Ashleigh Visits the United Arab Emirates
June 24. Loni, Josh and Ashleigh in scuba gear at Turtle Bay. Turtle Bay is a resort area near the city of Abu Dhabi. |  |
- Turtle Bay
July 5. Ashleigh and two friends Madelyn and Loni on camelback in the area of the United Arab Emirates called Al Madam.
- Al-Madam
- Al Madam wiki
Al Madam is an inland town of the Emirate of Sharjah, the UAE. Located at the intersection of the Dubai-Hatta (E44) and Mleiha-Shwaib (E55) roads, its development has mainly centred around these road links and the road traffic through Hatta to Oman. The volume of traffic to Oman through Madam and Hatta has lessened since the closure of the 'soft' Omani border at Mahda in 2016,[3] although traffic volumes remain at some 5,000 travellers daily.[4] The road from Madam to Hatta is now only open to UAE or Omani nationals and permit holders.[3] The strip development of Madam along the E44 towards the 'dune bashing' tourist centre[5] of Badayer (with its celebrated 'Big Red'[6] sand dune) has resulted in the town becoming elongated, and includes the 'first shopping mall' to open there.[7] This is in addition to municipal facilities, a medical centre,[8] wedding hall[9] and a large number of shops located along the main street of the town. Al Madam is home to an annual shopping festival.
In an area of desert to the south of Madam, a small and deserted development of houses and a mosque can be found, referred to locally as both Madam Old Town and Ghost Town. The area around Al Madam is also home to a number of Iron Age archaeological sites, including those of Al Thuqaibah and Jebel Buhais, as well as (water systems) dating back to the 1st millennium BC.
 | July 5. Ashleigh at the top of the Burj Khalifa, Dubai, the tallest building in the world! |
- World's tallest building, Burj Khalifa, wiki
The Burj Khalifa, inaugurated in 2010, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft) and a roof height (excluding antenna, but including a 244 m spire) of 828 m (2,717 ft), the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure and building in the world since its topping out in 2009. Construction of the Burj Khalifa began in 2004, with the exterior completed five years later in 2009. The primary structure is reinforced concrete. The building was opened in 2010 as part of a new development called Downtown Dubai. It is designed to be the centrepiece of large-scale, mixed-use development. The decision to construct the building is based on the government's decision to diversify from an oil-based economy, and for Dubai to gain international recognition. The building was originally named Burj Dubai but was renamed in honour of the ruler of Abu Dhabi and president of the United Arab Emirates, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan; Abu Dhabi and the UAE government lent Dubai money to pay its debts. The building broke numerous height records, including its designation as the tallest building in the world.
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