Abu Dhabi

On Wednesday we rested as I recovered more from my cold. We decided to have dinner in the roof top Malaga lounge, not realising it was the Shisha smoking area. People smoke scented tobacco through Shisha, water/hookah pipe sets, so we heard the sound of water bubbling behind us as we looked out over the city. I read that 60mins. of shisha was equivalent to 100 cigarettes as the person takes in all the smoke!😖 There were lots of people there too of all ages and types.
Thursday I enjoyed some swimming in the lovely 😊  warmish rooftop pool. Only 4 other women came up and went swimming while I was there. Later on we were picked up about 7pm and taken over to go on the dhow dinner cruise which left from the marina area. Our driver had problems finding the entrance at first because of lots of construction in the marina area. There’s construction happening all over the city
In the prow of the dhow we could see the very solid timber used when it was built.

We were amused to find that as soon as the shore power was disconnected, the ewiter came around to see if we’d like some wine.  We ended up drinking an Argentinian chardonnay , $80 for the bottle. It was good!

When the dhow left the mooring it reversed out of the marina area past some very expensive power boats. Then it had to turn right around and go through the turbulent wake. At this time the waiters all stood with arms outstretched in front of the stacks of plates and soup tureen to ensure nothing fell off the prepared food serving areas.

Along the shores we could see wonderfully lit buildings and even saw out into the offshore waters. Along the mangrove shores there are many expensive houses now.
It was an excellent dinner cruise.