Today we visited the old Souks in Dubai. They are a huge area of outdoor markets where everything is sold from gold, spices, and fashion to perfumes. Everything was unique and exotic including fragrant Arabic perfume, and fine saffron. There was more shinny gold then I had ever seen before.
Walking through the market we experienced our first call to prayer beaming from the nearby mosque. There was lot of haggling in the market, and we were approach by several people interesting in selling their product.
Next was our departure to Atlantis for new years eve. You could feel the excitement in the group to spend new years eve at such a storied resort. Dressed to the nines we departed for the outer ring of the palm tree shaped island. We entered the resort taking about 100 pictures of the jaw dropping architecture of the resort along the plethora of ridiculously expensive cars in the area. We dined at the Saffron restaurant - where their buffet included lobster, oysters, Arabic foods, dates, Indian foods, and much much more. It was probably one of the largest and exotic buffets I have ever seen, and it included a giant 2013 ice sculpture.
Around 11:45pm we were escorted campaign in hand to the beach, and were floored at the amazing fireworks display over the water and the entire Dubai skyline. Fireworks shot off of the Burj Al Arab in the distance and it seemed as if fireworks were coming out of the whole skyline.
This was surely a new years to remember.
Walking through the market we experienced our first call to prayer beaming from the nearby mosque. There was lot of haggling in the market, and we were approach by several people interesting in selling their product.
Next was our departure to Atlantis for new years eve. You could feel the excitement in the group to spend new years eve at such a storied resort. Dressed to the nines we departed for the outer ring of the palm tree shaped island. We entered the resort taking about 100 pictures of the jaw dropping architecture of the resort along the plethora of ridiculously expensive cars in the area. We dined at the Saffron restaurant - where their buffet included lobster, oysters, Arabic foods, dates, Indian foods, and much much more. It was probably one of the largest and exotic buffets I have ever seen, and it included a giant 2013 ice sculpture.
Around 11:45pm we were escorted campaign in hand to the beach, and were floored at the amazing fireworks display over the water and the entire Dubai skyline. Fireworks shot off of the Burj Al Arab in the distance and it seemed as if fireworks were coming out of the whole skyline.
This was surely a new years to remember.
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