Dubai

We have just arrived home from Dubai. We were there for 2 weeks and it was a bit of a crazy time. The kids had so much fun though as the events company that invited us there organised lots of fun things for the kids to do. The first day we went to The Dubai Mall which is the largest mall in the world. Inside the mall is an aquarium and underwater zoo which we spent some time in. After this we went to a huge outdoor water park. It was so hot there that we couldn't really spend much time outside...it was like walking into a big sauna.

In Dubai over the summer months...June to August they have events all over and it is called Dubai Summer Surprises. It is a cultural event which is why the African Childrens Choir were invited to perform.

The children performed ever night we were there, doing 3 20 minute performances in various malls which wasn't so bad for the Aunties.

We also visited the Jumeirah Mosque which is the only mosque in Dubai that non-muslims can enter. All the Aunties had to wear head scarves and we were taught about the Muslim religion which is interesting.

One day the children performed at Modhesh World which is a big indoor theme park with lots of rides. We got to go on the rides for free because of the children performing there. They had a ball! After the kids performed there we had dinner there which was a traditional arabic meal.

Dubai is really nice but there is alot of construction work still going on. It is so hot that you can't really spend that much time outside. Walking from the wall to the bus, you are sweating all over!

Right now we are on camp for 4 days having a very well earned break. I have no idea were we are but it's the middle of no where. We arrived here last night at 1am so it was dark and I was asleep so all I know is we are in England and it took 2 and a half hours from Manchester airport to get here.

After camp, we head to Edinburgh for 4 weeks to the fringe festival which will be a busy month then onto Northern Ireland.

See you soon!