Our first day saw us trawling the malls, but it is very expensive so not too many bargins to be had. The malls are absoluely massive with ice rinks, water falls, aquarium and what ever else.
We went to the outdoor souks at 6pm,but it was still far too hot to be outside ( 45 degrees) so we caught the train back to the hotel mall and had dinner there. The malls are open until 10pm which was quite handy. The jewellery is overwhelming and I thought I might get something but there was too much noise and too many things to look at so I gave up. I think you would have to have a lot of time to bargin and stick to your guns with these people. As we did not have the time I really could not be bothered.It was very hazy, so we did not go to the top of the worlds tallest building or go further afield as you could not see that much, which was a bit of a shame.
The second day dawned as hot as the first and we did a bit more mall surfing but needed tobe back at the hotel for our desert safari. We drove for about an hour out of the city and stopped at some wee shops where the drivers of the vehicles let some air out of the tires before we went intothe dunes. Then it was a mans thing of racing around the dunes sliding all over the place. Not really my type of fun but the men on board had a great time.
Later on we went to a tribe village/enclosure where we had tradition type food bbq and some dancing , camel rides and the henna painting on hands. All and all interesting,but a country of contradictions.
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