Ski-Dubai

We flew to Dubai, in the United Arab Emerates last weekend. What a place!!! On Saturday morning we went to the Mall of the Emerates where there is an indoor ski slope. Hard to believe it is 120+ degrees outside this place! You show up in flip-flops and they provide the ski equipment, coat and pants...even socks! I did pretty well, only wiped out a few times (although I didn't really try anything too hard:) I usually would ride the lift only to the half-way point and ski from there. Here he is meeting me at the halfway point (after he wiped out coming down the first half...I'll show that one later;) then skiing the rest of the way down. This shot also shows the restaurants and hotel at the end of the slope and a cute little place called the Avalanch Cafe where we had hot chocolate and sandwiches on the deck under a heat lamp.