Moving Back

 

So what is moving back ?  We sometimes experience long vacation break with long travel abroad from 10 to 15 days or even months . Or you have long time visitors from abroad spending months here in the Philippines like your children from Abu Dhabi or aunties from the US . This breaks your normal routines .

After the vacation and going back to your country of origin takes you sometime to move back to your normal day to day routines . You still sort of continually enjoying the times spent for your vacation time . That going back to your normal routines breaks your energy mode .

Then your normal routine suffers and you still live in that altered reality where you spent enjoyable times .

I recently went to Abu Dhabi for 15 days to celebrate my birthday with my twin daughters . Spending everyday activities after so many months of being afar . This gives us so much joy nd pleasure . We went to Dubai for a couple of days visiting Burj Khalifa , The View Palm Jumeirah, the Dubai Mall , The Miracle Garden, , Dubai Marina Mall , the Last Exit among others .

Now that I am back to the Philippines there's difficulty going back to my usual normal routines . Actually on the first weeks my sleep is even affected because of the time difference and I reported back to work immediately after arriving from Abu Dhabi . Even your me time is affected up until now I have not done crafting , journaling , water color painting , reading time and writing . You are still in between realities and wishing you are still on the time zone where you came from .

But Life moves on ...........

DUBAI

 

While in Abu Dhabi we stayed in Dubai for 4 days visiting places like the Miracle Garden , Burj Khalifa , Palm Jumeirah , Dubai Mall , Dubai Marina Mall and stayed at the Premiere Inn Hotel for a couple of days .  

It's an adventure of a lifetime like visiting the Burj Khalifa at its 124th and 125th floors . How much does it cost ? It was difficult to be at the 124th floor especially if  you have fear of  heights . Anyway was able to picture a few shots and see the beauty of Dubai in 360 degrees of course took videos and photos to capture the moments. 

We also ate a lot of good food at the Han Shi Fu and the Lamesa restaurant offering Chinese and  Filipino food . At Lamesa   I think almost all the guests in the restaurant  were Filipinos . It feels like home hearing people talking in our language .

We visited the Miracle Garden , the biggest flower garden in the world . Imagine a flourishing garden in the desert .

We also visited The View Palm Jumeirah , seeing an overview of the Palm. In 2018 we visited the Atlantis which is inside Palm Jumeirah now observing it from afar seeing the whole of Palm Jumeirah from The View .

We also went to the Dubai Mall , the biggest mall in the world and with a giant aquarium inside the Dubai Mall . A lot of trendy stores inside and we ate at the Chinatown Food Court , during our first visit in 2018 this was not yet done . So we get a taste of Chinatown in Dubai .. We visited the Dubai Marina Mall   and saw the beautiful yatch and boats in the Marina Bay .

We went to the Old Suoq or the old market near the Dubai Creek ,visiting the old side of Dubai with it's old architectural structures and we even had coffee at Starbucks there .    

We stayed  at the Premiere Inn Hotel Dubai for 2 nights while visiting the sights in Dubai. This is near the IBN Batuta Mall with its beautiful Arabic or Moroccan inspired architecture .

Before going home to Abu Dhabi , we pass by the Last Exit for a drink of karak tea and checking the sites of unique food trucks around the area . We actually pass by the Last Exit twice , first was after the Miracle Garden visit then on the 2 days stay in Dubai we pass again another Last Exit site or is it the same site , I"m not sure yet if the same or a different one ?

Looking forward for another visit in the future .

Thank you Cathy and Tin for this opportunity .