TIME TO SAY GOODBYE...AGAIN...

BIG CHAIR AT ATLANTIS DUBAI.....


THE TUBE RIDE THAT GOES THROUGH THE SHARK TANK.....


A LITTLE BIT OF ATLANTIS DUBAI FORM THE TOP.THE HOTEL WITH THE WATER PARK.


THE DOLPHIN POOL. CAN TAN AND INTERACT WITH THE DOLPHINS

HANNES COMING DOWN THE "ZIGGURAT" RIDE. IT ALSO GOES THROUGH THE SHARK TANK IN A GLASS TUNNEL AND SPITS YOU OUT IN A POOL..HE DID THIS FOR THE BOYS........


Oh boy it has been 2 fantastic weeks again and I am dreading getting back onto the plane. The time just flew past and so lucky that Hannes has so much time off between shifts as we had such a good "holiday" again.
If you might have noticed I did not evn have time to blog so regurlarly........sorry, hope yo all missed me.
This is so surreal...Hannes has so much time off....we get to do things together , my kids, family and friends are on another continent...I miss them all too. It feels as if I am torn in two....What I really want is not to be so seperatd form all involved.....
I walk in Dubai with all the different smells and cultures (and boy here are so many) and just have to pinch myself to get into the "zone" Shit which zone am I in..........................

We went on a road tip with friends last Friday...It should have been about 150km but in the end we did 600km.. Chris (our friend) was planning driving to Fujaira. This si a coastal town about 160km for Dubai. We took the wrong road out of Dubai and ended in Al Ein......400km from Fujaira... It was so good to see Al Ein as well. It long distances to travel between towns and the road snakes through the desert. The "country side" is dotted with small bushes and nothing else. Reminds me of the Karoo just more sandy..... The roads are fantastic. Strange thing here is you do not see many petrol stations....... So you do not venture out unless your tank is full.
When we got to Al Ein we found a park and had a picnic in the park. In this barren sandy place you will always find a grass area with trees and lants and very well looked after. You can picnic anay where you find a spot. The parks are very clean. No papers and trash lying around. Also very safe to sit in and enjoy.....
We then ventured again to find Fujaira. Chis knew of a place that sells persian carpets and we were trying to find this market. We found it in the end.
The maket is by the road side (sorry no photo's camera battery died....) and is about 1km either side of the road with carpets and fruit and veg and nic nac markets.
I was not interested in the carpets as they came from India and were machine made. Very cheap but not fantastic . I ventured into the fruit and veg......I saw grapefruit the size of a rugby ball..... Bought one and tasted. fantastic. I think that is the same one they put onto tins. Big white flesh and not bitter at all. The vegetables are some the same and familiar and some hell I do not know what they are as thelanguage barrier (again pakistani kaniverstani) in Fujaira at he market is huge..... I tried my usual combo of Afrikaans\English/Zulu\Fanagalo but we stil did not compute... I just bought a few trial runs in the fruit section.
Pomeganite's here e fantastic...No pip inside the tiny red juwels like fruits, soft outer and very easy to eat....just stains hands red...... I will have to do the Nigella number and hit the hell out of the fruit with a wooden spoon.....Just because it looks so good on TV............me the kitchen goddess in my kitchenette the size of 3 small cupboard doors....yeh right........

Hannes and I went to Atlantis for the whle day on Monday.....It is Sun City valley of the waves on red bull and steroids...............HUGE. It was a fantastic day. It is expensive to get in but worth every phill (cents in Dubai). SOLL KEARSNER YOU ROCK...
It is so much like being in Sun City just much bigger and many more tube rides. The "lazy river" is fantastic and has 3 choices. You can go through "Torrents", "Waves" or go to the Ziggarat rides. The Ziggurat is not for me. They are like super tubes BUT you are taken up with a travellator on your tube and then water jets send you on your merry way. I landed in one of them by mistake (there are many of them) I thin it was a weeny" one but al the life guards in the whole water park were woken up immeadiately as I screamed all the way in out and around......................
The torrents and waves are my favourite.......
Hannes did the mean ass (not assorted leon, this one means big) Zigguat for the boys...... I will NEVER go downs that one as I will make the whole of Dubai sit up with my screaming actions....

Today I am having a lazy sun day. his Arabian sun does not tan me much.......I think it has a thick layer of sand or dust protecting us from sunburn..... ow ever I am going to try. Hannes is working a 7/7 shift so will only be home at 19h45 tonight.
Tomorrow is cleaning, ironing and packing day as I have to leave tomorrow night back to sunny SA.... Luckily i will ease nto SA life as Dian and I are going to Phinda for 4 days. He had mid term break and there is no cel coverage in Phinda and also no TV. So he can study between the game drives. His final exams start in 10 days......
Lesson for today:
The united emirates consists of 7 areas.
1. Abu Dhabi
2.Dubai
3. Umm Al Quwain
4. Fujairah
5. Ras All Khaima
6. Sjarjah
7. Ajman

Ok all see and write again in Sunny SA
L