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The hotel entrance
Closeup of the front facade
We even made some new friends!
A group we met yesterday in Dubai!
The roundabout fountain by the palace
Niffy!
Enroute along Sultan Bin Zayed Street
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 main front entrance
The right spire
And the matching left!
The views just gets better as you near it
Let head in!
It's a tranquil sea of white here
The view from the entrance
And the main building beckons
Cleaners polish the floor almost every other day
You can almost see your face reflecting from the floors
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
Allowing you to thread each step on the open marble courtyard in pure serenity
Which are also all nicely detailed
The left wing of the courtyard
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!
Floral patterns constantly line the walls of the mosque
Close up of the flower patterns
Ah finally a sun shade! :P
The front main door of the main prayer room
The towers with overlooking balconies
Stepping into the inner areas of the mosque
mmm squeaky clean!
Even the flooring marble patterns are all intricately laid out
The inner walkways with the iconic gold palm pillars
Looks like jeff needs some additional clothing to enter. :P
The holding room before the main prayer room
It already looks reall good in here
View of the roof candelier