Hindi Lane Up Close

We went down Hindi Lane in the Textile Souq again last weekend and I got some more pictures:

Amanda being shown the traditional Indian dress.

Very nice, very nice.

Creek Life, Not Greek Life...

The souqs live down by the creek.  And the creek is a happening place.  The great thing is that it's impossible to see all of the souqs without taking a ride on an abra to the other side of the creek.  That's how happening it is.  And because I don't get to be a part of Creek Life everyday, I took some pictures for you to see how amazing it really is.

These men know what Creek Life is all about.  

They load up this dhow in order to transport goods up and down the creek to the place they need to be.

Don't worry, I took this warning seriously.

This is an abra.

The driver sits in the hole in the middle and operates the boat while the riders sit all around him.

This is a picture taken from the Deira side of the Creek.

We wanted to get to the Bur Dubai side.

Amanda and I sitting in front of our fleet of abras.

There's our fleet again.

A man driving his abra and talking on a cell phone...

Priorities are everything, eh?

Get off the road!!!  Hehe.

One of the dhows in the distance.

Abras don't have any railings or seatbelts.

But they do have foot rests.

Camel Saddles & Wind Towers

More of Souk Madinat Jumeirah, a catalog of pictures for your viewing pleasure:

The inside was built to look like Dubai's souqs once upon a time.

They sell a lot of lamps in souqs.

And camel saddles (you can only use these saddles for camels with one hump... good thing I knew that before I bought a camel... ahhh man)

There's the steering wheel I was looking for.  I'm trying to convert my car into a ship.

Oh look, it worked.  (This is an abra, but a really nice looking one because it's owned by a hotel)

That tower up there is called wind tower, it's what they used before air conditioning.