Friday, September 25, 2009
This is the lovely English family who shared the Safari tour with me. They have just been back to India (along with the brother who took the photo) and finished with a few days in Dubai. They were all lovely and we had a few jokes - the tour guide kept speaking to them in ?pinjab - so they either had to translate for me or I just pretended to know what they were talking about.
It was a really nice way to finish the trip.
And now, home sweet home. My flight is 10am tomorrow and I'll be back in Melbourne 5.30am Saturday.
I'm looking forward to seeing you all.
Love Vicki
dance
... and now the belly dancer. I didn't expect a blonde! I had a nice night, with the entertainment and beautiful food. Lots of vegetables and rice. I didn't go with the meat.
I had another ride on a camel - which didn't want to go - for all of 2 minutes, and most of that was the camel not wanting to go anywhere. I'm glad I had the experience in Egypt.
I also had another henna tattoo done - this time inside my wrist and a lighter brown. ......... when in Rome........
sand dunes safari
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
This is (?) the Jumeriah Mosque which the guide proudly told us is 40 years old. The mosque is very beautiful, but even by Australian standards, that's a blink of an eye. But that's the point, everything is so new here with the place being built from nothing in the last 50-60 years - and most of it a lot more recent than that.
Dubai
Dubai
I think tomorrow afternoon will be by the pool - it's pretty warm here. The hotel is lovely and naturally, air conditioned, so I doubt I will suffer much.
Hopefully I'll have some photos to put up tomorrow.
Goodnight all.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
All is good with me.
Bye for now.
Vicki
Monday, September 21, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
flushing
i thought i would make this my first English post so you can see i am feeling fine and definitely not fading away.
the doctor says i have food poisoning and the symptoms could go on for weeks. as always happens with me, once i know what the issue is, i can deal with it and i feel better - mind over matter.
i had a beautiful dinner at the Quay Cafe (fomerly known as the sticky prawn). you guessed it, grilled fish and salad - but freshly caught, local fish. Delicious.