The Lesser Pavilions

Urghhh… What the hell. Haven’t found time to think, or sort out photos for a new post, due to work. Just finished 2 big assignments (and there’re 2 more to go before the end of this month). For a mini celebration, I thought I'd finish off the stash of Expo photos that I’ve gathered up earlier… Give some recognition to the smaller pavilions in the Expo, you know?

Here goes. An express photo post coming up! A tribute to the smaller pavilions of the Expo! (Until I find some time to come up with something fresh…)


Opera 360… Don’t exactly know what this is for. It’s a small unmanned pavilion in the Expo’s Al Forsan Park. I guess it has something to do with the Dubai Opera?!??


Of all the small pavilions, Vietnam’s (for me), was the most interesting… It had water puppet shows and traditional music performances! Bravo Vietnam! – Vietnam Pavilion (looks like China, but it ain’t. Noticed all the Latin script in place of Chinese characters?), Opportunity District, Expo2020, Dubai


This is from Vietnam’s neighbour, Cambodia. What a strange lion…, Sustainability District, Expo2020


Some costume fun at ASEAN’s newest member, Timor Leste, Opportunity District


And the Caribbean features lots of elaborate headdresses!!! It’s Carnival time – Trinidad & Tobago Pavilion, Mobility District


Here’s something from Africa… A Lesotho Hat or Mokorotlo, Lesotho’s national symbol! Sustainability Dist.


Continuing in Africa, why not have some traditional music fun… DR Congo Pavilion, Opportunity Dist.


Back to the Caribbean, chilling out at the birthplace of Reggae, Jamaica, Opportunity Dist.


A football try-out at the Uruguay Pavilion (what else…) Mobility Dist.


All green... and sustainable. Well, it ain’t in the Sustainability District for nothing, OK? Suriname Pavilion


Huh? Batman’s at the Expo?? Yup, even Gotham City has a pavilion! It’s a publicity stunt for The Batman movie that was released at that time!


This photo isn’t of a small pavilion. Putting in a photo of the only time we went with a friend… We brought Justin’s Egyptian classmate and friend, Moaaz with us to the Expo on our first ever visit. Here’re them having a game of chess at the Spanish Pavilion


A mysterious glowing lion. The expo has lots of strange creatures like this lion in the photo… There were also glowing falcons (or is it a phoenix?), birdmen, etc…


That’s it for now. One final expo picture of us at the UAE Pavilion. We’ll be back (in an Expo)… in 2030, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia! I hope…

I think this would be the last of my Dubai Expo posts… (I’m only 4 years late, ahem…)


Here's a bonus map of the Dubai Expo, just for memory's sake!