« 2009
2011 »
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
All
Looking out through the main doors into the courtyard
lets head into the main prayer room
Oh wow!
The sights just gets better with each turn!
The place is nicely carpeted
and has space for a total of 40,000 devotees
The central candelier viewed directly from below
The main prayer stand
Few of the nicely decorated pillars within the hall
between each pillar structure sits a rather neat looking stained glass flower
view of the central area from the sides
making our humble exit from the halls
Couldn't get enough of perfection?
feast your eyes on these!
The mosque also spots 82 domes in total of different sizes
and is home to few nice gardens too
view of the exterior gardens within the Mosque compound
Strange that all the water ponds are all dry
Oh at least there's some water bodies here
Fountains are like an oasis here, a rare sight indeed
This one jumps too!
Taking a walk by the gardens by the main building
And an occasional duck into the walkways to escape the burning desert sun
Sigh, views you can never get tried of
The mosque actually spots a fusion of different architectures
namely Arab, Mughal and Moorish architecture.
The Ablution areas are located in the basement
Being the 20th century, is accessible by escalators. :P
The Ablution central drinking fountain
The galleries to the washing areas
No expense were spared in the washing area too, they look fantastic
Even the toilets are beautifully decorated
Possibly one of the nicest toilets on our trip!
You need to don slippers to visit the toilets too
As the sun sets
Everything seems to line up pretty well here.
The hallways cast real nice shadows from the openings
Time to bid farewell to the mosque for now.
capturing the moment
And a fantastic sunset!
All board the boogie bus for our next stop!
with a ride through the Eastern Corniche
views of the Mangrove swamps
Love the calmness of the Corniche
Yaz Island!
which means leaving the city...
and passing through some port areas
long distance power lines
Passing by some mangrove areas
with the faint Abu Dhabi skyline in the distance