During the last weekend in May we headed back to Dubai for the second week in a row (for Barry, third for me), for another three-day weekend. We stopped at the Emirates mall for Barry to see Ski Dubai, pictures in an older blog.
After settling in to our hotel that first evening we headed out to Souk Madinat Jumeirah.
It's a huge shopping center that has the feel of an old Arbian Souk with winding hallways and lots of dark wood features. It sits along man made waterways that intertwine with several hotels and three villa complexes, totaling well over 3,000 residences. At one end of the waterways sits the amazing Burj Al Arab. The five-star, suite only, landmark hotel in Dubai. It is shaped as a sail of an old Arabian dhow (fishing boat).
Twenty plus Abra's (boats) are running at any given moment allowing the three hotels guests and villa residents to get to the Souk which is also the home of at lest a dozen restaurants and a five hundred seat theatre. There is also an Abra tour for those who want to see the lovely waterways and are hot residents or guests. We took the twenty minute boat ride as the sunset!
The main reason we chose this location for dinner was we had tickets for the current show.
We saw "UMOJA", which was a South African show taking a peak into the history of
their music. It was fabulous!!! It started with drums and the music of
many generations ago and then moved forward.
I loved how they featured the major part gospel music played in shaping their music.
"UMOJA" meant the spirit of love and unity.
It was an excellent production, as good as anything I've seen on Broadway, and would recommend highly. The theatre hosts different shows throughout the year.
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