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The place is nicely themed -
With a good mix of artifical and ambient light -
Really digging this cavernous central area -
A mix of modern and aquatic feel -
The tower leading up to the overhead tower -
The mall is at most 2 floors high in most areas -
And of course, no marina mall is complete without dolphins! -
On the bus towards the palace! -
The Emirates palace hotel that is! -
Only we can't exaclty go in! -
But the exterior views is all we need. :P -
Closeup of the front facade -
We even made some new friends! -
A group we met yesterday in Dubai! -
Enroute along Sultan Bin Zayed Street -
The roundabout fountain by the palace -
The hotel entrance -
Niffy! -
Houston, seems we hav a problem with the free water bottles -
Passing by several interesting buildings alongside -
really interesting... architecture -
Reaching our highlight of the trip... -
Presenting the biggest Mosque in the UAE -
The Sheikh Zayed Mosque! -
It has a very distinctive pure white look to it -
considering it mostly being constructed out of white marble -
The right spire -
The main front entrance -
Let head in! -
The views just gets better as you near it -
And the matching left! -
It's a tranquil sea of white here -
You can almost see your face reflecting from the floors -
The view from the entrance -
And the main building beckons -
Cleaners polish the floor almost every other day -
Let get some sun! -
In the vast open courtyards -
The place is surrounded by shrill slience -
A considering that it is after all a place of worship -
The left wing of the courtyard -
Allowing you to thread each step on the open marble courtyard in pure serenity -
Looking real good here man! -
The right wing -
It's huge and it's only the world's eighth largest mosque. -
The sea of white reflecting under the sun -
Awesome sights are shaun approved! -
Which are also all nicely detailed -
Floral patterns constantly line the walls of the mosque -
Ah finally a sun shade! :P