| Lost Treasures of Atlantis |
[Feb. 7th, 2010|01:39 am] |
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The other day, we went to Atlantis Hotel on The Palm to discover the forgotten treasures of the lost civilization of Atlantis.
Fish schooling.
Fish schooling!
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| More photodump from November through January! |
[Feb. 2nd, 2010|01:41 am] |
"You're so interested in that game, you won't be using this keyboard."
The Good, The Bad, And The Munchkin
Burj Khalifa, back when it was still Burj Dubai
Looking ominously "Deathspire" (credit ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) istara) like.
Can you spot the Deathspire?
Safa Park
MEAT BEAST!
Creek abras
Gold icons from every faith
More gold... better than being born with a silver spoon.
Snake oil: It Really Works!
Stack of Qurans, in whatever color you like.
Hay, it's pappubahry! |
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| Edna In Dubai |
[Feb. 1st, 2010|02:28 am] |
Don's mom is in Dubai! Here are some of the things we've done so far.
Al Ain Aerobatic Show!
A race in the sky, and We Fly on the ground.
Miss Demeanour! Going fast.. it wasn't easy to get this picture.
Startling moment when Miss Demeanour decides to shell us
Saudi Hawks
Fireworks at Al Seef for the opening of Dubai Shopping Festival
The DSF opening sure was an exciting event.
So many attractions...
We were spoilt for choice.
Saturday afternoon at the Lime Tree Cafe
Abra ride across the creek
Shisha pipes for sale in Naif
Push carts in Naif
Edna taking a picture of the Texas store!
Inside Jumeirah Mosque
Cupola of Jumeirah Mosque
Scriptures on walls
Jumeirah Mosque from the outside
Then we went to Jumeirah Beach. Don excavated for human remains. |
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| Torrential Photo Dump |
[Jan. 30th, 2010|10:21 pm] |
I am so, so, SO behind on putting up pictures. Historically, I eventually give up and skip posting stuff after so much time has passed. But in the interest of getting these posted so I can get on with posting pictures of Edna, my Mother-In-Law's, visit to Dubai, and in the interest of my friends not getting bored with me and leaving me, I will dump a big truckload of photos on to your friends list. Here! In reverse chronology! Too many pictures!
The day Edna arrived, I had just come from Singapore, where I heard tell of the mythical duck hippo.
Singapore has lots of water and happy people.
In Singapore, I went with a colleague to see Men In Tutus ~ men dancing women's ballet, comedy style.
They were goofy, but pretty talented.
Before Singapore, I was in Brisbane.
Brisbane has a Nepalese pagoda.
In Brisbane, I met pappubahry, and we went to this used book fair. Can I put your picture here, pappubahry?
The only Sujata Massey book I found was The Bride's Kimono, which I already had. So I stood it up like this so it would catch somebody else's eye.
Before Singapore and Brisbane, I took this picture of Cyrus napping on Don's face.
This is a roller skating rink, or skate park, in Dubai's Wafi City mall, in the "Encounter Zone" video arcade area.
Don and I went skating, and tried to take pictures of each other skating. I have flaily arms.
Don putting on false flails.
I couldn't get a good picture of Don skating up and down ramps.
This was weird: Osaka Castle, in Dubai's Zabeel Park!
Seems somebody decided Osaka and Dubai are sister cities.
Earlier in January, I took this picture of the Belgian cafe in Festival City, Dubai.
And here is Business Bay Crossing, taken from the same spot.
Trendy "bed" club at Festival City. The word "bed" looks like a bed.
Yachts at Festival City.
In December, I went to Houston and saw nativeinformant. We went shopping.
And the night before that, nativeinformant and I went out in downtown Houston.
More to come. Poke me if I lag behind. |
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| FUN FLOOR |
[Jan. 13th, 2010|07:33 am] |
This is our kitchen floor at the moment. Obviously, it needs some work. In other words, I need to buy a lot more nail polish. |
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