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Forts, museums, heritage centers and Dhow River Cruise
- Lord Shiva Temple
- This house is a highlight of the heritage center trip
- The Rolex towers
- nice
- The channel is buzzing with life even on the hot midday
- The river taxis
- May the river cruise begin!
- Our next stop for the day! The Heritage center!
- Al Bastakiya from the Creek
- The spice souk we visited the day before
- Shaun by the Dhow aft
- Mmm niffy, shooty
- I am cruisin' cruisin'
- The Dubai Heritage center
- Digging the view here of the creek!
- Display of traditional Arabian jewellery
- And a funky stairwell to boot!
- Few of the many points of interest along the hertiage route
- Ooo narrow staircase to where?
- Camel riders
- argh we could use higher ceilings!
- and universities popping out of nowhere.
- Gravity check!
- They have detailed replica models to boot too!
- Look seaplane!
- Did I mention... cloth?
- All board the Dhow Cruise!
- The place is largely kept to a traditional theme
- This is the only way up and down to the upper floors
- The upper floors of course!
- Arabian stamps, which much a british influence by the east india company
- The souk markets
- And I got the best seat on the house!
- And off we go!
- And coins
- The creek is a nice sailing spot too
- Including it's restoration works
- Lawl, random jeep loaded on random Dhow
- And falconers
- Arghh! Why doors so small!
- Each showcasing part of the history of the house and Dubai itself
- The boat have proper dining areas
- A visit to the textile Souk!
- Taking a stroll by the Creek walk
- including all it's loose bits
- Down the creek
- The old market and cloth/textile souk
- River taxis berthed by the Temple creekside
- not to mention cafes too.
- More models of how the wind towers work as natural AC