Dubai is an ever-developing city. People who work here have to live here and currently, the pace of construction and release of new housing developments is quite frantic. Continue reading
Category Dubai days
Thursday Doors: 27/10/16
Just a little teaser from Doors (and gates) in Dubai….watch out for more in coming weeks! Continue reading
Monday Window: 24/10/16
High rise buildings in Dubai can go up to 163 floors ( Think Burj Khalifa, currently the tallest building in the world, until the next one is built, probably in Dubai) but mainly tend to be around 40 stories. Continue reading
Monday Window: 10/10/16
I’m hungry!
At the counter, windows display the treats on offer. The chicken tikka puff is pretty good. Hmm… Continue reading
Monday Window: 3/10/16
Dubai creek can be crossed by using the “Abra” service. The cost is 1 dirham, (27 cents). A 10-minute ride to cross the creek and so much to look at. Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Fun….
Weekly Photo Challenge: Morning #4
Monday Window: 8/8/16
Windows on my worlds….. Continue reading
Doing Dubai…. Deira Fish market.
The areas of Deira, Naif, Shindaga, Bur Dubai and Dubai Creek make up historical Dubai. Dhows ply the seas from Dubai to Iran, Pakistan and India. This is the hub from where the original sea-faring entrepreneur’s found their trading niche in this region. Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Look up #2
Weekly Photo Challenge: Curve
Modern and old architecture in Dubai features curves. The mosques always have curves in their domed roofs, the contrast of the angular lines of the minarets with the elegant curve of the roof and windows is very pleasing to my eye. The most well known curved buildings are the Burj Al Arab hotel and the Jumeirah Beach hotel, featured below.The header shot is of the Atlantis hotel on the Palm Jumeirah islands, the curved opening in the design makes an iconic feature…. Continue reading
Monday Window: From a window, reflections….
Early morning in May in Dubai, from my window, the rising sun reflects off one building’s windows on the trunk of the artificial islands of Palm Jumeirah. Continue reading
Monday Window: Jumeirah Mosque
Jumeirah mosque was opened in 1979 when Dubai was a much smaller place than it is now. Built in white stone, the architecture is of the medieval Fatimid tradition (909-1171 AD). Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday…..
Monday Windows: All gold in this window….
Traditional 22carat gold jewellery in the Gold souk, Dubai. Bedazzling!
Participating in Ludwig’s Monday Windows challenge… come and join in the fun, find a new window each week..it’s certainly a challenge!
Wordless Wednesday: Sunset in the city…
Monday Window: Traditionally styled windows in Shindaga, Dubai…
Alongside Dubai creek, Al Shindaga is an area that has been renovated and traditionally styled. Continue reading
Monday Windows: Bank window, Dubai creek….
A stylised window and entrance into a bank on Dubai Creek…
Participating in Monday Windows challenge…
Photo 101, Weekend three: Camel racing….
Choosing this option for weekend shots, fitting in perfectly with my weekend jaunt to the camel races!
- Observe and capture an entire scene, but also, zoom in on it. Stick to architecture if you’d like: capture the size of a building, but get close to record its details. Or, choose something different — a farmer’s market, a festival — and take establishing shots as well as smaller moments within the scene.
Camel racing is a traditional sport in the Middle East. This weekend I had the chance to soak up the atmosphere and excitement myself. The event was held at the Al Marmoom camel track on the outskirts of Dubai, races started at 2pm. I arrived just in time to see the build up, crowds and action. Continue reading
Monday Windows: Mysterious windows in old Dubai…
Just outside the Gold Souk in the old part of Dubai, I came across this building on one of the side streets.
What a mysterious and intriguing facade. Continue reading
Monday Window:#5 Dubai high rise windows
Dubai’s new centres are the high-rise city. Home life and office working hours are invariably carried out many floors up. Windows are important in this aerial city, the only link between you and the outside world. Modern buildings here, windows form an important part of the building design. Not so many traditional windows in this city, mostly bland and featureless but somehow complementing the modern architecture. I often photograph the buildings marvelling at the construction and extravagance…
Weekly Photo challenge : Seasons
Thursday Doors: Fishing port, Dubai.
When I spotted this corridor of doors and not having seen any of the “No photography” signs, I spent some time snapping, then, on turning around, a security guard is standing right behind me …politely, “Ma’am, no photos please here”… Oops, profuse apologies, but I wasn’t snapping the super yachts moored behind me, just this lovely view down a corridor of doors ….
Pacing the Palm Jumeirah….
Weekends in Dubai are my time to explore the city. Even though views from my flat are of the Palm Jumeirah (just) and it seems a stone’s through away, getting there is another matter. You really have to plan your journey in this city, no random heading off in “that” direction, the road network is superb, but requires advance planning otherwise you can be many miles from your chosen destination, spoken from experience! Continue reading
Flamingos in the city…
Right in the midst of urban Dubai development is Rhas Al Khor wildlife park.
Full of Flamingos and in sight of the iconic skylines of the high-rise city. Surrounded by highways, the traffic whizzes past this urban sanctuary 24/7. Continue reading
The Dubai Stone
Experiencing the moment
To make it clear, the Dubai stone is not an ancient Rosetta type artefact or a geological feature of this arid area.
It’s not an urban myth either, it’s an unpleasant result of city living and high temperatures and ..ok…I have to be really honest reluctantly, indulgence, availability of temptation and lack of restraint … in my case it has become a reality. Continue reading
Travels in the Middle East and beyond 