Dubai Day Two - New Years Eve

Day two in Dubai - we took the city bus tour - one bus takes you around the old sites of Dubai and the other takes you round the modern Dubai. It was a really long day but a good way to see the sites - you can hop on and off the bus all day.

This was taken the night before in the Mina A'Salam Hotel.

Enjoying my cocktails the night before

The Burj Dubai - tallest building in the world.

The Dubai Aquarium - inside the Dubai Mall

Inside Ski Dubai

Huge lolly shop in Dubai Mall

Our bus

Wafi Mall

Dubai Creek

Inside one of the spice shops

The Traditional Souq

Local Dress

Burj Dubai

Jumeirah Beach Hotel

Burj Al Arab - seven star hotel

The Jumeirah Mosque - the only mosque in dubai (of which there are 500) that non-muslims are allowed inside.

Heading out for New Years Eve - we went to the Irish Village

Kellie and Chris

Karen and Jo

Our feet at the end of the night - the result of dancing in bare feet all night.

Dubai Day One (December 30, 2009)

We decided to have girls weekend in Dubai for New Years Eve - and what a blast we had.

On board Saudia

Chris and Teri

Duty Free Dubai - it was quite amazing to see the amount of alcohol these guys were buying

Muslim religion forbids alcohol

Burj Dubai - the tallest building in the world

A piece of artwork in our apartment that I wanted to "borrow"

Our first "drink" in Dubai - Wheatgrass!!!!!

Christmas in Dubai

Close enough to Santa

Dubai Ski - it was not as big as we imagined.

Interesting shops to put together

The entrance up to the hotel Mina A'Salam

The Burj Al Arab Hotel

Smokin Shisha (hubbly bubbly) - it was mint/grape flavour - really nice

Cocktails and Shisha

Lovin it!!!

Cocktails and beer

Double Shisha

The Shisha Pipe

Our expert Shisha Man

We had fun trying not to choke on the smoke - being non smokers.

Only in Saudi

Christmas Dinner 21st December 2009

Tonight a group of us went out to celebrate christmas . We all arrived in Riyadh at the same time hence have become good friends. We went to one of the compounds for traditional christmas dinner.

Me looking like I have had a few too many already - have not even walked in the door yet!!!! (Its a look of anticipation for the end of the night)

Teri

Maria and I soaking up the home brew!!!

Family Portrait time.

Teri and Santa

Santa and I

Maria, Teri, Santa and I

Maria, Teri, Santa and I

We really love Santa

Somehow I don't think these two belong together.

Maria

Infidel in her abaya and red shoes

Teri

Maria and I - girls of Riyadh