19th october

hi,everyone sorry i`ve not been online but by the time iv`e had the chance to check my e,mail it`s bed time because eveyone wants to use the computer lol . anyway we went to Dubai and saw the Burg Al Arab the hotel that looks like a sail, it was very unusual but not so impressive as i thought it would be!!! the beach there was lovely and me, my sister & mum went to paddle our feet the water was like a bath.! we then went to the Atlantis Hotel to have lunch it was on the Palm!!!! we were out on the top bit and we had to go through a tunnel underwater to get to the hotel they had a fantastic aquarium there & we spent a couple hours looking around it .we`ve been to 3 malls already and there are many more to see oh the hardship !!!lol.the shops here are so varied and you can get such variety.so much so i can`t take it all in .i want to buy so many things .you all would love it....tomorrow were meeting jeanne`s friend at the marina then going to the tailor, to have our cloth we bought made into dressess.then on to another Mall to get a watch for Juanita.yesterday we went to the family home and met some of Abduls sisters and their children there were loads of different ones i could`nt remember all their names, but they were very friendly to us.Abdul`s stepmum was lovely.of course my hair was the topic of conversation because i`m so pale compared to everyone else i could feel all eyes on me lol.it was lovely to see a 100%arabic family and how they live .