Offscreen Expedition 2007

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Sleeping in the desert was different but also became damp during sunset.It was very cold because we had to wake up around 5am.

Today we went on a hot air balloon.My first thoughts as we began reaching higher was the fact that i might fall because there was a small amount of room to move inside the basket.i made sure i held on tight to the sides.There were only three people in our balloon and about 8 on the other.I became more comfortable as we stayed in the air.I was filming everything I saw,the atmospherte was unbelieveble because i saw everthing in a different perspective.I could see camels,montains cars in detail.

‘’Just when you think you’ve seen the whole of dubai, your suddenly emerged into a whole new city'’ quote taken from me: Saturday 10th February… so today we went in the air balloon at 8.00 am it was a great experience even though we didn’t really get to see much of the city just looking at the sand was enough. It was really scary when we were landing, I thought the air balloon was gonna tip over but it didn’t :-) after that we spent time in the sand hills sandsurfing we had soo much fun eventhough there was sand practically everywhere. After this short but memorable experience we went to the shopping mall ( second largest in the world) remember we didn’t go to shop we did art work there….just looking at the images we had of what the middle=east was gonna be about back in london and compared to what were acually seeing are two completely different things there was so much peace and cleanliness :-) and eating in mcdonalds was just the best feeling probably becuase I hadn’t eaten MCs for about 3 DAIZZ…. The mall was definately an interesting experience looking at different cultures and experiences through the eye of the shopping mall was just wonderful…. now, i’m at the beach just outside burj-al-arab the seven star hotel is just amazing..woow..from all my experiences today i have to say the one thing which I have seen is that Dubai is a much more diverse and mordernly developed country far greather than what englad will ever be…..x

hiya,

It was an early start forall of us 2 day; we woke up 4:30 in the morning, when it was pitch black,because we had to go ballooning at alfayr desert. It was AMAZING! It was like anhours drive from the XVA gallery (this is where we were staying). It was reallychilli in the mornig, i didn’t expect this, but it wasn’t a huge problem. Whenwe were on the hot air balloon, we could see beautiful red and gold sand everywhere, it was so cooollll. We could see the ripples in the sand which wascaused by breeze. While we were up there, it felt like there was so much 2 see.At first, it was really scary but then being on the balloon kind of tempted meto look down, and i’m so glad I did. It is really hard to describe my feelingsat this very moment because there is so much 2 say and I don’t know where 2start and because of all the excitement. We stayed at the desert for about an hour after we got out of theballoon. The landing was so great! After that we went back to the gallery 2relax for an hour or so and then we headed off to I.B.N Battutah mall, which isapparently the second largest mall in the world! It was absolutely huge! Wesketched a few things and did a little shopping, which was fun. I have enjoyed2day soo much and i think it was worth every bit. (Even waking up at 4:30 inthe morning.)

P.S Missing every1 a lot!

Good night:)

radhikaxxx

We only got 4 and a half hours sleep last night because of the 4.30 start this morning! but it was worth it..even if i could barely open my eyes at the time!!

we got to the hot air ballooning place at about half 5 and the sun was only just rising..it was even a little bit cold!(shock!). Then we all piled into the balloon and waited for take off! the take off was very smooth but i did find the gassy-fire a a bit scary!..it was really loud and hot! i thought i was going to melt hehe. The view at the top was amazing and we could see for miles from our 2000 feet height!. the landing was really fun and bumpy..a bit worrying because we landed in the middle of the road but soon moved over onto a sand dune and fell over a number of times!

We then spent a couple of hours in the desert just relaxing, and doing some sand surfing which was really fun but tricky! then after that..headed back to the XVA and had a snooze! Later, we went to the mall which was HUUUGE (i think its a mile long in total!) and did a bit of shopping and sketching. It was really weird to see how westernised it was in there, but also very nice..i wouldnt mind spending a few more hours there! Then after that we went to the stephens friends house which is really nice and right next to the 6 star hotel! which looked lovely in the sunset! and thats as far it goes!..bring on tommorow!

BYEE x

WOW!…its been an amazing day

i thought waking up early was rubbish BUT wen i got to go on a hot air balloon..i was speechless. it was the most beautiful thing i’ve eva seen. the birds eye view of the derset was amazing. im starting to understand the culture and beliefs of the people here. so afta an early morning we had a gr8 afternoon at the mall. it was the worlds 2nd biggest mall so u can imagine how big it was. it was inspired by ibn Battuta. he was a man hu travelled 4 26 years. to me this mall looked lyk a museum..it was HUGEEEE.the designs on the wall was so detailed.

anywayz im havin a gd tym…hpe evry1 is kl…love u mama.nini.pam.sen x

wish u was ere