Dubai - Centre of Luxury

dear readers,

sorry it's been awhile i did not update this blog....

this time it's gonna be interesting. Thank God, mama and abah, finally I arrived in Dubai.

All this while I've been dreeming of going to Dubai, and I told my mom that i really-really want to go to Dubai, not to shop but to see the fantastis archicture of the buildings in Dubai. Dubai is extremely different from Oman. in Oman we only see high mountains, in contrast, Dubai is full with modern high rise buildings.

it seems im only left with only one week to go back to Malaysia and i did not really expect to visit Dubai on this trip. However on thursday morning my mom told me that we are going to visit a Malaysian family in Ibri, a small city near the boarder post of U.A.E. When we arrived in Ibri, it seems my dad continued driving ad did not stop at all. Then i ask my mom, why we are not stoping? my mom said, actually we're going to Dubai. At first i did not belive because my mom said before this probably my next trip to Oman then i will have a chance to go to Dubai. This year my parents got to spend a lot on my brother's weding. And i was really shocked when my mom told that we are heading to Dubai. Is it a joke or what. i went to sleep and when i woke up, a taxi at the boarder post was already waited for us. How could i express my feeling that time..

damm i was so so so excited. Thank God, im going to Dubai.

Along the journey to Dubai, sitting in that taxi was really hilarious. The taxi driver is an Omani who could not speak English and us as the passenger who could not fluently speak Arabic.

so, i think u guys know what it's like...hahaha.... it's just like chicken talking to a duck.

then about one and a half hour, finally we arrived in the land of Luxury. weeehooo!!

before entering Dubai, from far we can see the most tallest hotel or tower in the world, still under construction. Maybe a year time it will finish.

First, we went to Dubai Creek, it is a big creek in the city where boats are use as transportation form one point to another point. The system is ust like a bus. pay 1 Drhm and hope on. Then, we when see the trademark of Dubai and a place where people all over the world look on to go is the only 7 star hotel called Burj Al-Arab. well, we could not enter the hotel because only visitors of the hotel are only allowed, however we manage to have the view of the building on the beach side quite nearby. After that, we head on to a mall, next to that 7 stars hotel called Souk Madinat Jumeira. The mall is so so beautiful where aroung the mall they made a small creek where visitors can go for a romantic crusing. Trust me, looking at the environment and scenery, it will be the most memorable time that you ever had.

haiyooo guys....penat laaa menulis....to be continued...

check out the pictures me and my brother took...

More pictures....Sur!!

BBQ in SUr...

Im now in Sur. Went for a holiday over the weekend ,since my second brother is going back to Malaysia next week. That’s why we came here and visit some of our Malaysian friends. Well, as in my previous blog about Sur I’ve mentioned about Sur located on the coast of Oman i.e Arabian sea. From Nizwa, we had a long journey that took us about four hours to get here. Along the journey we were so excited to see camels and sand dunes and my dad was also so excited explaining to us about things that wee see along the journey, but half way, my dad was talking alone, everyone were asleep. Then, about 7.30 p.m we arrived in Sur and went straight to a friend’s house who is also a Malaysian, of course. I called him uncle Razak, he’s satying alone in Oman while his family is in Malaysia. He is in Sur as a lecturer just like my mom. Uncle Razak really reminds me of my deceased uncle who died a few years back. Well, he’s a very kind person who always welcome his guests to come to Sur and spent a night in his apartment. He’s very kind, generous, and a very neat person (don’t dare to mess up his apartment). Later then, my dad, my two brothers, and uncle Razak went to the town nearby to get some fresh fish, tonight we're going to have a BBQ. Yeay! About half an hour later they arrived back home and started to clean the fish. At first, I really thought that those fish must be small in size as we have in Malaysia because my dad bought it very cheap. But then I was so surprise that the fish were as big as my thigh.
I asked my dad why didn't he buy the smaller ones. He said, well, that’s the smallest.
We then went to the beach that night and started the BBQ fire. My mom, she had a good laugh looking at my brothers trying to start up the fire. She said “how come my boys couldn’t even start up a fire…hahahaha”. Then, hours later, no laaa, just minutes later the coal was ready to grill the fish(or to burn it)...hahaha. That night, we had only seafood for our dinner, while before this back in Nizwa every each day we will not miss chicken and lamb until I myself look like a "sheep", i think. We had crabs and few kinds of fish and we had this fish which they called it Coral fish because it is colourful. At first, it was kindda sad to eat it, but what can we do it’s already been cooked. Makan punya makan,oooops…..hehehe…well without realizing it was already almost 12 midnight. Then, it’s time to go back to the apartment and get some rest. Once we reached the aparment,booom, no one realized what happened and only realized that azan was calling for subuh prayer. This morning we woke up early, not that early, to go for fishing. But before that my mom told my second brother to go up to the rooftop and watch the sunrise. Minutes later my brother came down and told my mom, “the sun it’s already high up in the sky”.hehehehe….
Then we went fishing at the bay near by which my brother was really looking forward to. While walking along the bay we could see fishes of all kinds of shapes, sizes and colours. And you know what, I was so lucky that for the second time I did see a turtle(penyu) swimming on the sea surface. And this time, I managed to capture a picture of it.
This time, we managed to catch a fish, yup just only a fish, one fish only. Well, it’s enough for a souvenir to bring back home to Nizwa. The day was getting hotter, then it was time for us to go back home or all of us will be burnt. Afterwards, it’s time for us to get back home to Nizwa. But on the way home, were going to stop at the light house of Sur and some other places, InsyaAllah. So that’s all for now and for the next journey I will update it later.

MISFAH, OMAN

Now, we are heading to Misfah. It is a village located on the cliff of Jabal Shams.
Form Nizwa, took us about 40 minutes drive to reach there. While climbing up, we can see the small city of Tanuf. It is so beautiful that you will not get this kind of view in any other places. Misfah is a tourist attraction because of its old houses build up from mud and mountain’s rocks. And it is still preserve until now and some of it there is still people living inside it. We went through the houses and we were so impress until we keep figuring how does this people in the past build this kind of houses. Then, we went along the cliff where we can see local people planting Tamar trees until we reach to an end where we can see two mountains meeting together. It was a great experience visiting this village with the villager are full with kindness where you will feel always want to great them. Maassalamah………

Jabal Shams, OMAN

Jabal Shams.....

jabal shams is the highest mountain in Oman...
to reach up there you must be experiance enough to drive a 4x4 car or, you can rent a car along with a local driver.





To reach the camp site at jabal shams took about half an hour to reach there...
form there, you can go for hiking until you reach the highest pick. Along the journey, you will experience many kind of expression and impression by looking at the scenery and obstacle that you will face.

Sur...

SUR....

sur is another city right next to the sea where you can experience the beautiful sunrise.
Here, there's a light house where you can view the whole city of Sur.


















In Sur, there's a place where turtles lay thier eggs on it's beach.
And not far from the city of Sur there's a place where ocean meeting the sea. (can you imagine how great it is the creation of god, you are free to experience the wonderful and beatiful things that god has created and how greatful it is to apreciate nature).



(to be continued)

Nizwa City

welcome to Nizwa...
it is an 1 hour drive from Msqat to reach there.
currently, this is the city where my parents are living now. Nizwa is a city famous with its big ford where in the pass it was build as a protection for the people that live in that territory.

Beside that, Nizwa is also famous with it's goat market. It is held only on Friday morning. There, you can see local people come gather around and start biding for the goat's price.




well, dont be suprised looking at those goats,
they're big and hairy. Here, many tourist from the European countries come to experience the way how Omanis managing their sellings.
well its a great experience where you could'nt get it from any other countries.