This Friday has been very nice. We started our day by taking a cab to the Palms Beach Club (
http://palmsbeachclub.com/Default.aspx?pageId=2&mid=2) and joining their membership. We met four other teachers from our school and spent over two hours in two different pools and sitting by the beach, looking at the arabian gulf and enjoying the sun. It felt like a mexican resort, except for the drinks that are not exactly the same! We plan to use the exercise room, but not today. I get a feeling that we will be there often; it's a perfect getaway after school or on weekends. It really is a resort! Pictures to come next time we go.
We came back home in mid-afternoon and then teamed up with two other teachers from our building and started heading out to the Friday market. On our way, we changed our plans and decided to go to the old souk instead (the old market, close to downtown). There were a lot of fruit and veggie stands, a lot of perfume, and clothing stores where local people could by dishdashas and cutras (the man's long tunic and head cloth) and abayas and hijabs (the woman's black cloak and head scarf). It was really neat to see. There were also little inside courts, with no shops in them. It looked like what we see in the movies. I was expecting to see Indiana Jones, being chased by german soldiers, come whipping around the corner then disappear in one of the small alleys giving on those small courts. More pictures of the souk will be posted in the next few days!
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| Little hard to tell, but the brand is BlackBerry. |
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| Jacqui at the old souk |
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| locals at the souk |
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| So we know where we are (ya, right) |
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| ladies dresses |
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| At the souk. Check what is in the background. Yep, McD |
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| Building in one of those inside courts. Where's Indy? |
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