So today was our first full day in Abu Dhabi. We were with Mom and Dad all day and Alex most of the day. We started by going to the grand Zayed mosque. It was both huge and intricate. There were many and varied floral motifs. Mom and Trapper had to get traditional Arab garb. I think everyone quite liked it. We then went and walked around the Emirates palace hotel. It was huge and made of red stone. It was very reminiscent of what I imagine India to be. We al...

Yesterday we left Dubai sand took in Al Ain as a detour on our way to Abu Dhabi. We went to the unesco world heritage which is the Al Ain palace. Al Ain is a desert a oasis. The palace had many rooms but was really not that amazing when compared to a the title of palace. We then continued on to Abu Dhabi. We met up with Alex for the Ramadan primer through nyu and for a private campus tour with him. We then went back to the hotel checked in then arranged to me...

I’m again a couple days behind on my blogging. But the day before yesterday we took in the Sharjah art museum which focused on Arab art. It was alright. Next we went to the museum of Islamic civilization in Sharjah. It was very good and had a section on religion including a cloth that covered the main point of worship in Mecca. It also explained the a great deal about Islam. After that we went back to the apartment for an afternoon siesta. In the evening ...

Upon arrival in Dubai we were both exhausted but we managed to get the phone, car and groceries sorted out without any real problems. Though it meant we did not get to bed until slightly after mid night. We got up this morning around 7 cooked breakfast. I had lamb bought from grocery store. We got underway before 9. We drove up to bur Dubai, the old town. We went through the Dubai museum a Fort al faridi. After the hour there I already felt like my skin was b...

So my blogging website refuses to recognize Canada as a place to be so this is the Toronto post. We arrived in Toronto without too much issues, checked our carry on bags at the left luggage facility at the airport. We made it to the aquarium. I loved the jelly fish. Pammie was more into the miniature cuddle fish that sometimes kind of walked along the bottom of like elephants. We both quite enjoyed it. The size of the fish on some of the bigger tanks were inc...