Mauritius and West Africa Darren and Janet

View through the haze of the Burj Al Arab Hotel, from the end of the palm breakwater

View of the outer frond, from the monorail

One of the fronds has been demolished already (no doubt to be rebuilt bigger!)

Monorail walking path, Nakheel Mall and Tower in the background

Tour of Palm Jumeirah

29 Jun, Emiriah Arab Bersatu ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C

As we're staying at a hotel on the trunk of the palm, today we toured around the palm.

Palm Jumeirah is the largest man made island in the world, constructed from 2001-2007 from 7 million tons of rock and sand mined from the Hajar Mountains, 400km away. It has a trunk and 17 fronds, creating 73km of beachfront, and it's own monorail.

We caught a taxi to the far end of the outer breakwater (predominantly to get a cache 😁), then stopped in at Atlantis The Palm resort and waterpark on the way back (of course it's the world's largest waterpark, with 105 slides and rides). We didn't partake this time.

We caught the monorail half way back, to Nakheel Mall for lunch, then late afternoon continued our monorail journey back to our hotel on the trunk.

At dusk we went for a walk along the promenade under the monorail tracks, then I had a refreshing evening dip in the pool.Baca lagi

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