Adventure activities in Dubai, Part I (Jet Ski,Flyboard)

Adventure activities in Dubai

The dazzling city of Dubai is situated on the Persian Gulf coast of the United Arab Emirates. Apart from being a major city, it also forms one of the seven emirates of the country and shares borders with Abu Dhabi in the south, Sharjah in the northeast, and the Sultanate of Oman in the southeast. The Persian Gulf borders the western coast of the emirate.No doubt, Dubai tells a story of man-made architecture but what one might not be aware is that, it is the heaven for ultimate adventure sports.

Dubai is the paradise for adventure freaks around the globe.Even if you are not an adventure junkie, you can still enjoy few activities at leisure and enjoy the bounties that nature has to offer.There are a host of other activities that are man-made and all those too tickle your gush of adrenaline.

Lets start with a few ones this blog and you will have a fair insight of how to plan your trip anywhere from around the globe accordingly so that you can use your time efficiently and enjoyably. There is a wide array of watersports to choose from which will satiate the curiosity of a wild watersport enthusiast.

Jet Ski is the most popular activity in an around the Persian Gulf where you can have amazing glimpses of Burj Al Arab, Atlantis,Sheikh Palace, the Palm(Dubai Marina) from the sea side. DAY N NIGHT YACHTS N BOAT, DUBAI was the operator for the jet ski we chose. The jet skis that they provide are in the range from Yamaha, 700 cc to 1100 cc.The instructors are affluent in supervision and ensure proper safety instructions are followed.Life jackets are provided and supervisors keep the skis under their strict monitoring. They charge 350 Dirhams for a 30 min tour and trust you me, it is definitely worth it.

The essential requirement is a copy of ID proof (passport for foreign nationals) and one is required to sign a disclaimer form before venturing out in the sea.My supervisor was a guy from Bangladesh and he ensured that we thoroughly enjoy the experience.Lost in the beauty of the splashing waters, I had probably deviated from the main route and he was kind and cautious enough to go back and search my jet ski.

Among the other watersports, fly boarding was another activity which tickled my senses. It allows you to take off from the water completely, stand on your feet and then dive into the salty water from that height.. The key factor in enjoying a flyboard is the balancing part and once you have mastered the art, you can be sure of enjoying the activity thoroughly.

It is also known as Zapata or flyboard Zapata and Dubai hosted the 2014 and 2015 editions of the World cup.The hydro-propulsion forces created by redirecting the seawater pressure offer a unique adrenaline rush and a total freedom of movement to the rider allowing him to showcase a collection of freestyle moves.

Jet ski in Dubai near Burj Al Arab

Watch out for more more set of sports to follow.Till then, have fun....

Purr- a-noic

.........BiJleE 

I do not think that I am ailurophobic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailurophobia) but I do find this species a little greedy lot.However, my experience this time in Chaardukan area near St. Paul's church in Landour, Mussoorie made me feel I am a bit purr-a-noic!!!

Already filled tummy, but I still could not get over the menu that the small shop had to offer.Tugged along my partner in indulgence to the shop and ordered a waffle in the cold weather with lotsa lip-smacking syrup.There were four unoccupied chairs in the open but the chill wind that blew in the open helped me make up my mind to sit in the couch inside.

As soon as I made my way inside to the snug surroundings, I placed my bag on the sofa and chose to sit in the corner oblivious of what was coming my way.तशरीफ़ रखना happened to be the most memorable moment of that day as I gauged something was moving on the couch. I was barely few inches away and was almost about to sit on it when I saw the whiskers and a snarl..........

Aaaaaahhhhhh.....Save me!!!!!was the first thing on my mouth and I ran to my hubby in a sprint.Hearing me shout, the shop owner and his daughter moved out from their respective places.To my utter shock, they did not come to comfort me as I expected but they seemed more worried about Bijlee!!!

Bijlee by that time was perched on top of a wardrobe still snarling at me and then I realised what I averted thankfully.God knows how many needles would have pierced its way through  me if that black & white nightmare would have bitten me or ran its claws on me.

I did finish the waffles that I had ordered although I was still engulfed with the fear of Bijlee   (Quite an Electrifying shock it was!!!)

Nutty Nature Geek

Prashar Lake, Himachal Pradesh

Watching the sun play hide & seek
What do I call myself, a 'Nature Geek'?
Pines,Firs & myriad unknown trees in different shades of green......
Bountiful is the basket of Nature & hence she is serene!

Placid lake & the gushing rivers; both are pristine

Drifting clouds...Sometime choose to shower & sometimes shine

The inner me gets drawn to U almost like a magnet

Hey Mystical!Make me a part of Thee...Wont fail U,I bet!!!

April Thoughts...

                                              April Thoughts...

Its irony when we yearn for good things and we say 'We want it badly'!!!!!


