Today was my first full day in Dubai. The day started out with a technical visit to Wild Wati Premium Water Park for a demo for their RFID technology, and yes I’m on a working vacation with my husband Bryan. He had asked me to come with him and check it out, he was a bit fearful of me getting bored. Dubai is a metropolitan city in a sense of the word. Some of the most advanced and largest building structures are in Dubai.
Wild Wati was interesting. I thought it was an very small water park by U.S. comparison, but since Dubai is much more established than Abu Dhabi, things are much more crammed and an after thought compared with its neighbor. After a couple of hours of touring the parking and listening to the management talk about various aspect of the park, it was lunch time. Bryan and I stopped at the Noodle House, it’s listed as one of the top restaurants in Dubai. I have to admit, I was not all that impressed. I guess I was all psyched for Middle Eastern cuisine. After lunch, we made a quick trip back to one of the best four star Dubai hotels where we were staying to change clothes and drive to Adu Dhabi. Adu Dhabi has a much different look and feel than Dubai. Abu Dhabi is not as built up as Dubai and seems a bit more contained. We noticed that the older buildings were being demolished to make way for newer high rises and architectural wonders.
We drove around and checked out the city. We spotted a Starbucks, a Basking Robbins, a Burger King, but all the signs were in Arabic. It was a long day and we were both exhausted. Bryan wanted to take me to a Lebanese restaurant for dinner, which was sweet on his part, since I lived in Lebanon. The dinner was delicious, it was a perfect ending to a perfect day in the United Arab Emirates.