Day 6 - Dubai - Bus, Souks and Spices

 Well today has been somewhat eventful but where do I start. Boringly it started with washing clothes, a shower and maybe a little boogie to some newly downloaded music whilst the washing machine finished and I uploaded yesterday's blog. I then headed out for taxi hailing time and caught a cab to the Emirates Mall where I picked up the 'Big Bus Tour'. Yes the open top ones you get in London. 

I met a lovely English family from Brighton and their daughter was a travel writer, so I tagged along with them for a few stops, passing the Burj Khalifa which I can tell you is near on impossible to fit into frame at close distance. It joins one of those sites that a photo will never give credit to. After a few stops we arrived for our Dhow cruise. Whilst on the cruise I managed to squeeze myself in a small space up on the top deck! The people either side of me were not impressed but equally they didn't move me ;) My triumph was short lived as being vaguely vertically challenged left me with a view of the wooden pillar and not much else, oopsie.

I then boarded the bus and onto the next stop where there was a free tour of the various Souks, in the spice one I purchased some cashews and camel milk chocolate! For those of you that know me and my aversion to chocolate I think I have found one I actually like! After what seemed like hours we finished and headed for the 'heritage tour' with the same guide, whilst waiting for it to start I got chatting to a nice couple who are, in their words 'totally down with the kids taking selfies' and didn't require a couple photograph. Hilarious! But we talked a lot about my onward travels and the gap year their son has just done :)

The heritage tour was very cultural. I am wondering what effect the years of holidaying with my mum and dad have had. I am going with a positive one it seems I can skim read most things as I seem to have a basic knowledge of it already. Credit where credit is due to my dad I think my brain has listened over the years and better yet retained information!

By about 5.30 though my brain was the consistency of condensed milk full of information, my feet were crying and my back was grumbling like an old man. Time for hail a taxi rush hour style! Getting pretty damn good at this now ;) as you may have guessed writing up to here in the taxi which has seemed to have cured my car sickness, which is a miracle considering the way people drive in Dubai!

So now I am off to dinner......and now I am doing a tour of Dubai in search of a petrol station, but dinner was utterly superb! We opted for all out starters, main and dessert. Calamari and Duck Rolls, followed by yellow Thai curry and chicken with cashews. All of which has got to be the best I have ever tasted but odd as it may sound the carrots in the Thai curry were exquisite, firm between the chop stick but literally melted in your mouth. The dessert was a white chocolate shell with raspberry sorbet, the waiter then poured green tea syrup over it and the shell dissolved! Tasted incredible.

As if this meal could not get better we had a perfect view of the half hourly water fountain show with the Burj Khalifa as a back drop! We saw 5 shows and everyone single one was utterly breathtaking, one of those life moments where you appreciate how lucky you are.

Anyways we have found fuel and are now lost so I will get back to helping Carine find our way back and try and upload this upon my return to Wifi