Running

I love to run....
I got my parents to run in the charity school run. We ran 7 kilometers....well actually I was suppose to run 2 km with all the other kids but we got the wrong start time so missed it :-)
Since I wanted to run, I ran with the parents. We started the run together and we crossed the finish together. We each ran at different speeds and then waited for each other to cross together :-)
Mummy wanted to go at a slow steady pace, while I wanted to run fast, then I got a stitch and ran back to wait for Mummy and then repeated it again :-)
Vovó was visiting us so we got a great photo at the end of the race. I came 3rd in the kids for the 7 km race (2nd boy :-))

Oman

and our little adventure....first we went to visit Hatta still in Dubai and then ventured across the border to go to a Wadi in Oman...a challenge with no proper IDs for me and mummy but we made it back, after waiting 30 minutes at the border on the return as the guard had changed.

Dubai

What a place to spend money doing so many different and exciting things...the shopping malls with amazing displays including a Diplodocus Longus dinasour, cinemas, art and entertainment; simulation of sky diving with Papá; greeting the penguins with mummy; 6 hours in Kidzania where I learnt to be a dentist, fireman, security guard, working in Mcdonalds, bottling coke, making perfumes, climbing wall of a building, actor, getting money from a bank; swimming with dolphins and up and down waterpark slides including going through a tank of fish and rays; driving in the desert in a 4-wheel jeep; watching belly dancing and riding a camel; making friends including Martin from Kenya (my best friend from Dubai); playing football on the sand and swimming in the sea which had jelly fish (yuck - message from mummy); Papá took a helicopter ride; we celebrated our trip with a drink to view the coast at night on 52nd floor of a hotel; and of course visited the Burj Khalifa viewing at 452 m (out of 850m) at the 124th floor. Our best shopping mall was Souk Madinat Jumeirah.... and we walked passed a Lamborghini and Ferrari to see the Burj Al Arab 6 star hotel (not allowed to wonder in). At the mall we bought a compass for our sea theme in Óbidos and ate big burger and cocktails for dinner.

Abu Dhabi

We went for a day to Abu Dhabi to Ferrari World and the Mosque Sheik Sahed. Wonderful fun day at Ferrari World and beautiful visit to the Mosque.
Ferrari World is an adventure rides park - Papá went on the fastest roller coaster in the world with 230 km in 5 seconds...I went with papá and then mummy tried too after she saw me do it...on a roller coaster probably half that speed and what a thrill...we did every ride and popped out to go to see the Mosque - wonderful architecture and colour. We then went to the Marina next to the Formula 1 racing track and had dinner. I listened to the band playing while the dinner was made and then I went running around/through the water fountain just to cool off :-)

Qatar

On our way to Dubai, we stopped one night/day in Doha, Qatar...and the heat began :-) We had a lovely walk around the Souk Waqif straight from our hotel where it had all different areas - gold where mummy bought a necklace, birds/tortoises/parrots/all sorts of animals for pets, clothing, perfumes, spices, nuts etc...we also walked to the falcon souq. Wow, you walk into the 'shops' and there are a number of falcons on display, most of them with their eyes protected...bizarre for me. We visited the Islamic Art Museum which is a beautiful building, located on the estuary so a great view across to the modern skyline. It had a special exhibition called Kings and Prawns explaining the history of chess - very interesting - beyond the wonderful permanent exhibitions. Then back to the hotel for the luggage and onto the modern 'hub' airport to continue to Dubai.