We may have found the prettiest part of Sharjah! We went to Al Qasba for Jodie's birthday last week...yep, another birthday...they just keep coming...I think people are just making them up as an excuse to go out.
Al Qasba would be Sharjah's equivilent to Melbourne's Southbank.....sort of. It is a an area with lots of restaurants along the sides of the lagoon.
We went to a Thai restaurant called Lemongrass, which was really good - we found out that they home deliver to our building, so I sense a Thai night coming sometime in the very near future.
The Eye of the Emirates is at Al Qasba - haven't been on it yet, one day soon!
No area would be complete without fountains!
These fountains do a light and music show every half hour, but in between the kids take over.
It's not just a few kids running through either. Every child in sight is standing under a fountain fully clothed - they all just stand there shrieking as they get drenched.
So, of course, if the kids are going to get drenched, you can't expect them just to dry off in this 40 degree heat...no, instead the Emiratis have.... Fast Drying Machines!
You pay your 3 dirhams (about $1), stand inside and it blows hot air at you
- like a hand dryer for your body.
After dinner we hopped in a Dhow for a little cruise out and around the lagoon
-the weather was perfect-
Al Qasba is yet another thing I have added to my list of places to take visitors, so get in fast and you may be the lucky one I take there - I'll even shout you a go in the Fast Drying Machine!
The fast drying machine blows hot air? I would have thought it would be cold- would that not make more sense? Also, shouldn't it be the biggest fast drying machine in the world? Or maybe it is the biggest hand dryer in the world.
ReplyDeleteit kinda *kinda* looks like southbank too.
ReplyDeletebut way better, obviously.
jelous once again! looks way awsome