The Corniche

I've been a bit lax with the blog lately, but I've hardly had any time to be honest. Plus of course, the fact that I don't have proper Internet yet hasn't helped. So this series of photos were actually taken a few days ago. We walked to the Corniche. That'll be the last walk I take in Abu Dhabi! Not designed for pedestrians, to say the least. From now on I'll be doing the American thing and taking the car if I'm going any more than about 3 blocks!

When we got there, it was nice. Lots of "local colour", with the dhows and the fishermen making their nets on the quayside.

Here's one of me with some Dhows behind me, and the Abu Dhabi skyline in the background. Kind of shows the contrasts that you find out here.


And here are the local fishermen making their nets.


After taking in the scenery, we found a floating restaurant to eat in. We decided to go native, and just picked the first three local dishes off the menu! I have to say it was actually really good, luckily! Still don't know what we ate though, although they do a great drink of lemon juice with fresh ground mint leaves mixed into it. Much nicer than it sounds, and very refreshing.



Moored next to the restaurant was the dodgiest looking dinghy I have ever seen! Not to sure about that sail's effectiveness either!