So last I wrote, I was about to finally go see something OTHER than the Masdar offices and the Yas Hotel. Thanks to Alisha's good pal (and my new favorite person) Hanan, a 20 year veteran of Abu Dhabi, we had the chance to drive into A.D. on Friday night to see the Corniche, the Emirate Palace and massive skyscrapers and the ridiculousllllly bad traffic. Happily though, the drive ended at a yacht club where the M.O. for the night was "sit on outdoor couch with friends, smoke some sheesha (its only tobacco and I didn't inhale Mom), and basically - relax. No complaints here.
The Emirate Palace: - yup, they service GOLD sprinkled strawberries here. No joke.
Last night, Rasika, Darren and headed back into A.D. for a bite to eat and some more siteseeing. Highlights included:
- dining underneath the world's second tallest flagpole (it was THE tallest until neighboring Jordan stole the crown recently).
- sitting on the waterfront drinking fresh squeeze lemon/mint juice (my new favorite drink)
- jetskiers just a splash away, many of which are ridiculous. (that's me on the left, in the blue stripes) Neon lights on a jetski? Come on, do you REALLY not have something better to spend money on?
So for the sake of brevity (actually, sleep) I'm going to cut this post short. But long story short, I finally made it off Yas Island!
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