Kudos to our personal bus driver!
Digging the Eastern Corniche road
The Corniche Fountain
Hitting the road back to town
oh look an oilrig. *kaching* :P
Sights of the setting sun along the freeway
Back to the city of Abu Dhabi! That's all folks!
Hitting the freeway out of Yas Island
The place will open in 2 month's time
The largest Ferrari logo in the world
Blazing towards Ferrari world again
Feel the speed!
The entrance to Yas Marina
Turn 9 and 10 in the distance with the background grandstand
Turn 19 of the Marina circuit
Complete with it's own yacht marina
The race track and grandstand's a short walk away
The fountains jumps at regular timed intervals
The road serving Yas hotel
Yas hotel front fountain
The track grounds and sunset from Yas Hotel
The spectator grandstand area
Overview inside the Marina Circuit Track
Now for a visit to the race track!
The hotels area all centrally nucleated in a village-like setting
View of the circuit and Ferrari world from the hotels
The nearby Yas island hotels
Ferrari world, world's largest indoor theme park
The building is modelled after the side profile of a Ferrari GT
The size of the structure is breathtaking
Once completed it will house 20 full rides, including 2 coasters and a log flume
Designed by Benoy Architects, major works are still ongoing
The front entrance to the theme park
And connects to the main building via it's station here
Built by Intamin AG, it reaches a top speed of 240kmph
the world's fastest hydraulically-launched roller coaster (Formula Rossa)
and it is also home to...
The Yas Marina Circuit
Entrance to the circuit
The Yas Gardens
Approaching Yas Island from the freeway
Ferrari world spotted!
with the faint Abu Dhabi skyline in the distance
Passing by some mangrove areas
long distance power lines
and passing through some port areas
which means leaving the city...
Yaz Island!
Love the calmness of the Corniche
views of the Mangrove swamps