24th of December 2009
Right, I’ve only done part of the day for this so I’m going to have to try and remember the rest! I did a few diary entries while I was there, on my phone so that’s how I’ve been able to remember so here goes!
We went to Ski Dubai! It was awesome, seriously. A MASSIVE room covered in snow (real snow!) and ice (real ice!) with a 60 metre high mountain with 5 slopes, a quad lift and a tow lift to carry the skiers up the mountain and a Snow Park play area with Toboggan run, icy body slide, climbing towers, a snowball shooting gallery, an ice cave and a 3D theatre.
Auntie Claire dragged me on the Toboggan run; I was scared at first but then when the guy pushed me down, I pretty much screamed all the way. Got to the bottom, stood up and moved out the way of the run, looked over at Auntie Claire and went ‘Let’s do it again!!’ Yeah, I liked it that much! I love it when Auntie Claire makes me do stuff cause 99% of the time, I end up really enjoying myself! You’ll find that out later as well! It happened several times on that trip!
So, after going on the Toboggan run a few times (3!) she dragged me onto this huge slope that you had to go down in a rubber ring that had a hard bottom so that it could slide down the slope nice and easily. I went on the lower level at first, screamed all the way down as the guy spun me down! And then Auntie made me go up to the top level. I was crapping myself but of course, I loved it when I got down! It was such a rush! No I haven’t turned into an adrenaline junky since then. Mum had a go as well and no word of a lie, she sounded like she was being murdered when it was her turn to go down the slope. You know that blood curdling scream that you get on films? I swear that’s mum’s scream!
Let’s go back to actually going into Ski Dubai. We got kitted out with the suits, boots and gloves and then went in. It was like stepping into a freezer! No joke, I felt like I was a tub of ice cream being put away ready for a hot day.
As I said, it was real snow and real ice can you believe it! In the middle of Dubai! Inside was temperatures of about -1 degrees, outside it was about 30! Insane. It really did feel like Christmas being in there though. There were reindeers (not real) snowmen, igloos, Christmas trees and of course it was actually snowing. Snowing? Indoors? Who’d of thought it! It was incredible. I had so much fun and felt like a little kid again for the second time on this trip. It seemed that everywhere I went in Dubai, something amazing caught my eye and I was stuck in a trance wondering how on Earth it was possible that I was in Saudi Arabia in one of the most amazing cities on Earth.
Right, now I’ve got to try and remember the rest of the trip from memory!
We had a look around the mall of the Emirates where Ski Dubai is situated and guess what; there was another big toy store! They had massive stuffed animals which were the size of the real animal; giraffes, horses, a mammoth, hippos, all sorts!
We went back to our own villas for the rest of the afternoon and had some food. I watched Yes man in Kelly’s room and then Uncle Matt, Uncle Bri and Grandpa picked us up to go to the Ibn Batutta Mall where we were going to see Avatar. I was so excited! We were going to see it in IMAX as well! We got there, Uncle went to sort the tickets out, found out that there had been a mix up with the tickets and the IMAX showings were sold out so we had to see it in 3D at 9.00pm. I wasn’t too fussed though because at least we were seeing it in 3D!
We had about 2 hours to kill so we went for a wander around the mall. It was amazing. Only a small mall but it was still cool. In the main area when you first walk in there was a huge model of Big Ben and a Chinese boat was behind. The boat was life-size but Big Ben had obviously been scaled down a bit but it was still huge! The whole mall was decorated in incredibly detailed Chinese patterns. The ceiling was completely covered, it was so beautiful! Around Big Ben and the Chinese ship was a sort of moat... well, they were surrounded by water. There was a stage in front of Big Ben where later on some English people performed. They did ‘come what may’ from Moulin Rouge which is one of my favourite songs! They were all dressed in old English clothes; the women wore big beautiful dresses and the men wore top hats and suits.
There was a kind of market area as you walked into this main room. When looking at the stalls it was like you were walking through a market in the street. They had a ‘stone’ (that looked like stone I mean but wasn’t) arch as you entered into the ‘Market area’ that read ‘Covent garden market.’ I think they had some sort of English theme going off that day. There were very pretty things on the market; jewellery, gorgeous embroidered dresses and skirts, all sorts of beautiful things. I wanted them all!
Because my feet had been hurting me in the shoes I brought with me and that the only other shoes I had were trainers, Mum bought me some toe posts from a shoe shop in the mall. They’re chocolate brown with gold patterns on the soul.
After wandering around killing time, it was time to go to the cinema! We got some chocolate, popcorn and drinks and then went in. It was my first time seeing something in 3D so of course when it started, I had to take my glasses off and see what the difference was (I think everyone’s done that before!). It was amazing. Not only the fact that it was in 3D but the film itself! People will be talking about Avatar for years to come, there’s no doubt. The most awesome thing about it all was that I was seeing Avatar, in 3D, in Dubai on Christmas Eve and actually, when we came out of the cinema at the end, it was Christmas day because it was just past midnight. Now, not many people can tell you that.
After the film, we headed back to the villas and went to bed.
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