The Birth Of Venus: A Day in Abu Dhabi

From Dubai, it'll only take one and a half hour to get to another Emirate country, Abu Dhabi! We had to rent a cab for the whole day, it would be best for my Auntie to not go on a long drive. And good thing we did because we got the cab driver who has a kind heart to give us a huge discount, plus he's really good-looking. Take my word for it. Oooh, and he's not driving an ordinary cab, he's driving Toyota Land Cruiser Prado. Medyo sosyal na cab driver.

We got to the Grand Mosque before 3pm, but since they were currently praying, we're not allowed to go inside yet. We took a detour to the Emirates Palace, but apparently, they're not letting tourists in that day. Bummer. I was just looking at it from afar and it's nothing like any other palaces in movies. They said that's where the Sheik (counterpart of president) lives. Anyhoooo, our gwapong chauffeur took us to Heritage Village instead. It was more like an open park that has Arabian houses, buildings near beach, souvenir stalls and ducks.

4pm. Mr. Chauffeur politely told us that his shift ends at 6pm and has to return the car by then. And since we don't him to get in trouble, we had to have a quick tour at the Grand Mosque. It was my first time to enter to a mosque and it was woah. It was like Princess Jasmine's castle. The interior as exquisite. The wall design and chandeliers was very kabog. There's nothing really much to see, just their Quran and the clock that tells their prayer time. And we had to wear Abaya and take off our shoes before entering.