Hello Abu Dhabi

Flights are long and hardly anyone sleeps, Donna and I get some but not the kids.

We arrived in Abu Dhabi this morning around 7.30 and to the hotel around 8.30. The weather is beautiful, sunny and warm. We are all fairly tired, especially the boys however we can't check into the hotel until around midday. So we hang around  in a Burger King, have some brekky there or the others did not me. We can get wifi there for free.

Later we headed down to the Marina Mall, the largest shopping mall in UAE. Just to kill some time and to get some munchies for later. Finally we checked into the hotel and the boys decided to stay in and sleep while Donna and I decided to do looking around near th hotel. Gold is everywhere here. Shop after shop of it. Across from the hotel on one side is a park which we can see from our window. Donna and thought it woul be good to go for a wander around it but couldn't work out why all the entrances to it were closed. Once we got to the main entrnce we understood why. You have to pay to get into it. It was only a single Dirham which is about 30c, so we did. It is a very peaceful park.

There is construction work going on all over the place. The architecture here is so beautiful even the new buildings look awesome.

After dinner we convinced the boys to go for a walk witth us over to the water. Turns out we can't get across the road, there must be a secret passage or something. Anyway between us and the water is a park with these little garden sections in it.