Day 102 Tues April 25, 2023 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1:00 - OVERNIGHT Free shuttles to shopper paradise. (Marcato, Al Ghurair City, Dubai Outlet Mall and Burjaman is closest to Metro Station). Low import duties. No taxation. Mall of the Emirates has a ski slope. Dubai Mall walk through aquarium, huge waterfalls, ice skating rink, magic fountains in front of the Burj Khalifa. Old Dubai is best viewed at the Creek. Shopping 9-1:00 and 4-9:00
Around the World Special Event - Vintage Evening at Al Maha Desert Dune
We went to the Arabian desert to experience an authentic Bedouin evening with live Arabic performances. The Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve was our destination. Our adventure at the Reserve began with a brief ride from the gate to the Sun Downer site. We watched a falcon show and then we were transferred to another site. A customary Arabic Bakhoor welcome with an Al Ayyala dance followed. A buffet was catered by the five-star Al Maha Luxury Resort and spa. We enjoyed a traditional show of Tanoura dancing, live music of Oud and Tabla players and also henna artists.
Tanoura means skirt in English and Tanoura dance is a kind of folkloric dance that is very common in Islamic countries, especially Egypt and Turkey. it is usually performed by Sufi men for the Sufi music, who spin continuously. It's also one of the highlights of Dubai desert safari trips.
Sunset in the desert.
Animals on the way to the desert.
Karen, a Bridge player
Mal/Johnny Walker and his daughter Jules
Ray, the cruise director
Ilya from Croatia, a dancer with the Entertainment team
Falconry is very popular in UAE
Doris and Louie are on my trivia team
Don and Mary live near Wilmington
Jo Ann from California is over ninety years old. She is an amazing woman. After completing a degree in psychotherapy at age sixty, she worked in that profession.
David and (Becky offered a book club about Japanese culture.)
Claudia from Huntsville, Alabama and Lori from Georgia are sisters.
Two doctors from Texas, Victor and Michele.
Kathy and David from Southport, North Carolina
The Sunset
One of the Bridge learners, Kora and his wife.
Al-Ayyala is a popular and expressive cultural performance practiced in north-western Oman and throughout the United Arab Emirates. Al-Ayyala involves chanted poetry, drum music and dance. Live music of Oud and Tabla players Sunset in the desert
Bill and Sherry above and Miles and Elizabeth below. There are twelve of us that were on the Viking World Cruise in 2017/2018. We liked this itinerary because if was mostly new ports.
The site of the falcon demonstration and the sunset. Below is Linda and Craig from my Trivia Team.
Dave and Judy from my Trivia Team
Barbara and her husband, Fred - lawyers from California
Ruth (above) and Pat (below) are fellow Around the World solo travelers. There are a different amount of solo travelers on each leg. The high number was the leg around Africa, forty-four. This leg, there are twenty-four.
Pat is over 80 years old and she is a bundle of energy.
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