*Visited Places* : Global Village

*Dubai* : Global Village

Went to Global Village today with Ketan, a classmate of mine from Dubai/India/England. He's a funny character. Very hillarious personality, fun to be with. The place opens at 4p.m and it was in the middle of no man's land. It was about 15-20kms away from Dubai itself. Basically the name speaks for itself. A place filled with areas from different parts of the world. It was amazing. The experience was superb. Loads of shopping to do and from different parts of the world.

*Global Village* : Japan
First stop, Japan. We had a great time starting off with Japan. Not much stuff in here though, and it was quite dissapointing but at least there was Mr. Sumo man to cheer me up with his pose. The architechture of the site was built in a way where it represents the country stated. In Japan site, it was bonsai, bonsai and more bonsai.







*Global Village* : Iran
Iran was kind of fun.We had plenty of stuff to look at. Mostly were items like comforters, blankets and little display souvenir gifts. There were loads of antiques too. The place was amazing. This place has plenty of carpets and also perfumes!! We had a smelling good time in there...






*Global Village* : India
India was pretty interesting. We saw many interesting shops selling clothes, paintings and also there were things like a mini-ferry's wheel which was manually operated by indians. It was strange. It was only for kids though. The kids would sit in the seat and the man would just turn the thing round and round. That was it. It was simply amazing what people would come up with just to earn some income to support their family. This is a picture of the tiny ferry's wheel for kids. It was so strange I just had to take a photo of it. Apparently, according to my friend Ketan, this can be found along side streets in India.

*Visited Places* : Jumeira Open Beach

A Day At Jumeirah Open Beach

Today was a great day spent at the beach. The weather was great, the water was clear as crystal and the sand was pale brown. Went to the beach on an ad-hoc moment, in a conversation the day before with the girls. Two Filipinos at both end, an Italian beside me, and me, in the pink. The sea in the background is crystal blue and the water is freezing!!





Our picnic spot. We rented two beach umbrellas to shade our food from the sun. We were well prepared for the picinc... imagine, bbq-ed chicken wings, fried sausages, bottle of coke, plastic cups, water, tissues, beach towels, chips and not forgetting camera!!









We gotta pose when we see the camera!! Let's not forget the shades!!










Ah....our eye candy on the beach... well, one of them though.











Ah...fruit gelatin...the only thing we forgot was the spoons!!! But we as cabin crews were trained to be very VERY resourceful...we ended up tearing up plastic cups and using them as spoons!!









Last but not least... a standing ovation to us, the only two brave ones to the water!!! the freezing water, that is.

*Visited Places* : Dubai

*Dubai* : Deira

The town area of Dubai is simply fascinating. The amount of people gathered there during the weekend is simply crazy. I was at the heart of Dubai yesterday. Brought a friend to check out the museum. It was a typical brown square structure which was initially used as a fort, a palace and also a prison. Now, it is used as a museum to preserve it's historical sentiments.

*Deira* : The Port
Nearby the museum was a huge area of shoplots. Shops selling items which are way cheaper than what you can get in the malls. The latest camera which usually cost about Dhs 1500/- simply could go down to about Dhs 1100/- or maybe even less if you are really serious about purchasing the item. At the very end of the shops, we found ourselves at the riverbank. It's not just a riverbank. It serves as a port to transport people from one side of the river to another. The view was simply amazing! It was such a busy area that if you are in a group, make sure you don't loose sight of each other. One could easily get lost in the sea of people there. The port was divided into 2 sections, arrivals and departure. Boats would just come, immediately pick up people and then go to the other side. As for the arrivals, the boats would come and let people down and then go off. It was simply fascinating to watch people constantly moving. Not only that, there were plenty of birds!! Fluttering left and right, they were everywhere!



*Deira* : The Shops
There was a shop we stumbled upon at Bur Dubai, it was a tiny shop which was as big as a store room. We had no idea what the shop was selling until after observing the shop for a while, we realised people are buying masala tea and drinking at the curb. We decided to be adventurous, so we bought one cup each. The tea tasted SO good! This is a picture of the shop with the masala tea. A tiny cup of tea costs Dhs 1/-. Basically, masala tea is tea mixed with all sorts of spices with milk. As gross as it may sound, it actually taste quite good. This area in Dubai is filled with Indian traders from the nearby countries. Since it's so filled with Indians, we called it the "Indian Street" of Dubai. Definitely a place to go when one is visiting Dubai.