We gotta lotta pics this week so let's get to the good stuff. On Thursday night at around 6:00 I got a call from my friend inviting me to a wedding at 9:00 that night. Well my gut instinct was "NO WAY JOSE" is she crazy that's in three hours and we had dinner plans in 30 minutes for my friends birthday. Well, a split second later after we clarified that it was indeed tonight she was talking about, so I decided to go because I knew I would regret it later. (I do so love parties) I called up my two American friends to see if they wanted to go with me and they agreed so we started planning outfits ASAP. There were no girls wearing "Western clothes" at the wedding so we knew we had to go traditional. I wore the Kaftan I just had made (not as dressy as it should be but it would do). I asked my neighbor for her dress for one of my friends and the other wore another jellaba I had. We met our friend at around 10:00 and the party was just getting started. The bride hadn't shown up yet.
They rented this palace type building and served all these courses and sweets all night. I was still full from the Thai food I had just eaten.
By 4:00 a.m the bride had already changed dresses six times. Each time with all new jewelry. I was exhausted for her. The last picture is a traditional indigenous minority group (they were here before the Arabs and have their own language and traditions).
It's very "Arab" to wear tons of makeup like this (especially in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates). I think it's so neat.
The bride and groom were carried in a couple of times and this time we threw flower petals on them and he lifted her veil and kissed her on the forehead. One of the men toting the groom slipped by the fountain and fell flat on his back. Everyone gasped and I 'bout peed my pants but once we saw he was okay we all had a good laugh.
Here I am approaching 4:30 a.m. and my hips and feet were so tired from dancing. We headed out before the wedding was over. At sunrise they would go to local historical landmark and take more photos. I told my friend we had to bail before sunrise because we had a meeting at 11:00. Good times had by all!
So as not to leave Cody out of this weeks post here are a few pics from a trip to the exotic gardens 15 kilometers north of our city. There were different habitats from various regions around the world. Very pretty.
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