by Cindy
November 16, 2011 UPDATE - At the request of those who read our blog and comment (thank you Carolyn and Trish!), here are some additional pictures of the indoor ski slope. We don't have any of the indoor roller coaster, sorry.
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| The slope is actually a L shape. The lift curves and this is headed up to the top/upper half. |
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| Looking at the top half of the slope. The lift is in the middle and you can ski down to the left or right of the lift. |
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| Skiing down the 'expert' side. |
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| There is a lodge half way up, at the turn, where all of these pics were taken. This is looking back down the slope, right before the lift curves. You can see the windows at the far end, the mall is on the other side of those windows. |
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| Looking back down the slope, the lower half. Again, the mall straight ahead through the windows. |
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| The upper half of the slope. |
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| Looking down the slope with a part of the lodge on the right of the picture. |
Overall, the slope is not big at all. Sabra and I were taking 10 minutes for a round trip of riding the lift up and skiing down the slope.
November 14, 2011
We have been very blessed this fall to have visitors. Jeff and I had a great time showing them around town and seeing and doing things we have not done before. We would love to have more of you come see this amazing place we live!
Here are some fun pictures of the new things for us:
Ski Dubai - I'm guessing you have heard of it. First of all, it is located in a mall - very typical of Dubai. You "rent" your clothes, boots and skis. For the clothes, you just pull them over whatever you happen to be wearing that day. When my brother and Eddie skied, they had on shorts underneath their outfits. It was really weird to ski indoors when you know it is 100 F degrees outside. I will admit, Sabra and I got
really, really cold and quit early (they keep it at -1 C). Very strange experience but glad I did it.
Ferrari World - the world's largest indoor amusement park is pretty cool but take note, the world's fastest roller coaster is only open on the weekends! Bummer.
Burj Khalifa - the world's tallest building.
Seawings - we got to take an aerial tour of Dubai on a seaplane, it was really cool.
Did you take any pix of the ski slope? I'd love to see it!!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the same thing Carolyn. Maybe a photo of the rollor coaster, as well.
ReplyDeleteI cannot imaging things like this being inside! :)
Thanks for sharing your experience. It is truly facinating to read.
Trish