Little Trip to the UAE

I just got back from Dubai last week and I have been rather busy getting caught up with school work and preparing for the play (first show on Thursday!, so I haven't been able to post anything about my most recent trip to Dubai. It was an incredible trip though, one I enjoyed tremendously.

The first night our hosts dropped us off at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, which is right next to the Burj Al Arab and I had a fabulous evening just playing table tennis and sipping watermelon juice whilst overlooking the beach. In fact, it was one of my favorite evening, having the opportunity to just relax. 

Burj-Al-Arab

Watermelon Juice

Birds along the shore

The rest of the trip, I had no time to enjoy myself and spent it playing or watching basketball (don't worry, I wont bore you with the pictures). It was extremely exhausting, and left me with little energy to enjoy the few hours I did get at the Dubai Mall and at  Mall of the Emirates. 

Ski Dubai in the Mall of the Emirates

Some member of our team outside the Dubai Mall, in front of the Burj Khalifa

Our last morning was actually my favorite because we went back to the Dubai Mall for the second time and headed up the Burj Khalifa, which just so happens to be where they filmed Ghost Protocol. I was pretty excited to have been in the same building as Tom Cruise! After that we went to the airport and indulged for our last time in all the food we can't get in India. I am not at all ashamed to say I had two beef burgers on my last day, at all.

The lobby of the Burj pays homage to Mission Impossible

View of Dubai from highest observation deck

I head off to Southern India on Sunday for some hiking, rafting, and camping and I'm pretty excited! It will be my first time camping and since it will be in India, I think it will be a pretty memorable experience...