Lucky Phil and I went to Dubai for New Year. As Dubai is a land of vast and beautiful deserts, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to get some photos showing off our cool Tatooine Shirt in a real desert and to the locals.
We made sure we went on a Desert Safari. It was awesome. We did some Dune Bashing in 4WDs, rode a camel, and had a buffet at a Bedouin camp with belly dancing etc.
Whilst doing the Dune Bashing, our Guide stopped for some photo opportunities, so we made the most of them.
Then, of course, I had to bust out my funky desert themed Star Wars outfits for a cool location shoot.
Checking out the local Merchandise.
And this was on the private beach at Atlantis Resort and Waterpark. You can see the Burj Al Arab in the background. Atlantis Waterpark was soooooo good. If you ever go to Dubai, go there.
This slide is called the Leap of Faith. I didn't think I wanted to go on it, then I went on it twice. You slide straight down, then through a tube through a shark pool before splashing into a pool at the end. You don't actually see the sharks as you go through, as you're going that fast, and the water is spraying up in your face, but it's awesome fun. There's a slow moving ride through a tube in the shark pool you can go on, which is pretty cool.
We had an amazing time. The New Year fireworks were amazing and will make all future fireworks really boring. We were lucky where we were staying. We saw them shooting off the entire Burj Khalifa from the roof of our building, then went down to the 21st floor, and saw from the balcony, the fireworks at The Palms, then along the beach.
I had taken my Slave Leia Costume to try and get some Desert Location shots, but unfortunately the opportunity never really came up.