Day 2 - Dubai - November 2005

We start the day making a tour arrangement across town.  We then took a taxi back to the "5-star" Hyatt Regency (the only nearby place recognizable to the tour company's driver) located near the Gulf shore.  From there we start our day's exploring walk around Dubai City. 
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Finding ourselves on the gulf, we walked along the corniche toward the creek inlet. 
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Oh boy! the fish market.  Unlike Japan, you could smell this one before you got there.
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The dried fish section.  Photo taken for our Norwegian "Lutefisk" friends.
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This is a HUGE fish market!  Clean and well organized. (and this was late on a  warm morning)
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We kept walking and found inside a MEAT market as well.  Also clean. 
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Another angle of the fish processing portion.  Very. very busy!
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And vegetables!! Beautiful produce!  We wonder where it comes from?
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This charming date man, offered us fresh dates (a first) We bought some to snack on. Delicious!
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Leaving the fish market & walking westward, we emerge from the pedestrian tunnel under the creek near the heritage & pearl diving villages.
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Peg stops between 2 old boats and in front of the entrance of "The Diving Village" heritage site related to the early pearl trade.
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"Chicken archaeology" - here is a scratching foul near the right side of the palm base. Much walking next - searching for a highly recommended restaurant which was found closed!
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Much later - after a great lunch at the Automatic Café on Rigga Rd.,  Peg buys her first of two abayas.  You can read more about the abaya experience at:  (TBA)

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