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Last Sunday hubby & I went to Abu Dhabi to renew his passport. This could’ve been done in Dubai if only they won’t take 2 months to do it. (I heard that the Philippine Consulate in Dubai has a backlog of 2,000 passports for renewal because they only received half of the passports they ordered in Philippines. Apparently, it will take 2 months for them to deliver it here!)

Anyway, we left really early that morning so that we can finish this errand immediately and do some touring of Abu Dhabi. Below you will see how foggy it was that morning. Well, it was ok because hubby & I stopped by the bakery to get some breakfast on the way. So we enjoyed the drive.

Funny because the moment we exited to go to Abu Dhabi city it was bumper to bumper traffic. Hubby & I were not even sure whether we took the correct turn. We figured that since this one is traffic, it is most probably leading to the city then. Sheesh! I never realized that Abu Dhabi has become traffic as well.  It was at this time that I took out my phone and opened Nokia maps.  Finding the Philippines Embassy was quite easy because of it.  So needless to say, we got there in no time. 

It’s hubby’s first time to visit. Not like there is much to see. In fairness though, Abu Dhabi has improved a lot since my last visit there years ago. The Corniche were adorned with modern structures in forms of sheds, fountains and benches, even the flowers were just right. The roads were well done too.

From the embassy, we headed to Marina Mall.  To my surprise, that place has become so much bigger that when I last saw it (when it was newly opened).  Now they have a CN Tower look-a-like as a part of the mall.  It just had coffee shops at it’s foot.

I wonder what was on top.  While strolling, we saw that they were building their equivalent of Ski Dubai called Snowland.

Unfortunately, the expected 1 day processing of the passport became 24 hours wait, so we decided to head home early.  It was unusually hot that day too so I was feeling kinda tired…plus being my first day I wasn’t in the best of conditions to go around anyway.

It was past noon time when we reached Dubai.  So stopped by Ibn Battuta and had some lunch.  Since it is still DSF (Dubai Shopping Festival) there were promotions and hubby won a free Kebab platter!  Gosh! It was lovely and we got so stuffed that we wanted to walk more than anything.  Lessen the bloated feeling. 

Until… we reached the Cinema… and ended up watching… 27 Dresses

It was so cute!!! I loved it! hihihihi.

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