We again started our day at 330. This time we were going on a hot air balloon ride over Luxor and the valley of the kings. It was an hour long flight and it was getting hot towards the end of it. I liked it and enjoyed thinking about how the first people to fly like this would have felt like and how basic this concept of flight was. Pamela loved every minute of it. I may not have looked like it being tired and hungry but I liked it too. I got some great pictures...

Today started stupid early after an hour or two of sleep we headed to the airport around 215. We then dropped off the rental car and headed to arrivals. It was a bit of a show moving through all the various steps but we arrived at our gate about an hour early. I dozed but did not really sleep. It was a painful flight due to exhaustion. St one point I looked over at Trapper and I felt so made for booking the flights. She just looked so tired and red eyed and als...

Our last day in Abu Dhabi. In the morning we took Mom and Dad back to heritage village and we went out for a walk on yas island. In the afternoon we napped. Then we went to Alex’s graduation festivities. Supper was served before hand and we took lots of photos. Unfortunately, I did not take many photos on this phone. The graduation ceremony did not start until 845 pm. After iftar. It was not as boring as I expected. John Kerry was the guest speaker. I was sup...

Today We ditched the fam jam for the daylight hours. We went to heritage village which has a bunch of recreations of how people used to live in Abu Dhabi. It also had a small free museum that had all kind of artifacts. We found some cool old fashion shops that we bought some hand blown glass at. We then went to a locals mall we found a purple Jalaba for Pamela. I envision myself coming down stairs next winter to find a little purple Druid sitting in my living ro...

So we have started the day with a trip to the ethiad tower. It was way more relaxed than the burj Khalifa. We walked around the outside taking pictures. We then sat in some super comfy chairs looking out for a while. It was very nice. After that we just basically stopped at a mall and super market got some food came back to the apartment and cooked it up in secret for lunch as your not allowed to eat in public for Ramadan. Who knows what if anything we will do t...