Fri 9th Feb A single day weekend……….
Had a works barbeque at the apartments on Thursday night. Was a really good turn out, and great to speak to people in a different environment from the office. Again plenty of food and drink fueled the evening (no one fell in the pool fully clothed!) which culminated in a PING PONG (Sorry Table Tennis) tournament in the mens gym (that’s where the tables are)!!! Very amusing.
I was still nursing a sore neck…walkig round like the hunchback of Notredame.

Woke up in a very leisurely manner on Friday to SUN SUN SUN. it is starting to warm up now! Decided despite the strong wind, we would go to the beach. My friend Ang and her boyfriend stayed over, so we all jumped into the car and hit Al Mamzar again!

Well, the sea was LESS than calm…I haven’t seen such big waves since we got here…the red flag was flying, but the wind was blowing on shore, and other peeps were in the water, so we grabbed the lilo and headed for the surf!!!!
I figured that my healing neck would benefit from a little light surf action!!!
The sea is slightly warmer than the last time we visited and it didn’t take long for the waves to forcibly make us get wet! It was mad….managed to fight our way the other side of the breaking waves jump on the lilo and ride the top of the waves in to the shore!!! it was such fun! It was so good I had to buy a lilo too!!!! And despite being swept off my feet numerous times there was no way i was letting go of the lilo!!! to the amusment of CJD!
Sat on the sand watching te world go by, and Gav got invited to play a game of footie with some locals and Brit holidaymakers. I think it was around 4-3 to the Brits when half time came…but the second half never happened!!!

The main problem with the day at the beach was when you came out of the sea to laze in the sun…the wind was pretty strong and made it feel a bit cool. We managed to put up with it til about 3pm and went back to the apartment….and the roof was no better!

Had a crafty nap and got ready to go out for dinner and drinks at the Emirates Towers.
Again we frequented Scarletts, a nice pub/restaurant before jumping in the lift to floor 51 and Vu bar!
Roll on next weeked! Must plan a road trip!

Photos to follow....having problems with internet connection at the mo!