sunset at Dubai Marina

While I was quite, I had to arrange many things.
I moved out from my apartment, sold some furnitures and now I am settle in hotel apartment for couple of weeks. This is the view from the hotel. Again it is Marina but more slightly different from my regular angle from home :)

After 6.5 years in Dubai, it will be hard to leave from this city and friends but I decided to stop working for a while and travel. :)
I am going back to my home country, Turkey and start to travel from nearby cities first.

Slowly I hope to extend my travel to other countries. Cuba in November is already planned, I hope others will follow after Cuba visit.

I am leaving the country at the end of the June. I hope I could have more posts about Dubai. While I was struggle to post regularly, I admire Erik once again. How he handled blogging and moving was impressive.

There are many stuff out here in Dubai waiting to be photographed. I am glad that I photographed some of them and shared a bit of this city with you. Even it is not enough, some is always better than nothing. :)

Rain in Dubai

Last two days, I was fighting with cold,  and sneezing a lot. I recover with spending whole weekend while sleeping.
Today, while driving to the office,  I was thinking what can I post for today.
The sky was dull,  the humid was high. I would say its gonna rain If wouldn't be in Dubai.
After all those years, there is still a chance to get surprised by the weather in Dubai. 
At lunch break I was looking table to sit outside thinking it will be warm but still I want to sit outside as much as I can. And here the surprise,  there was rain. 😀not rain like a rain but still table and chairs were get raindrops.
I had to take my lunch to the office. Here we have the view from our office pantry with clouds. The windows can not be opened because of the security reasons , only it give 10 cm gap. While I was holding my mobile in that gap the picture comes out tilted. I didn't want to correct it. 😀

ghost of traffic

old post from my archive. I was trying to catch car's light in ghost effect. When I see it today, I like the effect of the red lights.
This is one of four bridges between Dubai Marina and JBR

typical Dubai

the sand storm is over, but strong wind is still here with us in Dubai.

With this strong wind, we have now clear view.
Also the temperature has dropped dramatically .
one week back the temperature was around 35 deg C. Now we see 18 - 20 deg C evening time.

spot the bird

Yesterday evening the sunset was really good. I really like the weather in winter time. We have fog early in the morning but afterwards most of the time we have clear view unlike summer time.

Posted for Skywatch Friday.

Marina

Most of my Marina pictures from other side of the complex. Here we have a view from the sea side.

watch the sky

another post from 5th Dubai International Parachuting Championship.

Posted for Skywatch Friday.

Dubai International Parachuting Championship

Last Saturday I went to Skydive Dubai Area to watch air show and DIPC 5 competitions. Due to the strong wind, most of jumps were cancelled. We were lucky to see small part of the show.

Every year DIPC starts just before the National Day. I believe it is considered as one of event of Celebrations.
Today 2nd of December is the 43rd anniversary of the UAE. There will be many fireworks and other activities. I will try to catch some shows from the celebration.

reflection of Dubai Marina

posted for weekend reflection theme.
You can see other reflections from this link.

panorama from Dubai Marina

Last week, I had a small walk at lunch break. after quick sandwich I had a chance to take some pictures for this panorama.

I merged 7 pictures here with Microsoft ICE panorama maker.

it is free programme and really working well.

the twisted building is almost finished. Not completed yet but some floors are opened for accommodation.

marina at night

Finally I am back in Dubai now.

While I was arranging posts during leave, I didn't consider the day I return I would not have any chance to open my computer. so this is another lesson for the future.. i missed yesterday's post and catch today's one at last minute..

this is a view from one restaurant called Observatory on 52nd floor of one of hotels in Marina area. I like the view from here. i think it is a good place to have "welcome to Dubai" dinner or farewell dinners.. we were at farewell dinner for one of our colleagues at that time. another picture from archive. I hope starting this weekend, i will have a chance to take new pictures from Dubai..

bokeh from Marina

picture from archive.. taken at Marina.

Hazy Dubai

In these days, weather is hazy. It is typical in summer. The sky looks grey and the view is not clear.

I took this picture yesterday at sunset. I don't like taking pictures in this type of weather..

view from The Greens to JLT (left part of buildings) and Dubai Marina (right part of buildings)

Marina at night

Taken from the Palm Island.

sunset @ Dubai Marina

Yesterday the sunset was so beautiful. Silhouette buildings are part of Dubai Marina area. Mainly residential high rise buildings. This area also called new Dubai.

a walk at Marina Walk

Today after work, we decided to go Marina Walk to have dinner and have a cafe afterwards with one of my colleagues. After we finished our foods, I catched this shot.

There are several highrise buildings along man-made Marina and lagoon. There are also many restaurants and cafes. The area is closed for traffic. It is good for jogging or walking around just to enjoy stay outdoor during nice winter time in Dubai.