Construction City!

It is said that 70% of the world's cranes are currently in Dubai. After spending just a couple of days here, I believe it. There's construction everywhere - new highrise apartment buildings, new roads, new train systems, new office buildings - all are under construction. The goal is to turn Dubai into the tourist capital of the world. And all of these construction projects have people working on them around the clock.



I made it down to the beach on Sunday. Most of my pictures didn't turn out because it was so hazy and bright. But I did get one good picture of an interesting sight. This is a private beach for hotel guests, so there are nice cabanas for people to sit in while they are visiting the beach. I had gone out to play in the waves. It was such a windy day that the waves practically knocked me over and I didn't even go out very far. I then walked up and down the beach trying to take pictures. After a bit I went back to my cabana to relax and read. At one point I looked up and saw a couple of people crossing the beach on camels. Now there's a sight you don't see every day. At least my picture of that came out pretty good. The construction off in the distance is where they're building an island in the shape of a map of the world. The twin island is already done. It's in the shape of a palm tree. Yep, it's construction city!

After relaxing for a bit, I got some work done and then met the group for dinner. It was a nice dinner and they even knew how to prepare everything gluten free and brought me gluten free bread to go with my meal. The service here is amazing!