At the Edge of Town

The summer break has started for Jayden. He’s finished Year 5, (yes, at age 9), and will start Year 6 in September. Meanwhile, he’s at home, ‘eating’ his mommy’s head, while lucky me have some peace at work, away from all that commotion at home. Whew. (Hope Anu doesn’t read this).

That’s the short update. Because I still have a lot of work to do for the tender. (Thank God).

For the time being, since I’m on theme parks, here’re some theme parks not visited, and one which has gone for good! (Bye-bye Bollywood Park, wished we’d have visited you when you were around). All at Dubai Parks and Resorts, a location at the edge of Dubai, which had a few theme parks, a hotel, a mall and whatnot, which we visited a long time ago.


Riverland - the ‘theme park’ that joins them all. This is the general area that connects all the theme parks in Dubai Parks. There’re 4 theme parks, not counting Riverland that you could visit, Legoland, Legoland Water Park, Motiongate and Real Madrid World (a football theme park, are you kidding me?) Riverland used to be free, but not anymore. Rest assured, we’d not be visiting any time soon, ahem.










The French Village, Riverland, Dubai, Dec 2017 – Yeah, it was that long ago. When Justin was 8 years old, and Jayden was only a tiny 3! It was a birthday treat to Legoland and Legoland Water Park for Justin’s 8th birthday… How time flies!


The bridge across the ‘river’. D’you think there could actually be a river in Dubai? Nah, it’s a man-made lake!


The bridge at night, complete with boat rides (of course you have to pay for it…)


A theme park gone! The gate of Bollywood Park, a theme-park dedicated to India’s massive movie industry. Farewell! Sorry, we didn’t see you before you closed. May you be ‘reincarnated’ into a better and more popular theme park in the future!


The boulevard leading to Bollywood Park… Are those hands still there?? Maybe not. Bollywood Park is now Real Madrid World, touted as the world’s first Real Madrid Theme Park… Yeah, so? Unless you’re a Real Madrid Fan, or maybe a football nut, why would you wanna visit a football-club-themed park??


MotionGate – Now this is something that sounds more exciting. And Justin’s been harping us on this for ages. Wait, wait till you do something spectacular, or when there’s an offer. Hasn’t Jayden visited this (or was it Justin?) on a school trip or sum’n like that? Don’t remember


The Outlet Village, Dubai Parks, Feb 2019 – We visited this mall, (and Riverland, again, when it was STILL free) for Chinese New Year, of 2019




Hey, BE CAREFUL OF THE WELL!!! Oh, it’s a fake well, izzit? As you can see, the boys are still small – Justin was 9 and Jayden 4.5. Dubai Outlet Village, Feb 2019

Well, that’s it, till the next post. See ya!