Showing posts with label Abu Dhabi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abu Dhabi. Show all posts

Sunday, March 29, 2015

Friday, September 19, 2014

UAE Day 34: boxes of books


This morning I went to Abu Dhabi  and picked up all my books. It was hot. And humid. Like a jungle. It took 5 hours to drive there, load the vehicle, and drive to my city, unload, and transfer all the boxes  to closets because the floor was still covered in 6 years of sand, sawdust, and dirt.  

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

UAE Day 4: The Grand Mosque (Shiekh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan Mosque)

This is positively the most beautiful mosque I have ever seen.  It is spotlessly clean and bright.














Every female who enters the interior of the mosque is required to don an abaya (black outter garment, and to cover  their hair.