#8 We've made it to Dubai

Hi Folks!
Just a quick note to let you know that we've made it to Dubai and are safe and sound! Our thoughts are still very much with those friends we came to know in Pakistan. We're so appreciative of your kind words, prayers and good wishes all along the journey!

We've checked into our hotel and spent the afternoon along the "canal" (more like what we'd consider to be a wide river or narrow harbor)..all kinds of interesting boats and birds, ate some wonderful hummus and fresh salad!! YEAH FOR SALAD! It's amazing how quickly we've missed having salad! They have salad in Pakistan but for obvious reasons we had to stay away from it. There was plenty of other great things to eat! We toured the museum at the old fort here and learned how Dubai came to be. Our room looks out over the old fort and a large Mosque... we're up on the 8th floor so we can look down into the fort! Kind of fun! No, we're not staying in one of those over the top swanky places but we did find a comfy place to nest for a couple of nights.

So I'm going to close for now and go take a little nap... we were up at 4:30 am to get to the airport and then a three hour plane ride and then lots of wandering!

Oh by the way, a special shout out to our friends Mel and JP... thought so much of you two today as we flew over the Arabian Gulf (not sure that's the technical name)... the sky was clear and those desert mountains were just stunning, they seemed to go on and on and on!!... bet you two had that same view when you traveled this way a bit ago! Can't even imagine what that might have been like!

Godspeed,

Jean