Last Day : Mall of Emirates

To kill the last day, we spent 4 hours at Mall of Emirates. We wanted to go for ski but Richie was not allowed since he's below 3 years old.
So we just did window shopping.
Overall, Dubai and Abu Dhabi were advanced cities beyond our expectation. They were more advanced than Singapore in terms of technology and modern building construction and architecture.
We were glad to see the past, present and future of their cities.

Oh ya the people there are very warm but what I mean with the people here is not local people, it's foreigners who worked there. Btw, local people is just 10% from populations, the rest is foreigners which from India, Pakistan and Phillipine.
Well, we 'd love to come back again in year 2030 where the Saadiyat Island is completely built

Fourth Day : Adventures Tour (helicopter and desert safari)

This was the most exciting day when we had a chance to see Dubai from above and also "roller coaster" @ Sand Dune where our car was almost toppled...What a lifetime and unforgettable experience!

Third Day : Abu Dhabi city tour

We went to Abu Dhabi the next day and took 1 hour ++ journey by bus. Abu Dhabi city is much more smaller than Dubai even though Abu Dhabi district was the biggest among all emirates.
First stop was Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, it's one of the biggest mosque at Middle East and can fit 40,000 pax. The architecture was the mixture of India, Turkey, Morroco and Arab Style.

The dome shape was adopted from India, the placing of domes was adopted from Turkey, the interior inside the dome was adopted from Morocco and four manarats was Arabic Style.
The ladies must cover their cloth with black robe and scarf. Husband and wife should not hold hand, hug or kiss.

After that, the next stop was Emirate Heritage Place and we passed by Sheikh Khalifa's palace too.
At Emirate Heritage Place we saw the past and present of Abu Dhabi.

The last stop was Saadiyat Island project, this island was under construction so we went to "show island" where the plan was. The island will be filled with luxurius villas, louvre museum, guggenheim museum, etc and it will be ready by 2030

Second Day : Dubai City Tour (on Christmas Day)

Our tour started at 1030 am and we had enough rest at night so we felt very fresh and excited to explore Dubai City. While waiting for our tour, we went to take snap at infinity pool @ our hotel. It's very nice overlooking dubai city though it's not as high as MBS

Then, we went to Dubai creek, dubai museum to see local fisherman house, gold and spice souk, taking water taxi to cross Dubai Creek, and Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world and Dubai Mall.

Christmas Holiday (24 - 29 Dec 2011) at Dubai and Abu Dhabi

We chose Dubai and Abu Dhabi for christmas holiday 'cos all of us haven't seen the cities and the weather was nice to visit them during winter.
We boarded at Changi on afternoon flight and took 7 hours. Richie was a sleep about 3 hours and spent the rest of hours with playing and eating.

We arrived there around 5pm and went straight to hotel for check in...The city was small, it took 20 minutes from airport to city center. We stayed at Millenium hotels, just open 1 week before our arrival
In the night, we had dinner @ Dhow cruise. The dinner started quite late and we all were very hungry, sleepy and tired so we didn't enjoy much on the cruise.

Lebaran 2011

Lebaran holiday this year we didn't go anywhere 'cos we just came back from Semarang, instead oma and opa from Jakarta visited us. So it's pretty crowded again at home hehe...
Well, Richie's behavior improved a little bit too meaning that he's not so spoilt compared with his 1 year old age.
And the good news is we will be having holiday in Middle East during Xmas time.

Supposedly we wanted to go to either Hongkong or Australia on October - November but daddy wanted to go out Singapore during Xmas time so the choice is Middle East Country (Dubai and Abu Dhabi)
It's not so cold or hot during winter time and since oma and opa also haven't been there, we will be going there in big family group hehe..
It's gonna be fun, I guess

Mommy can't wait to go there and experience new things again...