Busy week in Dubai - Leena came to stay from Finland! En route to Bangkok. Got used to the insane driving style here and am now quite enjoying zooming around, triple lanes changes and poor parking... (same as back home I guess.) Picked her up 4am from creepy terminal 1... not so fabulous. But very happy to have her here. Lots of chats and gossip since we last saw each other in Spring.
We went to Karama for the day to take pictures and browse some faux dior handbags. Karama is an amazing place - a treasure trove of goodies. Basically, fake products are illegal here so they have to find a way to sell them. All the stores have a secret wall/bookshelf that pushes back to reveal some hidden stairs to take you to a tiny loft. From there, a magical swipe card comes out to open another hidden door which usually takes you back down some other stairs and into a mecca of delights. My favourite shop there is Flamingo - best for handbags and purses, really good fakes and they give you a discount (maybe due to my incessant visits) Someone in Flamingo actually takes you for a walk down the back of the shops, into a block of flats, squeezes into the lift with you (this is the part where I ask them if they're planning on murdering me) then down a long corridor into a fake office set up! Then the swipe card comes out and a side door opens.... BOOM. Ghetto fabulous. I actually love this place too much, Marc Jacobs and Hermes being top of my list....
Another day James, Nick and I went to watch Nick racing a subaru impreza. Practicing our photo skills with Jamesy and his new canon 550d, which he is loving! I'm still on the nikon d200... desperate for an upgrade but if I do it, it'll be the canon 5d mark ii.... and it means changes my entire kit so would probably set me back about £4k.... think I'll stick with the nikon for now! Car photography is harder than I imaged! Tried out panning and diagonals to create movement. Only got a couple good ones of a lovely audi... Am now fantasising about dream cars. Dad just ordered a new mercedes coupe I think. AMG? I dont remember but its super fast apparently. I am hoping I will be allowed a sneaky drive of this every now and again. :) Danger zone.
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| Lovely Wifey! |
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| James gangster style |
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