Today was another day of extreme differences! After a 1/2 of day of touring Dubai's growth over the past 5-6 years, we then spent the rest of the day in what people call 'old Dubai'.
This is the Dubai Creek.
In this video clip, you will see just SOME of the stuff that is being prepared to be sent to India and Pakistan. You will, also, hear the Islamic prayer come over their speaker system. This goes on 5 times a day all over the city.
People use the abras to get on the other side of the creek. It was about 5:30pm and the abras were full of people getting off of work. (fish market, gold souk, spice souk, etc.) This was such a different picture from what we saw going on the newer built areas of Dubai.
As we traveled further down Dubai Creek, we could see how the 'old' is meeting the 'new'. Dhows and abras are parked next to yachts and large beautiful buildings. Dubai has changed so drastically in just a few years!
That tv show I watched talked about nothing going on there---boy, were they wrong! These are unreal pictures---can't wait to hear your story about everything!
ReplyDeleteWent to get my eyes examined at Dr. Netzel's office today and he said Jill teaches with you. Jeff and Lance are the same age (I think) and Clint is a year younger than they are. Nice guy and a great eye doctor! Small world------again!
When do you leave there or are you moving there? If you are we will!