We slept in a little today as we did not have any tour
scheduled. After eating, we took a taxi
to the third and final section of the city, the old town area.
Our taxi driver dropped us off at the wrong spot (probably
not his fault, but my bad directions) but since it was noon, we proceeded onto
the place we had picked out for lunch.
This was a famous place called Al Ustad Special Kabab. The owner had come to Dubai 80 years ago from
Iran when there were only 5,000 people in town and opened up this restraurant. His speiality is chicken or mutton cooked
over an open grill on skewers. His “secret”
is that he marinades the meat in a special yougart before cooking them. We found out about this restraurant from the
Andrew Zimmer food show. We ordered a
plate of chicken and a plate of mutton skewers and wow, were they really
good. We were the only tourists in the
restraurant.
After eating, we headed for the river water front and
accidently found the market that we had been looking for before lunch. The market was fun and we didn’t buy
anything.
Then we had to cross the river to go to the markets on the
other side. At this point in the river,
the only way to get across is by a boat they call a Dubai Abras. These boats are small motorized very old
wooden boats and they only cost the equivalent of 27 cents for the ride. They call it the Dubai Creek, but it is more like a river than a creek.
Once on the other side, we went to the Textile Market, the
Spice Market and the Gold Market. These
are huge areas and we spent the rest of the afternoon shopping. They expect you to haggle and everything we
bought we paid ½ of what they originally asked.
It was fun haggling.
When we took the boat back over the Dubai Creek, we hired to
boat to take us on a 1 hour trip down and back on the river for only $29. It was a fun trip on this old rickety boat
driven by a young kid from Pakistan – what fun.
By the time we arrived back at the hotel, the lounge had
food out so we ate for free there and did not go out anymore. We just went back to our room and packed as
we are to be picked up to go the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
tomorrow morning at 8:00pm and then board the Celebrity Constellation at 3:30pm.
Night from Dubai.
Crossing the Dubai Creek
The Gold Market in Dubai
On a Abra boat ride on Dubai Creek
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| Lunch |
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| Lunch |
Lunch
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The boat take us to the other side
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| On the boat |
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| A new friend - Barb bought his scarves!! |
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| In the Spice Market |
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| Another Market |
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| Are own boat ride |
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| The motor on the boat |
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The boat driver
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Our hotel, we are on the 21st floor.
Look at the "twisted" building to the left.
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