We had a lovely Xmas at the Raeli's house this year - all the NZ (and two Brits) orphans clubbed together, got yummy food and relaxed for the day!
The day is really all about the kids and Measina got a beautiful bike from myself and her Uncle Brent so she's pretty pleased!
Me
Before a night out
Roof Party
With Gayle, Marilyn and Sue
At Il Divo
With Kimmy, Tracey and Sue
With Mum in NZ
Feb trip
WIth the countdown clock
On our way home
Sue and I
Taking a break from watching fireworks
Me, Sue and Will at Rihanna
Great time had by all!
The Xmas Fairy and I
Teaching her how to take her own photo :)
A bike for Xmas
Trying her new wheels
DJ and me...
I know, I know - again?!?!
Girls at the 7s!
Me, Sheryl and Sue
Our beach
Hard job but someone's gotta do it!
Maldives
First night drinks!
Start of night
With friends :)
Bday dinner
The whole table - hard to see the back!
With Sheryl
At Andrew's Abu Dhabi farewell
With Nat
At her place in Doha - on our way out
Netball do at Rugby Club
With Beks, Sue B and Kalala :)
Kalala and I
Not playing but still working hard!
Red SIP Team
They tried - the main thing!
Our pervy girls!
And Chris Cairns...oh alright then - and Dave!
Trafalgar Square
One lovely late summer evening
WIth a lion
in Tralfagar Square
In the park
Trying to find squirrels!
Two in one
Just amazing :0)
In front of the entrance to a tomb inside a pyramid
Nice and cool! Tomb empty though - phew!
Our view
After sunset - so lovely all the time though!
Poros Harbour
One of the ones we stopped at on the cruise
Among the ruins at Delphi
Not much left but still amazing
The Parthenon
Built for Athena
Dinner on the roof
with the Acropolis in the background
Cute little bascila
That you find when wandering in Athens
Out for dinner
Loving the complusory Istanbul tan - yes I DO suncreen everyday!
View of harbour from hotel roof
At sunset
Me in front of the Blue Mosque
First night - out exploring
Az, me and Kate
at Kate's farewell
My team at the wedding
Gayle, Sara, Trish, Leeana, Anita, me, Kalala and Az
Kalala and I
at the company end of year dinner
Our birthday girl
Measina at her 1st birthday party
Inside Cirque du Soliel
Amazing stage - not supposed to take pics though - whoops!
Mum didn't quite think she could get this in her bag!
At the Toys R Us shop in Dubai
We girls at Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi
Yes Mum had her eyes shut!
At the mosque
Don't think this really looks like us! :0)
Mum at the Mosque
In her abiya and shaila - styley!
Compulsory
DJ happy to have pic taken again!
Never sleeps without her camel!
(Too much fun to squish!)
Nice and close
Wasn't hard to get this close
Waiting...
Dinner in Wellington
Great way to catch up with everyone at once!
The Abu Dhabi Grand Mosque
Amazing and lovely building
Tui, Kalala, Kiana and Measina at the mosque
Kalala made a great emirati woman!
Nizwa Souq
Very pretty place to shop and haggle!
The Mosque Entrance
The Grand Mosque - absoltely amazing and beautiful. Lots of these archways around it.
Fort in Muscat
Oman is known for it's forts everywhere
Day Six
Out at Greenwich
The ice skating rink
- at the Tower of London
Nervous!
Well I was - before ice skating!
With Rhys
At Southwark Church - amazing building!
Day Four
Harrods!
At Fat Freddy's
Great NZ reggae band
Day Three
Outside Buckingham Palace
First Tube Ride
Only one stop but was still pretty exciting for me!
With Tom and Leo
Madame T's was great!
The Queen
Hard to see but she's in there!
Day 1
Cold but happy (London Eye in background)
The Kiwi Boys
Looking very happy - this was when the Kiwis were still winning :0)
The scenery
Love this - the green grass, the high stands, the amazing score board...the desert!
We're Here!
And not many others are yet - all good - we saw every NZ game which was great when so far from home.
So cute!
It's for kids of all ages.
The Fraud House
From the front
DIshes on the roof
Looks like more dishes than apartments can be fitted!
The Whole Group
We managed to get organised enough for a group pic before we left - I'm in the middle at the back.
Pool Bar
Ok so nearly all the adults that went in this shot- Chris and Anna were upstairs in the bar. Who's looking after the kids?
The two laned road to get there
Ok so this road is meant to be two lanes but thanks to a very recent sandstorm we were driving on what we could find! Sand sweepers anyone?
With Kalala at my birthday dinner
Drinking a Scorpion and she had a Samoan Fog Cutter!
Sandstorm
Looks like rain but actually sand
Daily Sight
Camels being taken around is a pretty common sight (love it!)
Jabel Hafeet
The view of Al Ain from the highest sand dune in the area
Clock "Tower"
This is by a roundabout - when I first got here I thought the clock tower roundabout would be easy to find - my idea of a tower is a tall object!
Burj Duabi
Amazingly tall building being built - for perspective, the others you can see are 50-60 stories high!
My hotel
The Palace by night - beautiful!
Ski field in the middle of the mall!
This is in Mall of The Emirates - looked like a lot of fun but I wasn't appropraitely attired.
What some of you have been waiting for!
Proof that I rode a camel!
4 wheel driving
Trying to show the angle! There is another jeep in the top left.
Iftad
Breaking the fast - the 'entree'
My apartment from outside
The top two right windows are mine
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