Souk Madinat Jumeirah

I think all the travelling caught up on me today as I was wrecked all day. Woke up at about 8.30 and dragged myself out of my tent. After a leisurely breakfast, we put the tents away (why don’t they fold up as small as they were yesterday and fit back into the same bags?), packed up the cars and eventually were ready to head back to Dubai. After a small detour ‘cos we got lost we basically headed straight back to the flat, were I fell asleep on the couch for a couple of hours.

In the evening we went for dinner in an Indian restaurant in Souk Madinat Jumeirah, an Arabian style market selling lots of souvenirs, textiles, and gold. Dinner was lovely even if waiter was a bit pushy.There are fabulous views of the Burj Al Arab, one of the worlds most famous hotels and an icon of Dubai, from here so afterwards we wandered round and I got my mini-tripod out to practice my night photography skills. I got some good photos but some of them were blurred which I put down to not having enough light. Imagine my disappointment when I discovered the lens was accidentally on manual focus, hence explaining the blurring! Ah well, it just means I’ll have to go back to take them again.