What do you do when the temperatures are skyrocketing in the city of Dubai with kids in tow - you head straight to Wild Wadi's Water Park to cool off! And that is just what we did. We joined the locals and tourists and splashed our morning away cruising down Wadi's Lazy River and tearing up and down the 11 water slides that make up Wadi's River Rapid Ride.
In Taashi's own words "that was totally awesome!"
If you're in Dubai and are heading to Wadi's to cool off leave yourself a whole day - you'll be glad you did.
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| The girls on Wadi's River Rapid Ride |
In the evening we ventured out into the desert for the Sunset Dune Safari where we raced up and down the dunes (much to the girls horror - although they were in tears of laughter by the end of it and not just tears!)We spotted lots of Oryx which is considered very lucky by the locals and a few gazelle. In the Bedouin Camp we had a delicious Middle Eastern Feast, had our hands painted with Henna, watched belly dancing and rode on camels. This tour is a must do for visitors to Dubai and everyone does it. We ran into quite a few people from our flight from Singapore yesterday.
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| The Sheers Family on Aussie Camels in Dubai's Conservation Park |
With only 2 whole days to see what we could of Dubai we decided to do the City of Merchants Tour as a last minute thing to give Glenn and the girls a feel for the city. We explored mosques, the Dubai Muesum, caught an Abra (local water taxi) across Deira Creek to Deira and visited the Spice and Gold Souqs. Thankfully most of the tour was in an airconditioned coach as temps soared once again into the high 40's. Even the tour guide commented on the heat and congratulated us all on making it to the end saying that we could almost claim to be locals now!
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| Jumeirah Mosque |
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| Abra's on Deira Creek |
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| In the Dunes |
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| Tilly and Taashi at sunset in the Desert |
