Dubai at sunrise
Dubai Creek and our seaplane
Our Pilot a native of Fiji
Our ship Mariner of the Seas as seen from 1500'
The "penguin" building (Google it)
The incredible city of Dubai
Truly Amazing
Palm Islands
The World Islands
(where you live if you don't like neighbors)
Our very soft landing
Taxing back to the dock
Because of my aversion to tall buildings I got a chance to
see Dubai from a little different angle, that being from about 2000 feet
overhead. I took a seaplane tour that left from an area called Dubai Creek, not
an American creek by any stretch of the imagination.
To see places like Palm Tree Island, the World Islands and
all of the tall, taller and tallest buildings from this lofty perch was indeed
breathtaking. And the best part was no sweaty palms.
When you look out upon the vast city that continues to grow
by leaps and bounds it is hard to imagine it just a pearling village a hundred
years ago. It is now one of the world’s fastest growing cities. And just for
good measure they have a shopping mall complete with its own ski area.
The Dubai port marks the completion of the second leg of the
voyage, 5,050 nautical miles from Barcelona and 10,506 nautical miles from
Galveston, Texas, all in thirty days. It really doesn’t seem that long at all.
Dubai also marks the start of the last leg of the cruise
that will take us ultimately to Singapore. And with each day the temperature
will increase, hopefully edging our way to Asia at the pace of 18 or 19 knots
will allow for an easy acclimation. Who knows I may have to arrange to have my
fur coat taken out of storage by the time I return to summer in St. Louis.
We will have two sea days before reaching our next stop in
Goa, India on Friday. I will keep you posted of events at sea.
Incredible. Like another world.
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