Dubai

Jason and I took our first vacation alone together since June 2006, and it was a vacation amongst vacations. Jason's mother, brother, and sister-in-law watched Jet and; Kimber Elle for the week while we went to the other side of the world. What a humbling, amazing place to see...I think after seeing the wealth that our gas money creates, I'm going to invest in a Vespa!

We've loaded some pictures for you to see, although they don't nearly do the city justice. This is a land of wealth like we've never seen before...fortune...palaces of marble, granite, gold...a land of estimated birth around 3000 BC while the city's estimated birth was around 1977...muslim culture ~ a land of shieks. We got to see Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Outside of the Atlantis Resort on Palm Jumeriah Island.

At a traditional Lebanese Dinner, complete with a belly dancer and a Shisha pipe (aka Hookah Pipe).

In the aquarium tube.


In one of the many shopping malls ~ a wall of water.

The same shopping mall as above (with the wall of water).

Dates and figs are the candy of choice in the region.

Tapestry.

An indoor/outdoor restaurant with a local menu.

Our Hotel.

The air is filled with spices.

It's not if you will hookah, but what kind of hookah...the decorative ones on the left w/ the beading are from Lebanon.

The Burj, the tallest building in the world~ words cannot describe. This was the view from our hotel room. The buildings amonst the Burj are not small...

The Dubai airport.