One of the UAE’s extravagant malls
A man standing on a lonely Fujairah beach (slightly photoshopped)
Fishermen in Fujairah
Quintessential fishing scene in Fujairah, UAE
More quintessence
Carrying the fish to the water to wash the sand off
Three rugged Toyota’s
The catch
Contemplatively watching his fellows work
Untangling the sandy fish from the net
Throwing the fish into the bag
Picking up the small fish
The nets
Lighting a cancer stick
Happy face
Pulling the nets back out to the boats
Multitasking
A passerby
All together now!
Photoshopped to remove swimmers
Photoshopped to remove swimmers, building, towers
Shot by one of my companions: The fish market
Companion shot
Companion shot
Our evening meal at our host’s house
The tallest building (the Burj Dubai) in the world stands out dramatically, cranes crowd the foreground (Dubai has half of the world’s stationary cranes; construction in Dubai is out of control)
Burj Dubai
The skyline along the Sheik Zayed road
The Burj al Arab, built on an artificial island and the tallest hotel in the world. It is a hotel of absurd luxury.
The Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, the second largest mall outside of North America and the fourth largest in the world. (The Dubai Mall and The Mall of Arabia being built nearby will take the top two spots when completed in 2008 and 2009.) The prominent silver protrusion pointing to the top left of the picture is the indoor ski slope.
Two pictures combined of someone crashing (if you look at the big version of the picture, you’ll see red lines showing the path they took). She was just going too fast for her skill and had to be taken out on a stretcher/sled. As a result of her stupidity, they shut down the left (steepest) side of the slope!
Some of my comrades riding the lift; we had a blast skiing and boarding there; there’s nothing quite like arriving at a ski slope in short sleeves and sandals and then going skiing!
My friend catching some air
6 Responses
May 26th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Hans
What fantastic photos on your site of fishing in Fujairah.
Do you mind if I post one or two of your photos on my Fujairah in Focus site with a link to yours?
When did you take these pics? Do you live in Fujairah or elsewhere?
Geoff
May 26th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Geoff,
Thank you!
Certainly that would be fine. As long you make it clear where you got them with a link.
I took the pics on the 20th. I am now in Iraq and will be posting pics from here shortly. I live in the US, but will be in the Middle East for about another 5 months.
-Hans
May 26th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Ok so now I’m reconsidering my decision not to come over there
Looks super sweet! HDR style
May 30th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Is that the Al Ain mall in the first picture? It looks really familiar. Your pics bring back lots of memories; thanks for sharing.
May 31st, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Amy, it’s an al Ain mall, not the al Ain mall. It’s the al Jimi mall. No problem, glad you enjoyed!
June 21st, 2008 at 2:15 am
cool cool. I found Fujairah pictures… even of my family’s house. haha. and the good old “ski hill” – glad you guys could go.
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