Our Emirates Adventure
Peter Miller arrived at our door in Mexico at 3:30 am to so kindly drive us to the airport in Guadalajara. Our route took us to Dallas (where we had an 8 hour layover) and so we took a bus downtown to Grapevine to see the Christmas decorations there. We flew to London leaving an hour and a half late due to a broken air conditioner on the plane. Arriving late with a short layover, it took us forever to get through the heightened security and change terminals. It was on the board that our gate was closing and we ran until we could run no longer. Arriving at the gate we were ushered in by 2 attendants and then had a long way (4 blocks) to run onto the plane. So after hours of travel we arrived with swollen feet to be met by Jennifer. It was so interesting to see all the women in their flowing black robes called abayas and head scarves (sheila) and many wearing burqas (face mask) The men all dressed in their white kandouras and head coverings (ghutra) We arranged for car rental and drove to Jennifers' villa where she lives with 2 other female teachers.
At the break of dawn we heard beautiful voices. ( the call to prayer) It is called 5 times a day from the Mosque.
We were up by noon and after brunch we headed to the mall to pick up our bbq supplies for the Carols in the desert event. It was lots of fun to sing amongst the candles, lights, and fires in the sand dunes. We listened to more carols at home in the living room.
Jennifers' day off we drove to the centre of Abu Dhabi, walked along the corniche, (along the gulf) and visited the Emirates Heritage Village. We sampled Lugemat, dough balls covered in date syrup and some pancakes.
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| Jen on her way to work |
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| Jen and Roger along the corniche |
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| Skyline |
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| Unique sail of this type seen here |
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| Heritage Village making Lugemat |
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