ready to fly ?

Last weekend, there was Dubai International Kite Festival here at sunset beach.
the shows from different teams were amazing, also these huge kites too.

Many people were trying to take pictures, selfies with their favourite kites or just brought their small kites. Enjoying the weather.

You can spot Burj Al Arab far behind.

Burj Al Arab

Taken at this weekend. On the left Dubai's one of first iconic building, Burj Al Arab with 7 stars. On the left part is Jumeirah Beach Hotel.

all together

I like this variety in Dubai.
The same beach, it is a place for running, biking, swimming, sightseeing, wind surfing, or just having a picnic open for everyone.

Burj Al Arab

Pictures from inside of the Burj Al Arab is not much. I wanted to share one picture from the archive.

here we see the entrance of the Burj Al Arab.

burj al arab from souq medinat

I would like to show you another view of Burj Al Arab; from the souq Medinat.

I think the best burj al arab view is from souq medinat. Modern iconic 7 stars hotel will be in the frame with traditional architecture.

Burj Al Arab at night

yes, once more Burj Al Arab..
This time, at night and there is one ghost on the beach...: )

a view from metro

On the left side, famous iconic hotel, Burj Al Arab, or hotel with 7 stars.on the right side it is Jumeirah Beach Hotel,

View from Burj Al Arab

Burj Al Arab is the forth tallest hotel in the world with the 321 m height. However 39% of the total height is made up of non occupiable space. It is located in an artificial island from Jumeirah beach and connected with private bridge.
The picture is taken at the top of the Burj Al Arab before sunset. You can see the hotel's shadow on the marina and partially on the beach.

Burj Al Arab

a picture from my archive, after last weekend it was difficult for me to recover. I could't thing something new for today. So here is a picture from Burj al Arab, iconic 7 stars hotel. Today I am planning to visit Art Dubai and tomorrow, most probably I will share with you something new :)

at the lobby there is a cascade decorative fountain. the small show change continuously.
staying at hotel is expensive and without a reservation noone allowed to enter main garden gate.
If you want to do something there is always an alternative way. We made a reservation for the afternoon tee at the roof, and we spent couple of hours :)

Burj Al Arab

In these days I am sharing picture of places which I already posted earlier.
..with different point of view or different time of the day.

You can see Burj Al Arab in day time from this link. It was my first post in this blog.

From this link you can see another point of view at blue hour.

cotton

Another picture of Burj Al Arab from Jumeirah Beach.

This beach has no access for public transport and only you can enter with your car from one of bus station. you need to be careful with your car, because there is no road and It is so easy to stuck in the sand. : )

Burj Al Arab

Happy New Year

Burj Al Arab from the Madinat Souk.

Burj Al Arab from Madinat Souq

I took this picture from the most popular shooting point at Madinat Souq after Gala showing of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom..

There was an after party and all those bright lights coming from the party area.

I have several pictures of Burj Al Arab from the exactly same point. Even though the bright overexposed part in this picture, i like the light beams over Burj Al Arab, that's why i wanted to post this one.
cheers

Burj Al Arab

When I moved from Istanbul to Dubai because of my work, I was so excited to start a daily photo blog here. 

I was following Eric Tenin's blog about Paris and i wanted to share my first impression about Dubai with daily photo blog. But I was not aware the biggest challenge at that time. I was newbie in the town and no idea about the city plus i had to figure out many things and posting daily was not the easy thing with all. 

After 5 years i am more into Photography, i know the city little bit better and i hope this time i can manage to continue this blog with posting regularly. 

as a starter i want to share Burj Al Arab's picture which was taken from the Jumeirah Beach. 

Today when people hear Dubai's name, there are plenty of iconic images already in the mind. But 5 years back, the world tallest building was still under construction and Burj Al Arab was the icon of Dubai. 

with other way to say "The first hotel in the world with 7 stars" Don't ask how it could be possible when the standard is max 5 stars. Honestly I do not know but this hotel known with this way. 

Burj Al Arab literally means "Tower of Arabs" in English. The height is 321 m and it is the 4th tallest hotel in the world. It stands on artificial island 280 m from Jumeirah Beach and it is connected to the mainland by private bridge. Maybe because of this, it offers quite privacy to their guests. No one allowed to enter the bride if you do not have any reservation.