Its just a stone's throw from our apartment hotel or two minutes as the crow flies.
However, we're not crows and we don't fly,
and the Westin hotel has the beach in front of our tall tower, so it's a 20 minute walk through construction activity to the free beach.
But what a glorious beach. Soft pale sand. Crashing waves. The temperature isn't too cold, at least not for Canadians. We're certainly not going home to Canada without a New Year's Day plunge.
Looks like we've got the beach to ourselves! The whole beach!!
"Hi," says Ben, ever the business man, who has brought along to the beach, the business section of a Dubai newspaper. He's spin reading, not speed reading since there is a bit of censorship in the newspapers!
Blake's got an astute eye for business too. Looks like he's staked out a claim on some empty Dubai real estate.
