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wild wadi

we went to wild wadi today. it’s a water theme park and it was so much fun!! we went round loads of slides and flumes and there was this huge slide called the jumeirah sceirah (read “scarer”). we had to climb for ages to get to the top and it took less than 10 seconds to come down again! you come off the slide at one point and fall through the air! re-entry into the water was rather more painful for men than women, if you get my drift… according to their advertising you go up to 50 mph, which is crazy!

seriously, it was so much fun. and little harry enjoyed splashing in the pool, and almost enjoyed the swim-seat we bought him. he went with us round the lazy river and enjoyed that too. we’ve had such a great time here, and we’re not looking forward to our return to the frozen wasteland of surrey!

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photos from dubai

i’ve uploaded some photos from dubai using picasa. farrah’s put them onto facebook too; if you look at her profile you should see them. let me know which you think is better!

Dubai November 2006
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TURTLES!

i saw a turtle today!we went snorkeling and saw cuttlefish and angel fish and a reef shark and barracuda and a puffa fish and so many others! then we saw this turtle! it was so amazing, a beautiful animal and lovely to watch. we followed it until it dived deep at the edge of the reef and we couldn’t see it any more. i love turtles!

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dubai is cool! and very hot!

hi geezas! greetings from sunny dubai! farrah and i are out here visiting my sister elle, her husband ben and their little son harry. he’s gorgeous! we’re not sick of him yet after three days ;o)

it’s a bit muggy here but very warm, and much nicer than the -2 degrees we had in england last week! enjoying having a holiday from work, it’s our first proper holiday since the honeymoon over a year ago. but then, our friend paul pointed out that last month was his first proper holiday since his honeymoon 12 years ago, so we musn’t complain!

just signed up to facebook as well, it’s really good. can’t believe they give you unlimited photo storage! no more flickr, i reckon. took me a while to remember my oxford alumni address, though. oops.

it’s really funny, i had a prophetic dream a while back. it was about sitting here in dubai typing my livejournal on elle’s computer. i was confused at the time because i hadn’t yet signed up to livejournal, but now it makes sense! not a particularly helpful prophecy, i guess, but good to know God still has an interest in me!