Popping right up in the heart of town!
Even their underpasses are elaborately decorated, with flora walkways too
Tunnel vision
Niffy little sidewalk fountains, don't fall over!
The Abu Dhabi corniche walk
The iranian market and carpet souk in the distance
The marina mall in the distance
which serves more of an astettic purpose than being a tent!
with an iconic sail shaped tent
Here we have the Corniche park!
Niffy Arabian theming by the bay side
You can just make up the soft sunset glow over the horizon
Tranquility at it's best
The Abu dhabi eastern Corniche
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)