Bluewaters Island, Dubai
New Year Fireworks 2021, Bluewaters Island – This was where we celebrated New Year at the start of 2021. We were lucky, we got there just on time, stuck on the bridge leading onto Bluewaters as the parking I think was full. It would’ve been a disaster if we were stuck inside the car park searching for a vacant spot while the new year fireworks went off! The view from the bridge was amazing, we could see about 5 different fireworks of various locations at 1 time! JBR (right in front), Bluewaters (to the left, not seen in this photo), Palm Jumeirah (I think coz it’s near the Atlantis), Jumeirah Beach (I think also), and far off in the distance, the Burj Khalifa fireworks (the far-off tower that looks like it’s on fire in this photo)!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Bye-bye another COVID year. 2 years in a row of the pandemic, and we’re still alive, hah*@*! Is that all you’ve got, coronavirus? Delta, Omicron? Where will it go after this? Let’s see, ummm… the Greek alphabet, …after Omicron is Pi! Is that what we’re gonna get, Pi?
Hey, what happened to Xi? It was supposed to come just before Omicron. Now, wouldn’t that be interesting, having a prominent president and a virus strain with the same name. And what would happen when you get to Omega? I bet you, they wouldn’t name any strain ‘Omega’, the watchmakers would sue WHO. Besides, people would get mightily confused between ‘Omega’ COVID and Omega-3 oil. Anyway, enough with this nonsense, let’s get back to my blog. I’m leaving another quick picture post for New Year.
Here’s the Bluewaters Island of Dubai. Bluewaters is a small manmade island, off the coast of Dubai and connected to the mainland by a bridge. It’s so small that I wondered at that time why anyone would take all that trouble to build the island and the bridges which connect to it. But boy, was I wrong? They friggin cramped a whole lot of buildings and stuff into it, and capped it up with the mother of all Ferris Wheels, the Ain Dubai (aka Dubai Eye). Here, I’ll let the pictures speak.
Bluewaters Island, with the gigantic Ferris Wheel called the Dubai Eye (now known as Ain Dubai) on it
A luxury yacht (I think it’s the Lotus) passing by the island. Here’re some pictures of us on board the Lotus
Ain Dubai, Nov 2019 – This pic is from our first ever trip to Bluewaters. Ain Dubai has the honours of being the tallest friggin Ferris Wheel now in the world. Nope, we’ve never gone up. It was completed only recently
Family visits – Dad, Hazel and us with the Ain Dubai as a backdrop, Nov 2019
Bluewaters in the day
Another family visit – Anu’s sister and her son were stuck in Dubai for 5 months due to the pandemic. That’s Kunal with us, Bluewaters, Aug 2020
The views of JBR (Jumeirah Beach Residence) from Bluewaters are spectacular. Here’s a day and night view of JBR
The pedestrian bridge connecting JBR to Bluewaters Isle
Here’re more views of JBR - the Address Beach Resort Hotel in JBR at different stages of construction
Nov 2019
Aug 2020
New Year’s Day 2021
Happy New Year everyone!
Ah, what the heck, here’s an extra family pic just for the occasion – Wafi City Mall, Christmas 2020
Bye-bye 2021. We hope 2022 is better. Once again, wishing you all a bright and hopeful new year, and an end to the pandemic once and for all. Happy New Year and God bless.
