So tonight after work we decided to get dinner and then go out to the souks (markets) in old Dubai. It's the start of the weekend here (they work Sun-Thurs), so we figured we'd have plenty of time to explore and everyone assured us they'd be open until at least 11pm.
Some interesting names/signs on the stores:
After making our way further west, we found the spice souks! Everyone had spices out in front of the booths and invited you in to their little storefronts to barter. A couple of the girls bought some things at one of the souks.
Only about 4 spice souks were open. There was a whole little alley way full of storefronts, all closed. We kept walking towards the gold and tapestry souks and never found them ... which baffled us all - we were under the impression they were quite large and all in the same area. We're hoping to get back over there another day to see the rest of the souks.
We went to dinner at Lemongrass - a restaurant someone told us served arguably the best Thai food in Dubai. And since Dubai has some amazing food ... well, it was great Thai food!
We then took a cab across the Dubai Creek to the old part of Dubai. He left us off a ways away from the souks so we started wandering that direction and found some streets busy with locals. And LOTS of bright lights and signs!
Some interesting names/signs on the stores:After making our way further west, we found the spice souks! Everyone had spices out in front of the booths and invited you in to their little storefronts to barter. A couple of the girls bought some things at one of the souks.
Only about 4 spice souks were open. There was a whole little alley way full of storefronts, all closed. We kept walking towards the gold and tapestry souks and never found them ... which baffled us all - we were under the impression they were quite large and all in the same area. We're hoping to get back over there another day to see the rest of the souks.We decided to take a boat ride across the creek to get back towards our hotel. For just 1 dh (about 30 cents) you get on a very rickety old boat and go from one little station on the river to another. The boat drivers are just as crazy as the drivers on the roads around here. I'm not sure exactly what the etiquette is; people seemed to just drive wherever they wanted and honked whenever people got in their way! Here are some locals getting off the boat at the first station (yes, the blurring is intentional!):
Three of us on the boat on our way across the creek:
One of the dinner cruise boats (our little boat was about 1/10 of this size and no fancy lights :)) that takes diners up and down the river: 
Three of us on the boat on our way across the creek:
One of the dinner cruise boats (our little boat was about 1/10 of this size and no fancy lights :)) that takes diners up and down the river: 
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