Jim & Happy : Skiing in Dubai, can you believe it!

It is Thursday evening and Kenny & Lisa's Friday night. Surprising how quickly the week has flown. Tomorrow we will do a barracuda run with them, which is a sly grog run to buy alcohol over the border. I must admit I am a tad nervous, hopefully we won't get pulled over on the way home and put in jail. I'll let you know more after the event.
Apparently all the expats do it. It is acceptable to drink in your own home but not in public places. Alcohol is only sold in restaurants attached to hotels.

On Monday we had a busy day sight seeing. We started the day travelling on the bus & metro which is efficient and cheap. We made our way to Dubai Mall to go up to the world's tallest building 'The Burj Khalifa'. The view was amazing from the 128th floor, thank goodness it was enclosed. My fear of heights wasn't too bad considering. Jim loves to stir me about it as you can imagine.

By the time we had a token look around the mall and I mean token it was huge, shops and more shops. Not much fun when your budget is limited and I'm not a window shopper even at home. After lunch
we were back on the metro and off to the Burjumann to go on an afternoon/evening city bus tour. It was great fun. The driver and guide were young Pakistani's and very entertaining. The bus was double decker with the top level open. The tour was from 4pm to 8pm. The tour ended back at the Dubai Mall watching the fountain show.

Today we went skiing. I know its hard to believe isn't it, skiing in the desert. Dubai prides itself on its tourist attractions, the biggest and best of everything. You have probably all heard of the indoor ski dome. Being the skiers we are we thought we have to have a look and a ski. It was good fun. The ticket was for 2 hours but 10 runs in an hour was enough. There was even a cafe called Avalanche Cafe, in their dreams.