Day 8 - 2 January - Cruising the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf (again :))
Sunrise
Cruising today :)
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Day 9 - 3 January - Dubai UAE
This was the most interesting day so far... very informative. my first selfie - leaving on the tour bus! First we visited Jumeirah Mosque by the port. It a key part of the 'Open doors. Open minds' program of the Sheikh Mohammed Center. It is open to tours for all Muslim or not. We did not go in but I learned that the significance of the minarets... is that they face the where the population lives so they can be called to prayer. This mosque has 2 since the other sides don't face towards the people. Also the Muslim calendar is a lunar calendar which is why you will see full moons and crescent moons on the tops of the domes and minarets. Then we did a tour of the new Dubai... where all the big buildings are... All of this was created in the last 20 years... its nuts... The Burj Al Arab hotel...which looks like a sail... and of course the Burj Khalifa... my photos don't do either justice... but here they are anyway!! Then we traveled to the 'old Du...
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