visual of dubai!

Vale.. the photos i promised u guys!! Some of the pictures i took when i was in dubai.. Some of them arent too clear because someone else took the photos.. my canon ixus is too old already.. perhaps it needs a change.. *chucke*


This is the mosque near Uncle Husam´s place.. very modern design for a mosque.. unique in its own way, not stuck to the traditional design.. revolutionary.. i like¬ hehe.

this is the inside of the mosque.. not bad eh.. one of the things i like about dubai.. its growing at at amazing pace.. just imagine, 20 years ago, it was all just desert.. now, hundreds of sky scrapers, flyovers all above, MRTs/LRTs, gigantic malls, luxurious homes.. but amidst it all, masyaAllah, you can still hear the sound of the Azan in the malls, the mosques are as modern as all other worldly buildings, god is not forgotten.. alhamdulillah.

Here´s Ahmed, Uncle Husam´s son, with a falcon, during the desert safari..

aziza, my sister..

Sumaiya, Ahmed´s oldest sister..

This was in the car during the desert safari.. see ahmed in the back? hehe.

My parents, uncle husam, aunty sabra and siham were in this car.. you could practically hear aunty sabra screaming.. my mum was screaming as well at first, but she got quiet when aunty sabra started.. i think they all got deaf from that.. haah

aunty sabra and siham when they got out of the car..

Here´s the desert.. it was actually quite different from what i imagined it to be.. but probably because it was winter.. it wasnt quite hot.. it was quite nice, to be honest. the weather i mean. and the sand was very fine, it didnt even stick to my jeans..

the cars parked during one of our stops. there were about 10 cars altogether in a convoy..

heres salwa, the one in between ahmed and sumaiya (what a description.. hehe), eyeing the falcon.. haha.

guess who got the coolest picture with the falcon? hehe

when the convoy was driving.. it was really beautiful.. when you see, you can only say.. "que bonito..." it was breath taking..

the sun setting..

one of the pictures i meant when i said blur.. if you can see, thats me pulling ahmed down one of the dunes.. haha. it was fun!

here´s everyone.. i think.. let me count.. uncle husam, ahmed, aunty sabra, my mum, sumaiya, salwa, siham, aisha, aziza, me, my dad.. yeap.. thats everyone.. pity it turned out blur as well..

another one of me pulling ahmed.. you would think that the 2nd shot would be a clearer one.. =(

we´re on the camel.. haha. my legs really are long..

*chuckle* ahmed was reciting the kalimah syahadah when he was on the camel behind me.. hehe

they were just waiting for us riding on the APVs..

someone leaning over the chair like that, in sand so fine, u can just imagine whats going to happen..

did u imagine the right thing? haha.

when he fell, the first thing my mum did was to shout for Sumaiya to take a picture.. She even stopped Uncle Husam from helping my dad get up before the picture.. hehe. Uncle Husam said later on, he thought the camel was behind my dad, because all he said when he fell was "ah... ah.. ah.." lol

*covering up* "you camel! sneaked up on me like that!" hehe

when we got home.. just making sure the house doesnt turn into a desert.. ;)

a view in one of the malls.. i think this was Festival City, if im not mistaken..

During Eid.. I did the takbir.. Malaysian style.. rindunya di hati, beraya di kampung, merayakan keagungan Illahi, kebesaran yang Maha Esa.. then uncle husam started the read the doa.. the whole moment was very touching.. i think for a moment there, there was a bit of a drizzle in the desert..

Then the festivities! Dancing to some malay and arab music.. hehe

We had barbeque that night.. sooooo much food!

Juana grilling the chicken.. it started off with aunty sabra.. then salwa.. then when the first round of food was done, noone wanted to be stuck by the grill.. aha

just us..

and us.. hehe.

Well, i guess thats it.. next post.. Seville.. =D