The sky is bleeding, we must fear the flood
Emirates Towers Mini Park
January 13, 2009We usually bring the kids to the Dubai Creek Park or Za’abeel Park during the weekends so they get to have some really physical playtime. Dubai isn’t really one of those places where your kids can just go downstairs and play on the streets. In fact, you can rarely see kids on the street (old people too). They don’t get to go out too often when we have work so it’s really important that they are able to enjoy the outdoors.
There’s quite a few parks around Dubai, and they’re all very popular destinations during the weekends for families to have picnics, couples to stroll around, friends to get together over some grilled food and even just workers looking to relax after a long week of work. It’s no wonder that they’re really packed on Fridays, which is the common weekend for most people (some work 6 days a week with Friday off).
One Friday before Christmas, we decided to bring our kids to the Dubai Creek Park but couldn’t find any place to, ironically, park. Several cars had already been ramped onto the sidewalks, while others were using the waiting/pick up/drop off areas. This is completely illegal in Dubai, so I don’t know why these people insist on doing it. Most of the cars already had tickets plastered on their windshields.
From the Dubai Creek Park, we went to Za’abeel but also couldn’t find any parking. We eventually ended up at the Emirates Towers, owned by the none other than the ruler of Dubai, which had a circular patch of grass surrounded by trees no larger than a basketball court. We were the only ones there but at least the kids were able to have their fun while I was able to take some pictures.
The Emirates Towers
With Sean
Skyline with the Emirates Towers.
With Orin.
