small mosque

I took this picture at Jumeirah 1, at parallel street to the Kite Beach. This is small mosque.
It has different style from what I used to see in Turkey. In Turkish architecture, mosques has more curves like domes, or round minarets. Here it is more straight lines and squares.

decorations are still out there

After National Day, Most of buildings have the decoration. Yesterday I went to Fujariah, I noticed decoration on the mountain as well.
posted for weekend reflection.

flying with birds..

I was planning to post about the world record thing which I mentioned yesterday, But once I opened my computer, I saw this one and changed my mind. I hope you will forgive me. :)

Yesterday there was a boy who is flying with his skate bord, Today I have another flying guy with paramotor. I took this photo last Friday during 5th Dunai International Parachuting Championship. The championship will continue till this weekend.

Before their acrobatic show, I was thinking if I can do it or not. After I saw their show... I can say, I juts scared.
Maybe one day, I can find enough courage to try this. I am sure the view from over there will be awesome.

posted for skywatch friday.

I am flying....

On Tuesday, I went to Jumeriah Open Beach to visit and photographed one of Dubai's recent World Record. I think at the end Dubai will have the record of holding so many world records.

On the way back I saw this ramp. I guess it is installed at the beach for the  National Day celebrations.

This week I heard 3 different world records in Dubai.

First one was Car Parade . After first attempt they achieved a record with 58 brands of car. I learned it from one of my colleagues who stuck in the traffic. Afterwards she learned that there was this parade.

the second one, I heard on the radio, which is tallest building in chocolate. Of course it is a replica of the tallest building, Burj Khalifa. They used 4 tonnes Belgian chocolate. It will be on display next 2 weeks at the airport. If you are planning to visit Dubai in these days, just check for this in Terminal 3. Unfortunately I will not travel next two weeks. I don't think that they will keep this more longer.

the third one; I will tell more about it later with pictures from there. :)

2nd of December National Day

Yesterday (2nd of December) was holiday due to the 43rd anniversary of UAE. 7 Emirates decided to be in a union in 1971.
There were many different activities for National Day, even one week before

I noticed these flags only yesterday morning. I learned that they were on the Kite beach last couple of days.
Many people were trying to take their pictures as a remembrance, Some kids were playing hide and seek in this field. Even some people were just sitting under the shade and enjoying the wind.
In these days, weather is windy. We may have some rain as well, not heavy rain, maybe a few drops. : )
It looks so patriotic at first but I like the Idea how people interact with this exhibit.

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.

Glass cleaner in Dubai Mall

Here we are starting new month and this month's theme is "people in their workplace"

Taken at Dubai Mall, world's biggest mall. I assume also number of employee of this mall has another world record.

you can see other bloggers' contributions on the theme from here.