I was looking forward to taking Mom and Pam to the Souk Waqif. It's a great local market with fantastic architecture, restaurants, and souvenir shops. I had NO IDEA they were having some kind of EID celebration at the Souk!! Traffic and parking was a mess getting there ... we saw some kind of camel races / auction in an empty lot along the way! The Souk was packed with locals enjoying multiple stages with everything from a guy playing music with plastic spoons to breakdancing to a tightwire act!! It was crazy!!!! A great place to people watch - although I don't think mom and Pam saw past all the Abayas and Thobes that night. (Abayas are the black coverup the ladies wear and Thobes are the white garments for the men).
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| Pam, Mom, & I at the Souk Waqif |
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| The Souq at night |
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| One of several parades at the Souk |
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| Tight wire act between buildings at the Souk |
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| Another one of the parades |
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| taking a break from the crowds to grab dinner |
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| Jaden captured a great picture of Aunt Pam don't you think? :-) |
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Sisha Pipe - water pipe that many people smoke at the Souk.
There are tons of different flavors of tobacco.
Nicholas did NOT like the smell!!! |
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| Moon over the Fanar ... beautiful at night. If only I had a better camera (or maybe it's just the photographer?) |
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