London > Dubai

2013/11/18 | Travel

_AUS4417sonnyphotosand wake up to a look out of the Mountain ranges of southern Iran, Zagros mountains I believe ( correct me if I’m wrong ) _AUS4419sonnyphotosAnd Iranian Kish Island, part of their early warning missile defense system ( set up by the americans pre revolution ) and now, apparently one of the tourist places for Iranians to go to  _AUS4421sonnyphotosslowly descending for approach to landing _AUS4423sonnyphotos _AUS4426sonnyphotosbe a few of these around here I bet _AUS4428sonnyphotos _AUS4430sonnyphotosDubai, and it’s expanding port _AUS4432sonnyphotosalways seems to be hazy in Dubai ( even when I lived here for a few months ) _AUS4435sonnyphotosconstruction on a new Island _AUS4437sonnyphotosDitto _AUS4439sonnyphotosZoom out _AUS4440sonnyphotoswondering if this will be residential or business  _AUS4443sonnyphotoswhatever it will be, it’s yet another mammoth project _AUS4444sonnyphotosthe older part of town with the new in the background _AUS4448sonnyphotosWhere it all started on the banks of the river with the spice markets and souks _AUS4450sonnyphotosFirst I thought this was some sprawling private residence, but it is the Al Mamzar beach park _AUS4451sonnyphotosnew construction on Al Mamzar lagoon _AUS4452sonnyphotosAl Khan and Al Mamzar lgoons _AUS4454sonnyphotosanother palatial building, this the Sharjah chamber of commerce _AUS4455sonnyphotosDubai CBD in the distance _AUS4456sonnyphotosAl Nadha pond _AUS4458sonnyphotosDubai airport _AUS4459sonnyphotostraffic jams, can’t escape them 🙂 _AUS4464sonnyphotosAgriculture further inland _AUS4466sonnyphotoslanded _AUS4469sonnyphotos🙂 _AUS4471sonnyphotosMorning stretch

Late night departure from London, go straight to sleep on board ( even though Jimmy, Belgium Qantas crew, is on board, but just dead tired ) and wake up about 40 minutes out from Dubai

Sonny Vandevelde

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