Thursday, May 21, 2009

The Dancing Fountain

In case you've been wondering where I've been lately - well, I've been Here and Here

I had a nice time in Dubai with my blogger friend Grace and her family, who got a tour of the ship and even showed me their place in Dubai! On the first night they took me to the newly opened Dubai Mall, home of the world's largest dancing fountain (in the video) The commentary is supplied by her 5 year old daughter, cute little Pristine.




Right now we are in Pirate infested waters - just so you don't worry, there are little chances of the Pirates getting us. 250 ships a day transit the Gulf of Aden, and 0.05% of them encounter Pirates. Within 15 minutes we can have helicopters overhead, plus we will be moving at top speed and have fire hoses loaded and ready to shoot water at the Pirates. The truth is, our ship is too tall and too fast for them to try to attack. Chances are they will see us but leave us alone.

4 spoke up:

Grace @ Sandier Pastures said...

What a great video!! Thanks for posting! I'll link this to my blog!

Goofball said...

cool. Ever seen those in Barcelona? They are a series of smaller fountains on a hill up to a palace with light, color and music ....pretty awesome too.

ok stay safe, didn't you had to close the windows last year when going through this area?

Anonymous said...

Wonderful water-games. I think the father of that architect lived in Salzburg-Hellbrun. There are watergames too, but 100 times less big as those in Dubai.
Great journey again and thank you for the possibility to travel with you the world again.
Gabi and Peter (still behind the yellow, little church)

Expat Traveler said...

how beautiful! Good luck with all of the travels.