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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Episode- 6 - A brief tour of Dubai
Jenn and I have been working away at getting our selves organized here in Dubai. This past week all the returning faculty and staff arrived. Many of them were arriving from lots of interesting places. A few younger guys had shipped their jeeps to South Africa and spent the summer driving from Capetown to Kenya.
The school has been buzzing with workers and staff getting the place in order for the 2300 kids to show up on Sunday (the weekend is Friday, Saturday here). I was meeting with students and getting them put into their correct classes. Even with all our hard work in the counseling office, we will still have a long line of students on the first day of school trying to sort out their schedules. Jenn spent the week arranging her classroom and going to opening meetings. Thursday night was the first DAA faculty happy hour in a bar called "Apres" which overlooks the ski slope at SKI DUBAI. huge windows look out at the skiers and from most angles you can't tell it's an INDOOR ski hill. It's pretty incredible. The happy hour was fun and then we headed to party in our apartment building with many returning faculty who were giving us the inside scoop on what to do in dubai.
Here are some pictures from our bus tour of the city and also of jenn's classroom.
The school has been buzzing with workers and staff getting the place in order for the 2300 kids to show up on Sunday (the weekend is Friday, Saturday here). I was meeting with students and getting them put into their correct classes. Even with all our hard work in the counseling office, we will still have a long line of students on the first day of school trying to sort out their schedules. Jenn spent the week arranging her classroom and going to opening meetings. Thursday night was the first DAA faculty happy hour in a bar called "Apres" which overlooks the ski slope at SKI DUBAI. huge windows look out at the skiers and from most angles you can't tell it's an INDOOR ski hill. It's pretty incredible. The happy hour was fun and then we headed to party in our apartment building with many returning faculty who were giving us the inside scoop on what to do in dubai.
Here are some pictures from our bus tour of the city and also of jenn's classroom.
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| Jenn on the beach near the Burj al Arab, which is about 2 miles from our apt. |
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| Where's Waldo? This was a holiday so all the indian and pakastani workers were on the beach. |
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| my first dip in the arabian gulf. nice and warm |
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| us at Atlantis hotel at the end of the man made Palm island |
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| A fort in old town Dubai built around 1860's |
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| loving the aviator glasses. |
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| near the spice souk in old town Dubai. |
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| the street and the Creek. |
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| Old school ships line the Creek. |
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| quick ride across the creek towards the gold souk |
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| Bling. There was about 100 of these stores selling gold. |
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| gold souk |
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| waiting for the fountain show. |
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| my fav shot. This is in Jumeirah Madinat, a shopping center that is kind of Disney esque but has great bars on these canals. Very pretty. This was the end of our day tour of Dubai. |
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| Who's ready for kindergarten. Jenn will have 20 kids from 13 different nations. |
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| love the little tiny couch in the reading corner. |
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| sunsets on the pond near Burj al Khalifa.. the tallest building in the world next to the largest mall in the world. |
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