India via Dubai

We are on our way via Dubai. This was the sight that greeted us at first light, from the eighth floor of our hotel in the Bur Dubai area near Dubai Creek, which you can see behind the Mosque. A light dust haze hangs over everything. The call to prayer is loud and reverberates around the old walls and modern shops.

The Dubai Museum also sits in front of the hotel. This is my first time on the ground of an Arabian country in Africa and it is a heady mix of cultures, sights and sounds.

Have never had minaret topped toiletry bottles before!

This is the 'abra' water taxi on the creek.