Dubai 2006 Second Post

I did my best to have a great day yesterday... there was just enough sun for about an hour on the beach. The water of the gulf was warmer than the air, so Isaac and I took the opportunity to get thrown around by waves. The salt burns the skin, and the sand gets everywhere, and the white surf tosses you like a cork and tries to throw you upon the sand and drag you back out to sea at the same time. It's awesome. Here is gratuitous proof:




Then later, we braved the sucking vortex of work, and went into the DMC office to say hi and meet the bosses and some other friends. We took them for lunch at the Lebanese buffet (the first break over 45 minutes they seemed to take in the last 3 weeks) and enjoyed a middle eastern variety of salads, dips, rice and soups.

By afternoon we managed to break free of the office and head with the newly arrived girls to a mall called Ibn Battuta. This place is twice the size of Chinook Centre, and each of a dozen sections is decorated like a different region in the Orient. Check out this snap of... a traditional mosque? nay, a food court.