London Adventures | Day 2

Hi Everyone! Check out Part 2 of my trip to London!! Hope you like the video :) Sandra xx

London Adventures 2015

Earlier this year I went on a holiday to London, England for a few days... it was my first trip to London and I loved it!  I'm excited to share with all of you this video I put together of some of the places I visited during my first day in London.  Parts 2 & 3 of my London adventure will follow soon!

I'm also looking forward to creating a similar video of my trip to Prague, so stay tuned for that! :D

Hope you enjoy it!

Creekside Park

The lovely view from Creekside Park ...

Flamenco Nights

I went to see an amazing flamenco performance in Dubai's Park Hyatt Hotel before Christmas (my mum surprised us with tickets as a christmas gift!), and I'd like to share with you this video we took of part of the performance!  Hope you enjoy!

Here is their website, if you'd like to find out more about the dinner and show: http://www.alandalusevents.com/#home

Falconry Video!

My falconry video is finally finished!! It took a long time to edit it, but I finally uploaded it .... hope you like it! 

A Falconry Show at Bab Al Shams Hotel in Dubai :
(Links to the music videos in the description box on youtube)

Teaser Video - Falconry Show!

A small sneak peak of the falconry show at Bab Al Shams Hotel!  Full video, with more exciting tricks, coming soon!  :) 

(The full video will have smoother filming!)

Falconry in Dubai (Part 2)

Here are the rest of the falconry pictures :)  I will post the Bab Al Shams hotel pictures in a separate post

Falconry in Dubai (Part 1)

 When I was in Dubai this past Christmas, we went to Bab Al Shams hotel (meaning 'gateway to the sun') , in the desert, where they had a falcon trainer demonstrating the art of Falconry, and showing us a few tricks with one of two falcons he had.   These are a few select pictures of the day! :)

In addition to falconry, the hotel offers camel riding, desert safari, horse riding, archery, personal training sessions and a host of lawn games including table tennis, mini golf and croquet.  I hope be able to participate in these activities the next time I visit.  

(More pics to follow in part 2, including the interior of the hotel!  Also, I will be sharing a video of the live falconry once I have had the chance to edit the clips)

I got to hold the falcon! :D

A walk around Burj Khalifa

Check out the video of our walk next to the world's tallest tower on my youtube page, here 

Plus some extra shots of the area below :)

Henna!

I thought I would give you a bit of a break from my Dubai themed posts and pictures, and share pics of the Henna I had done for my friend's wedding!  For those unfamiliar with Henna, it is the art of temporary tattooing and is made from a certain type of flowering plant.  A paste is created from the powdered form of this plant, and is used to dye the skin; it has been used since the Bronze ages,in other forms, to dye hair, fingernails, leather, wool and silk.

In the past it was more used for medicinal purposes and as an anti-fungal treatment... it used to be spread on the palms of hands, and soles of feet.  However, the increase in use of henna for body art has been developed and enjoyed in recent years.  In some middle eastern and asian cultures (such as india, pakistan, and sri lanka), henna is traditionally used by women to prepare for weddings and other important occasions.

It usually lasts from a few days to a month depending on the quality of the paste, your skin type, and how often the skin is cleaned/rubbed.
Mine stayed for around 3 weeks, since the henna was of a good and dark quality.

Some of my friend's henna, for the wedding (usually henna designs are much more elaborate, but as you can see we decided to keep it simple :) )

Boat tour on the Creek

This was one of my favourite outings in Dubai; we went to 'Al Boom Tourist Village' which offers banquet halls, cruises, catering and has its own restaurant.  We decided to book a private boat/dhow (a traditional arabic sailing vessel) for a one hour tour of the Dubai Creek... it was so nice and relaxing, although very windy!

Interior of Al Boom Tourist Village

Interior of Al Boom Tourist Village