K6 UAE

We had a hilarious adventure yesterday. Backstory: Ben has a remote-control truck that Henry broke a part on by smacking it into a lightpost at 20 mph and so we have been scouring all the hobby stores in AD to no avail. Our last hope was this place called DragonMart in Dubai which was supposed to have a store that sells his truck brand. We had heard recommendations to visit this DragonMart ("You can buy anything there -- cheap!") and so we drove there expecting it to be a mall of Chinese import stores. The newly opened DragonMart2 is just another giant mall here, except full of Chinese import stores that don't carry Ben's replacement part. BUT the original DragonMart, just across the road, is another adventure. It's a maze of little Chinese Import kiosks. We had a blast checking out the knock-offs. One of the most popular are Legos . Except they are Lepins . Apart from the names, almost everything on the box is a direct rip-off from Lego. Star Wars becom...

A few weeks ago Dad joined a boat club and today we reaped the fruit of Dad's captaining lessons. We took out a boat ("It has everything, including the kitchen sink" ~Henry) and drove (Piloted? Steered? Motored?) around in the waters between Yas Island and Raha Beach in front of our apartment. It's awesome because when you're out on the water, soaked with sea water, with the breeze whipping around you, you can't feel the heat hardly at all. Here's the selfie Mom took with us, probably right before we started tubing. Here are Ben and Greta dabbing during their second try on the tube. They were the guinea pigs while we figured out how to use the tube. It was basically a disaster the first time around. Funny for those in the boat, but scary for those on the tube. Anyone who has been on a tube that's pulled behind a boat quickly learns three things: #3: Be aware where the other person on the tube is, and make sure not to smash into them. #2: Ho...