         I make people feel alive 'cos I give them a fair portion out of my LIFE!!!


Who invented the word Professional?????Everything is PERSONAL at the end of the day.


        When things go bad between 2 individuals;its either Responsibility or Blame!!!
                   Either own the responsibility or blame it on the other person
                                       Never hold situations responsible

Chinese lamps

A Tale of 2½ monkeys.....

A Tale of 2½  monkeys.....

A weekend morning in Shimla and I wake up feeling fresh all ready to welcome a new day. I had heard a lot about Jakhoo temple and I felt good that I would get to visit it.Little did I know that my day would start with a feud.....Feud between me a Homo Sapien and a herd of Rhesus Macaque.

While many grey cells strongly contradict "ape to human evolution" theory by Darwin, my experience that day in Jakhoo with a troop of  so-called intelligent monkeys made me reconfirm that human did evolve from ape.As soon as I started to climb up the stairs to Jakoo, I was strongly reminded of my driver and hotel staff who had warned me in advance about the hospitality aka hostility of the monkeys in Jakhoo. As per the instructions,I had not taken any prasad to offer to the deity in the fear that monkeys would attack me for the prasad. But neither did I heed to the foreboding completely cos I had forgotten to carry a stick which was available at the temple gate and which was the main protecting device from the monkeys.
The seed of fear which had already germinated in me now turned into a sapling when I heard the constant chatter of them and their jumping on the tin roofing on the way to the temple. OOOhhh.....M a brave gal.....I kept reminding myself and went ahead to see the mighty deity of Hanuman (Monkey Lord as described by Wikipedia) overlooking Shimla. I felt like a tiny speck of dust standing in front of the statue and honestly did not reach even the height of his mace at full stretch. After admiring the panoramic view  from the highest point of Shimla, I proceeded towards the temple and was mobbed by the unruly gang of monkeys who were busy threatening the bunch of tourists exploring the beauty of the place.
Somehow averting the mobbing monkeys, I made my way to the place where I had to take off my shoes before heading to the temple premises.A minor assault took place therein where a young monkey tried to scare me off my wits by staring at me and threatening to take my shoe.My co visitors  scared it off with sticks thankfully and I could peacefully remove my shoes and get ready for visiting the sanctum sanctorum of the Jakhoo Temple.
My favourite latest buy of pink shades were on and just before entering the inner premises of the temple, I placed it on the crown of my head. After offering my prayers in the temple, I came out to the open and decided to stroll around the temple at leisure.That decision was the forerunner in my believing the Darwin Theory of Evolution. As soon as I started taking the first few steps in the awesome weather, someone stroked me on the head from behind and before I could turn my head in a split second, I heard the clatter of the group of visitors and primates shouting  at each other.
Little did I realise that I was one of the main causes behind the pandemonium that had just erupted.My pink shades were by that time in the hands of the mom monkey who gritted her teeth when I stared at her in utter shock. The baby monkey clinging onto her seemed amused at all this and made sum gestures with its hands which irritated me to the upper limit possible.The visitors to the temple seemed to be bothered at the eruption of sudden drama but were clueless  about the solution to the problem.
The old lady selling 'bhog' or offering to the God came out to help with her strategical business acumen.She asked my friend  accompanying me to throw the envelops which were supposed to be containing offerings towards the monkeys. I could not gather my wits at what was happening and took the stick of that old lady and tried to scare the primates. Darwin's theory could be best explained by an onlooker if I was caught jumping and clattering gibberish in my reaction to the action that had just happened.My friend threw the first envelop towards a wrong pair of mother and baby monkey while the culprit duo was enjoying the scene and getting a bird eye  view perched from the highest branch of tree. The more hyper I got, the more fun I was infusing in them;I did realise a few minutes later.
The impish baby monkey teased me with the temple tips of my favourite shades in his mouth and to my utter dissatisfaction, it was leisurely chewing on it.Such was my wrath that I turned around and started searching for some thing to throw at those horrendous creatures.By that time, the old lady handed over another so called bait to my friend...the envelope.As soon as  my friend threw it towards the culprit 1½ monkeys, a serendipitous thing happened.The mom monkey in order to grasp the envelope threw the shades from the tree top and my friend collected it in due time to evade the entire platoon of those primates to snatch my fav shades another time.
Lo and behold...My pink shades were in front of my eyes...I washed them and put it in my pockets and avoiding the animated troop of primates somehow, I made my car to my cab.Mouthful of curses fell short of the trauma I had just experienced and I felt literally angry when my driver said that 'Hanuman ke Mandir me bandar to hongei na'!!!
As much as I believe in Hanuman, I will never forget that episode which made me realise that Darwin was right...Human must have evolved from apes...!!!
Jakhoo ke dakoo was one of the apt title for this blog but the tale of 2½  monkeys encompasses it all...I surely contribute to that 2½...