let go of the rod for the fear of falling forwards and
crashing into the water. After some pulling and manouvering there
turned out to be a massive stingray on the other end of it. It was so
big, and its stinger kept flipping forward when we were trying to get
the hook out. We didnt eat it, because theres no meat on stingrays,
only cartilage. Afterwards we went home, packed and got driven to the
airport and said goodbye to dad and rosie. Dad had tears in his eyes
when we hugged. Even though I was sad to leave, I was so exited to go
home!
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