Our first road trip...to the Iraqi border!

Found a herd of camels on the side of the road

Desert Camping... Popular weekend activity

Shepherd and his flock

Abandoned village near the Iraqi Border. Nothing but ruins left from the Gulf War.

Line up at a military check point near Iraq

Military Check Point - the Kuwait-Iraq Border

Truck full of Persian rugs

More ruins from the Gulf War off the side of the highway.

The place was littered with shotgun shells.

This building was covered with bullet holes.

The SUV we rented for the the weekend - we just got our Kuwaiti licenses!!

God Bless U.S. Troops

Met a military convoy on the highway transporting tanks.

Dubai!

Below you'll see some pics I've added from my trip to Dubai last weekend with both the Junior Varsity Girls and Boys Soccer teams! Other than the school's soccer fields, I really didn't get to see much...only the Mall of the Emirates and a quick tour from my host (all the teams stay with host families from the school in Dubai) - to see some hotels and a few buildings!

Enjoy!

Lori :)

My Trip to Dubai with the Soccer Teams!

Dubai airport's newest terminal. On our way home, our girls' saw Mischa Barton (Marissa from the tv show - The O.C.) in the airport - they were soooooo excited!

Some of the Junior Varsity Girls team (grade 9/10)

JV Boys - it's a rule that they need to dress sharply when they travel!

The Dubai American Academy foyer - the first sign of Christmas I've seen this year!

Inside the Mall of the Emirates

My first real glass of wine in 4 months! UAE isn't a dry country like Kuwait!

Ski Dubai - in the Mall of the Emirates

Inside the Mall!

Burj Al-Arab Hotel in the background - another pic of this later...and of course, cranes everywhere!

Mall - the silver part is the ski hill!

Constantly under construction

Al Qasr Hotel
View from the Al Qasr Hotel - you can see the Burj Al-Arab Hotel again which is lit up with changing colours and is designed to look like a sail!

Burj Dubai - the tallest building in the World...it's supposed to be over 700m tall!

They love their shopping here!