Our house at Arabian Ranches, called "villa" hereOur house at Arabian Ranches, called "villa" here
View from the backside balcony
Our garden, what a luck it was finished
The neighborhood in our luxury ghetto
Several playgrounds close by
One of three pools in the community
Gekkos sometimes come for a visit
Ferns in the park
Various standards... How many adapters?
The little shopping mall at Arabian Ranches
An unfinished garden, not a prison compound
Make sure you memorize your own house number
Global Village, the fair next to our place
The first weeks we stayed in the Sofitel hotel
Brunch at the Sofitel hotel
The German School in Dubai
Polyclinic where they cure us
Public beach near Burj Al-Arab
Al-Mamzar Beach Park
Jumeirah Beach Park, a dump
Sunset over the Arabian sea
Phantastic desert in Dubai
Desert camp, popular weekend destination
Shisha smoking is relaxing
A small hobby camel farm not far from Dubai
A greener desert in the north
A reddish desert in Umm Al Quwain
Villas of local sheiks
A more classical appartment building
Burj Al-Arab (it changes colors)
All the fast food is here already
Emirates Towers
Golf club, creek, park and downtown
You have seen that before...
Local tree with seeds
Street scene in Al Satwa, a merchants quarter
Older houses in Al Satwa, plain concrete
Construction site of a new villa
Dubai Golf and Yacht Club
My boat... I wish...
Kitsch or art?
Sheikh Zayed Road through downtown
Heavy traffic at any given time
A typical scene in Bur Dubai
Fried veggies at a market after sunset
Streets, and cranes everywhere
Dubai is a single huge construction site (here: Terminal 3)
Burj Dubai, growing too fast at one level per week
Scenes from the Dubai creek
Souk Madinat, brand new in old style, well faked!
Dreamland waterpark in UAQ
Different countries, different signs
Who says it does not rain much in Dubai?
Here she comes
Dubai Balloon Festival