I WILL SURVIE AS KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS ARE IN DUBAI. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELU DEVINE.....
AGAIN FROM UR FRONT OF UR APPARTMENT BUILDING TOWARDS MARINA. THIS IS THE 4TH BRIDGE GING OVER THE MARINA TOWARDS THE OCEAN. AS YOU CAN SEE THE ROADS ARE BEING FINISHED AND BUILDING SITE (LEFT CORNER)
DUBAIIS ABSOLUUT STARBUCKS HEAVEN. I HAVE ONE LESS THAN 5 MINUTES WALK FROM APPARTMENT TOWARDS THE SEA. EVERY MALL HAS AT LEAST 3 OR 4 STARBCKS...... I AM IN COFFEE HEAVEN - EVEN HAD SOME STARBUCKS BLEND GROUDED TO TAKE HOME FOR OUR OWN COFFEE MACHINE...... I AM SUCH A TART.....HE FOTO BELOW IS OF MY ESPRESSO FRAPACHINO. mOST OF THE ARABS AND EXPATS THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY TO TAKE THIS FOTO. i COULD GIVE A DAMN.. INFRONT IS AN ARAB WEARING HIS "DISH DASH" aLL WHITE LONG SHIRT/DRESS. HAS WHITE LONGPANTS UNDERNEATH. HE IS WEARING A WHITE HEAD COVER WITH BLACK BAND AROUND HIS HEAD. i LIKE THE DISH DASH AN THE MEN LOOK VERY SMART AND CLEAN.....
The flight to Dubai was same old same old. First I had to get past the SAA Burocrasy of too much wieght. I was only 38 kg. Not bad for some one starting to take herself to Dubai permanently hey..... (I was alot worse after 10 days in Bali sommer 69kg.) Well I had to pay evey living kilo over 20kg. I stillthink I was cheated as international is not 20kg allowance I am sure it is 30kg... but I gave my tantrum just to make me fell a little better (infact it made me very moody). Gesi took me to the airport and she made me calmer with a lekker cup of coffee and a chat. I have to say my hand lugguage was about 30kg........ So maybe I got off lightly as the hand luggage was not weighed.
Arrived in Dubai at 05h05. Gees it was so hot already.... Hannes came to the airport to fetch me. He had to come by taxi as our car situation is not sorted out yet. It was so good to see him. We went to the flat and boy oh boy. Nothing prepares you for this.
The whole Dubai is practically a building site of some sort. There are so many high rises that are beautiful and impressive and intimidating, you do not know where to look. In any area there is still more building being erected......
We stay in the Dubai Marina at the opposite end of the first develoments. So we are in the thick of buildings and roads being completed around us. It is not a nice veiuw at all. I can see the Marina waters edge at a glance form the spare bedroom balcony but you have to do some contortions with your body that might be ilegal in some countries...... Any case the flat inside is lovely and very clean and basically furnished. You also do not go utside much now as it is bleddie hot.. So you are inside the flat or inside a taxi or inside a shoppig mall . The weather does cool down some later but now t is very hot.
Hannes was very glad to see me and took the day off to show me some malls ( He is the mall rat at the moment...) We went to Emirates mall first - impressive and miind boggling with all the band stores. After that we went to 3 more malls. Sorry the names now have left my brain space. I was bushed from the flight and all Hannes want to do is buy stuff we still need in the flat. I was like getting sticky toffee off a pavement.....I did not budge and said we need lists of what we need and then buy. he flat is furnished vey basic and very little packing space. No cupboard in the spare room at all..... I do realise we come from too much cupboards to just what is available BUT practically the kids will need packing space. Crazy things like broom, mop, ironing board, shar knivess, clock radio, printer copier fax combo, dish towels ect. ect.ect.......
Today I slept until 10.30. I then sorted through all my clothes, did the washing (dutiful house wifey me...) set up the laptop, cleaned the flat, did the dishes and welcomed Hannes home after work. The washing machine is a machine and tumble dryer all in one. Not a nice number to use, but we will get to know each other son. The micro wave is written in arabic...,.. Holy sh*t you try figure that one out. It is a micro combo number, so now i am taking every setting and trying to see what it does.
Hannes suggested we go and try another mall - Ill buttan or something lie that. Well her the two expat shoppers were again. Shopping for homeware we have 2 of at home already...... We bought a coffee machine and lots of other home stuff (2 trollies full) Then we found a taxi, loaded all in the taxi plus hannes and myself and home we came. That was the easy and nice part. The next issue is...........getting all that stuff out the taxi, into the lift, up 7 floors, out the lift, into the SMALL flat and pack away...... Hannes built shelving for the spare bedroom and 2 bathrooms.
I packs away the kitchenstuff and organised the kitchen a little more. It is very small and can not handle anything out of its place......
Hannes is off tomorrow as it is the religious day here so only malls are open. Hannes is off so we will have a late sleep and then ???????? Maybe lunch with Hanneses new buddies from work.
Oh September is Ramadan. Then no eating or drinking out of respect for the locals outside your house from dusk to dawn. I now walk permanently with a bottle of water as it is so hot...... September will be a learnig curve. Apparently the restaurants are closed or have curtains drawn if open to not adverise the eating or drinking. More on Ramadan when it hits me......
L
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Hi doll, well firstly I am so sorry to hear the news about Pierre. Our thoughts are with you and your family. reading the blog and seeing the photos .... yes you kooi, i was foaming at the mouth seeing that starbucks!! We will have many of those when we get there. Having cocktails this evening for ou sus. Keep well. Only 3 more sleeps for us. Am very excited - case already packed.
Love Cly
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