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if you steal it and use it without giving me credit, i will hunt you down. :)

so! we've done quite a lot of exploring, mostly at night. and my camera hasn't been operating well so therefore, I haven't taken a ton of pictures. but! tonight it worked fairly well.... hence... the blog post!

the gold souk or gold market, is one of a few markets on the shore of deira, in the northern part of dubai. there is a veggie souk, spice souk, textile souk and gold souk. obviously, we checked out the shiniest one first.

making friends while finding the souk

in my mind i pictured stalls. sweaty men haggling me to buy their gold.
but there were stores, with AC (should have known - Dubai is a constant hunt for the cool air). 

side alleys also sold souvenir type trinkets. and these dresses. which people buy. and wear.

we walked, and were haggled a little, but mostly because i had my camera and my big purse. which was super dumb and touristy of me. but whatev. you live, you learn.

the first thing you walk up to as you approach the souk is this Guinness World Record Breaking ring. the heaviest gold ring in the world. the diamond isn't real. but i like to imagine that it is.   

this is the typical window. rows and rows of beautiful gold. the gold market is heavily monitored by the government here so that they don't earn a bad reputation of ripping people off. smart. smahhht.

little did he know he was modeling for the camera. muah haha!

we walked. we talked. i asked dave if he was sure he didn't want to buy a supremely large gold ring to replace his $25 ring from etsy. he was sure, despite my efforts.

i blend. 

 

Across the water we saw a ton of people. still couldn't figure out what it was, but when we have more time (we were picking friends up from the airport) we are going to GLOP in this place.

and as we were leaving, there it was. a loud chant coming from the most beautiful mosque hidden behind some buildings. the last call to prayer for the night. all of the sudden, the streets were flooded as people fled to the mosque.

more adventures to come :)