JONATHAN et al. ARE IN DUBAI! (Day 4)

JONATHAN et al. left early this morning 

to head back to the Deep Freeze!

We all had a wonderful time together, but it went by way too quickly!

Thanks Jon, Ted, Miranda and Nate

for coming over halfway around the world to visit!

See you back in Indy!

Now I am in a quiet flat, doing load after load of laundry while

editing pictures like crazy, 

and updating their visit on my blog!

ENJOY!

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After a tasty breakfast on the balcony,

JONATHAN et al.

were excited to spend the day at

AQUAVENTURE! 

And, oh, what a gorgeous day it was!

Yup, they were ready for some fun!

They claimed the water was great

once they got used to it!

(They sure didn't look like they were freezing!)

It's always fun to experience

AQUAVENTURE'S LAZY RIVER

for the first time!

(There's not too much LAZY about it!)

The good old 

LEAP OF FAITH

was, as always, a favorite!

AQUAVENTURE

now has a new tower called 

TOWER OF POSEIDON 

with several new OMG! kind of slides!

Luckily, the four that make up

JONATHAN et al.

were all into thrill rides, 

so they got to experience them together!

This one's called

POSEIDON'S REVENGE!

Here's another new ride called

ZOOMERANGO!

(I sure hope the man and his son don't mind being in the video!)

AQUAVENTURE

also has a new beach area that they tried out!

They all jumped in.......and found the sea water FREEZING!

Once they were worn out, dried off, and cleaned up, 
they visited the

ATLANTIS HOTEL

to see the

AQUARIUM,

 the  

CHILULY TREE,

and, of course, the 

GOLD ATM!

Back home (exhausted), they enjoyed some

SHALLIE time,

(Oh, how she adored her peeps!)

dinner and dessert,

relaxation, and

some shut eye!!

JONATHAN et al. ARE IN DUBAI!

JASON AND CHLOE IN DUBAI....DAY FOUR!

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Jason and Chloe thoroughly enjoyed
their day at

AQUAVENTURE

I sent our underwater camera with Chloe,

expecting lots of action shots

from all the water slides, not-so-lazy lazy river, and the

LEAP OF FAITH!

They spent the entire day there.....

and these are the only pictures that were taken!

I guess when you are busy having fun,

there simply isn't time for

photographs!

(Can you even imagine?)

So I took the liberty of inserting several pictures 

taken at

AQUAVENTURE 

a couple of years ago!

And one photograph (thank you, Photoshop),

showing that Chloe actually 

conquered 

THE LEAP OF FAITH!

They came home after the water park closed,

ready for a glass (or two) of wine

and a lasagna dinner!

And, of course, some

SHALLIE

time!

AHHHHH, it was the perfect

JAS AND CHLOE IN DUBAI.....DAY FOUR!

SOAKING UP THE SUN AND SPLASHING DOWN THE SLIDES

John and I had an awesome day at AquaVenture this past weekend!  AquaVenture is the water park located at the Atlantis on the Palm Jumeirah.  IT.WAS.AMAZING!!!  Here's a photo (from the Internet) that I found of what the The Palm actually looks like.  If you look at the tip of The Palm, AquaVenture is located across the water -- you get there by car going under water through a tube or by a monorail that goes above the water.



First of all, where better to spend a day in triple digit heat than in the water!!  And that is just what we did!  Although my camera was stored safely in a locker most of the day, I was able to take a few pictures. 

The water slides were unbelievable! You might remember the largest slide with the biggest drop, Leap of Faith, as it was featured on The Amazing Race.  Well, John and I did that one first and it was Oh My God I Can't Believe I Just Did That fantastic!!  I couldn't believe I still had my suit on when it was over.  I meant to go back and take some photos of it at the end of the day but we were soooooo exhausted by then we simply stumbled back to our car and headed for home! 

And the Lazy River was unlike any we've ever been on!  It was lazy for a minute or two and then you were taken up a conveyor belt-like thing.......and then suddenly you were plunged into rapids that tossed you from side to side and up and down and you quickly forgot you were on a thing called the Lazy River!  You never knew what the next turn would take you!!  A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.!!!!

Because of my locked up camera, I used the Internet (thank you very much) for the following pictures.  I just had to give you an idea of what AquaVenture was all about!!  Enjoy!

 

I know what you're thinking and yes, there were women wearing robes and swimming and laughing and having fun with their families! There were black robes and colorful robes and I snapped a photo of this one just for you!

 

A day of soaking up the sun and splashing down the slides...UNFORGETTABLE!!