We took our sweet time on breakfast that day, and only arrived Dubai at noon. We initially planned to join Jumeirah Mosque tour, hosts by the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding (SMCCU) to learn about Emirati culture and religion in a relaxed, casual and open atmosphere at this landmark mosque. We missed the tour as we must be there by 9.45 am, but we did join another tour, the Heritage Tour, that one comes in the last post for this trip.
We planned to visit Burj Khalifa on the next day. But then, we couldn't found any parking slot in the Deira area, so we proceeded to the Dubai Mall. Among the interesting places to visit in Deira are the Gold Souk, Spice Souk, Al Ahmadiya School and the Heritage village. That's another reason to make a come back! Nu'man implored to visit Kidzania but we were not keen, rather think that Dubai Aquarium was not bad for family activities.
The iconic building of Dubai
The Dubai fountain goes inside the mall
Someone quipped that I'm all red
The spitting fish
Jaga-jaga bang, basah nanti!
Corals are available to be touch
Itsy bitsy spider... climbed up the water spour.. err??
Ok Nemo, today's menu is...
Nice meeting you...
That was really a big stingray!
Say no more to middle east cuisine.. :P
The Dubai Mall was really expensive expansive
We also booked the Dubai Creek Dinner Cruise in the evening, yup! you're right! Dinner on the boat while cruising on the river. Most of our trip will include at least a boat trip, but this time comes with a buffet dinner. There was a Tanoura Dance show that was really electrifying (you'll know what I meant after watching the video below.. :-P). We really enjoyed our moment that night, though the food was a bit out of our expectation.
Electrifying reception desk of the Dubai Creek Dinner Cruise
Thinking of the same idea as what Zarin did in his wrapping up post, I'll do the same for the sake of my own record. This post will be updated from time to time. Some of the trip may have a specific write-up and you may click on the travelling month. Here is the world travel map, courtesy of TripAdvisor. A bit of Statistics: Total countries visited = 22/195 [Last updated : September 2023] Our Travel Map. [Courtesy of TripAdvisor. According to them, we only covered 13% of the Earth at the moment :P .... still long way to go and we didn't show USA map as to when we will be there]
Sarapan pagi kat airport We had been rotating to visit the Southeast Asia country each year and this is the fourth time visit to Indonesia after Bali (2010), Bukittinggi (2012) and Bandung (2014). Looks like we made a return every 2 years, that's interesting! We may need to consider other countries like Brunei, Philippines or Cambodia in the near future. Three hours later, we arrived Lombok International Airport at noon. We were welcomed by Pak Ibrahim's staff shortly after clearing immigration and collecting our luggage. The weather that day was slightly overcast. En route to Teluk Kodek Port, we stopped at Sukarara Weaving Village. By the time we reached there, it was raining heavily. It is a traditional craft of weaving center located in Lombok West Nusa Tenggara. Not much seen as it felt, we had ayam taliwang for lunch at Taliwang Alam Nyaman restaurant, known for its famous local dish. Alpukat Jus (Avocado Juice) is also a must try whenever you vi...
Watch out! It is a zika-free :P trip to the city of light that we had on the 2nd mid-term school holiday, apart from the 'balik kampung' to Ipoh and JB on both week end. My wife managed to secure a stay for 2 nights at the 'Rumah Peranginan Persekutuan' where it supposed to be a big family trip with my siblings. It was a big vacation house, which I believe can cater at least 15-20 people. For some reasons, they had to turn it down. Note: Pictures taken are not in the best quality as I'm still get my hands on the new DSLR camera.. wink.. wink..
We took our sweet time on breakfast that day, and only arrived Dubai at noon. We initially planned to join Jumeirah Mosque tour, hosts by the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding (SMCCU) to learn about Emirati culture and religion in a relaxed, casual and open atmosphere at this landmark mosque. We missed the tour as we must be there by 9.45 am, but we did join another tour, the Heritage Tour, that one comes in the last post for this trip.
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