UAE Page Album
The Museum of Sheikh Zayed the
founder of modern day Abu Dabai
contains many of his trophys.
Abu Dhabi
The Sheikh Zayad Grand
Mosque is probably the
highlight of Abu Dhabi.
Heritage Village is a tourists "Souk"
or shop.  It is a traditional
marketplace as it was years ago.
Many of the buildings are
replicas of famous buildings
in other countries.  This
resembles Atlantis in the
Bahamas.
Dubai
The United Arab Emirates is comprised of 7 entities called Emirates.  
They have 9.2 million people of which 1.4 million are Emirati citizens
and 7.8 million are Expatriates.  The Expatriates or immigrants are not
allowed citizenship.  Virtually all of the Emirati citizens are Muslim.
The architecture is spectacular
in Dubai.
View of Dubai from the worlds
tallest building--the Burj Khalif.
Dubai has many beautiful
beaches--this is Sunset Beach.
Dubai is tropical hot but still
has a ski resort--indoors.
The area around the 2 cities had a haze around it caused by sand
dust thrown into the air by sand storms.  Left:  Abu Dhabi cruise
terminal is 4 miles from the downtown center.  Right: The Dubai
cruise terminal is 5 miles from the Burj Khalif building.