We continued our journey and arrived in Dubai about 3:00 pm.
We passed by the city to our hotel in the Diera district.....someday, I hope to see buildings like these in Kota Bharu.... 
See that tallest building under construction? When completed, it will be the tallest building in the world.....Mahathir said, so what? I have two of these in KL...
After dropping our bags, prayed maghrib, we don't waste time and went straight to the Ski Dubai Snow Park in the Emirates Mall. This is actually the biggest snow park in the world.
It costs UAED 80 (~ RM65) per person, including snow jackets, boots, socks and helmets. You have to bring your own gloves......you'll need it....
We did not actually went to the Ski Slope because we did not know how to ski..what do you expect?...it will be difficult to practise skiing if you live in the desert. We only went to the Snow Park..it was reallly cold....my guesstimate it was ~4C or something like that.... 
Aisya tried the Bobsled several times....very daring little girl!! Even Lukman wouldn't dare to try!
See the ski slope behind us..
It has been a very long day..Khaliesa can't seem to open her eyes.. 
We left the Snow place near closing time. By the time we got back to our room, we were almost dead. But on the following day we were ready to 'charge' again. We changed our plan a bit and decided to go to the Wild Wadi Water park. We figured since it was a weekday, there should be less crowd.
And the children really had a BLAST!! This place is a must if you have young children..it was however a bit costly, UAED120 per person, after discounts...you can get the discount coupons from the hotel lobbies, all over Dubai..
The Summit Surge and Rushdown Ravine was a great fun!
Khaliesa actually made a scene after this ride. We ended up doing this for another three times before we convinced her to move on...
Starring Adam and Lukman...
.....and the rest is history....
The famous Burj Al-Arab is actually near the Wild Wadi....... but it was also fully booked...maybe next time....most probably in the next lifetime...
You guessed it right...we only left Wild Wadi only when it was about to close...~ 7:00 pm....well we have to make our money's worth isn't it?
One the way back, we stopped at Chillis for dinner....even the food here here is cheaper than at Wild Wadi.
World's longest Hummer? 
The next day, we got on the road to Ras Alkhaimah & Khorfakkan..a town on the Gulf of Oman..
The drive across the UAE peninsular was quite scenic..well if you come from the Arabian deserts, these 'botak'hills also looks pretty...
We stopped here to look around...don't really know what it was, but there must be something because many European tourists stopped....Aisya was trying to figure it out..
This is a small beach-port town..also a favourite diving spot for Europeans, but we decided not to dive that day...the fact that we don't know how to swim has got something to do with it..
The hotel was not new, but the Indian workers were quite friendly. Its restaurant though was very expensive ~UAED80 per head. We are not big eaters and we are cheap.... so we decided that eating outside suits better for us. We had another picnic (again...?) near the beach for lunch one afternoon. The restaurants were just across the road from the beach. We just order the food and they will deliver to us on the beach...hows that for good service? Mira said....soooo convenient one...
We ordered little too much food that day, there were lots of left-over....a guy passed by on a bicycle, we packed the food and gave it to him...he was very happy!
Gimme food or I will "tanduk" you..! 
See my "tanduk" is growing...!
"Why do we have to eat rice everytime...?"
"See, I can make Aisya cry just by looking at her...."
"I am happy...no complains here" ==> Well, keep it that way..
After 4 pieces of chicken and 2 packets of beriani rice.....
That night we had dinner at one of the seafood restaurant in town...it was very nice. After two days in Khorfakkan, we drove back to Dubai.
We took a different route this time, passing close to Oman border. We took a photo of this old castle on the way...a picture of this castle is actually on the UAE currency notes.
Re-entering Dubai city.....
That evening, we went for a Dhow cruise-dinner with Datuk K and family..so happen he was in town on business trip.
Not that Dato K - CT lah...ni Datuk K from Dhahran...
We stayed in Dubai for another two days. Did some shopping but really not much...it was not sale season in Dubai during this time...so buy bit here, bit there onlylah...
We did not do much that last two days accept for shopping. We spent almost half of the day at the Dubai Outlet Mall...perhaps this was the only place we would dare to buy anything..it was really not that cheap, but "bearable"...however there were plenty of choices..
Then the time has finally come for us to go home......how sad.....but what to do?..one thing the children were really looking forward to see Lilo...btw Lilo was admitted in Dhahran because of a fight the night before we left. We sent him to the doctor and left him there for treatment....long story cut short..
On the way back we decided to drive around the Jumeirah area. We went to the PALM..one of Dubai's premier reclaimed land development projects. We were expecting miles and miles of beaches, but these are the only thing we could see from the roads on the PALM....soooo many buildings oooo!!....the beaches must be on the other side...could not see from here..
We found our mission statement:
One thing here, they don't have big mosques, but mostly medium size and very nice design.
We arrived at our house in Udhailiyah at about 10:00 pm that evening. UAE is a very nice country and very safe to drive. This last week has been a memorable week for us. We are grateful to Allah for the safe journey. This is a really enjoyable trip and everyone had a great time.
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