After the birds we drove for an hour and a half north out of Dubai and through some of the smaller Emirates, to the Wadi Bih. This is a dry watercourse (for most of the time) but obviously sees torrents of water when heavy rains fall in the mountains. We found a shady thorn tree where we set up the folding chairs and got stuck in to our sandwiches and ginger beer. There were intersting rocks and birds to look at as well as a few fossils.
Next on the agenda was the Dubail Mall for a return visit to the Aquarium, an ice cream and to pick up our tickets for a trip to the observation platform on the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest freestanding building. THe aquarium was especially good as a couple of frogmen appeared and started feeding some of the fish which provoked a stampede (or whatever the fish equivalent is). The ice creams were pretty good too, as was the fountain display outside the mall, even if the music was Celene Dion.
The trip up the tower took quite a while, as everybody else seemed to be in the mood to dawdle. When we got up to the viewing deck it was quite crowded and the view seemed surprisingly limited. It didn't stretch as far as the Marina area and the main visible features were motorway intersections and a few brightly lit buildings. There was a much longer queue to get down than there had been to get up but eventually it was our turn to descend.
Meeting the Jordans at the bottom we headed home via the shwarma shop where we picked up supper. Shelagh made the mistake of asking to see our Indian photos. After two and a half hours we had got to the end of week two and nobody could stay awake any longer.
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