my last post was in January!!!

I so sorry! I try to do my best and post something new for you :) Give me a couple of days and there will be something interesting I hope :D

Summer is started and you can call this season 'an oven', but still you can walk outside or spend a nice evening in a shisha bar siting outside :)

Average temperature during the day is something aroud  36 degrees Celsius, but I like it :)

Today in Dubai - dense fog

I read somewhere recently that this summer will be super hot. Hmm maybe meteorologiosts are right. Fog in Dubai usually means that weather is changing (from warm to hot or hot to warm - depends of the time of year). Anu usually in spring that fog comes in March and we still have January!!!

Today in Dubai

Today in Dubai. 

I've never seen such weather here in Dubai. Maya forseen end of the world for 21st of December... Hmmm maybe it's true...

Cloudy, rainy and cold - completely upside down :D

Today is cloudy. Weather forecast says it might rain. Well on the one hand I'd like it, but ...

Yeah you can always find a but. Yesterday I cleaned the windows on the balcony and the balcony as well and rain will ruin my work! 

Winter is coming ...

As for me, the evenings are already a bit chilly and I have to remember that I have to take a sweater with me!

Fog in Dubai - time laps

Foggy Dubai - Time laps. Unfortunately it is not like we would have hoped.

In a half of a year there will be another attempt. I hope this time we will not oversleep the first day, when the mist is the best!

Autumn is coming... Fog in Dubai...

Twice a year, Dubai is haunted by the fog. This fog is so dence that one can make horror movie! I can barely see the next building. Devour the entire golf course and the world behind it  :)

It usually lasts 3 days and after those misty days the weather changes, the temperature drops about 10 degrees, or increase  10 degrees. 

Autumn is coming, autumn!

In addition to the amazing views, it also causes enormous danger on the roads. This morning in Dubai took place 141 accidents! Police received 1,323 calls due to this case. Next at least 10 accidents were recorded on the Dubai - Abu Dhabi highway. In 2008, at least three people were killed and nearly 350 injured in a horrific 60 vehicle pile-up on the Abu Dhabi-Dubai highway near Ghantoot. This accident was because of fog.

Few pics from todays morning :

Fot. Manuel Almario / źródło Gulf News

Fot. Dennis Mallari/ANM / źródło Gulf News

According to the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology, visibility was less than 100 metres in Sharjah, 300 metres in Dubai, and 500 metres in Abu Dhabi.

Fot. Dennis Mallari/ANM / źródło Gulf News

Fot.  Asghar Khan / źródło: Gulf News 

Fot. Devadasan / źródło: Gulf News

Fot. Dennis Mallari/ANM / źródło Gulf News

Fot. Ella Valondo / źródło: Gulf News

Fot. Dennis Mallari/ANM / źródło Gulf News

Fot. Florence Pia G. Yu / źródło: Gulf News

Fot. Devadasan / źródło: Gulf News

Time lapse

A bit more about the humidity ...

Author of this time lapse is my husband (and this is his first one). It was made ​​from our balcony - view of the golf course and Emirates Golf Course, part of Dubai Media City and Dubai Marina.

You can see how humidity can change throughout the day. The first night humidity reached almost 90% and the next one decreased to near 60%.

Better quality clip http://youtu.be/q6nlJ9QWu84?hd=1

Humidity rises ...

I wrote recently about the humidity. Yesterday evening our weather station showed 79%, we live on the 18th floor so on the ground level it was much higher. And on Palm Jumeirah probably reached up to 100%. This photo showing moisture condensing on the window in our bedroom and this is really not rain!

And now a few shots from community area :) I tried recently to find out if maybe there was a change in how my skin get the sun and made ​​a few shots. Unfortunately, when it comes to the possibility of get tan everything was as usual - I can't get tan :) My friend said that 'the sun's rays bounce' hehe, and it's probably true!

We are living in this building on the 18th :)

An advantage of living in Dubai is a year-round summer. It is true that during the summer months (June - September) Dubai turns into an oven, but you can survive :) You can always just stay indoors, in air-conditioned rooms.

This year was a record-breaking hot summer, I somehow did not notice, but I think that it is because humidity was lower than last year. You could easily go for a walk and did not die.
I must admit that it was very hot and I rather hide in the shadows.

Unfortunately humidity is increasing now ... in the evening there is a sauna outside, you can almost collect bucket of water from the air :D Yesterday evening, about 9 pm, we went for a walk and quickly came back. We limited our stay outside to a minimum. To be honest it was very uncomfortable.

There is another think why humidity drive me crazy - water condensation on the windows. During the day, sand is deposited sand on the windows, and at night the water condensation creates "riverbeds" in the sand.

Yesterday evening, before sunset, I went to the pool and it was very nice.

First experiences after coming to Dubai

In fact, it's not that first :) We flew to Dubai on 24 Feb 2011 at dawn. Unfortunately there was a fog, so we couldn't enjoy the view of the city during landing. In fact, the only building which pierced the fog was Burj Khalifa, but it is not surprising since it is 828 meters high. Even from the plane it is impressive (I didn't have the opportunity to see it standing at the bottom yet).

Actually, I've seen only Jumeirah area, we live in Dubai Marina now. This weekend we are going to Dubai Downtown...

The city is impressive, a huge and in constant construction. When you are going on endless  streamers of highways you have that feeling that something is missing ... the city lacks of soul. I think that when all buildings will be finished and areas will be landscaped it is going to change, but for now it's basically concrete - steel construction site.
There are some places that have already finished and full of life, like residental districts of The Greens, The Vievs etc. Dubai Marina is partialy finished and really impressive! Great glass buildings on the marina with lovely yachts. For boats and yachts amateurs it's a heaven, but only for those one who likes motor boats. I didn't see even one sailing boat.

Few words about the weather in Dubai

At this time of the year it is very pleasant, 25 Celsius degree, sky is a bit clouded right now, but in the morning when I was on the walk, sky was pure blue. Evenings are a bit chilly for me (I love hot weather), so you have to have long sleevs.
For a week now I'm trying to buy a blanket, yeah yeah blanket :) I would like to have something to cover myself when I watch TV or read - but buying a blanket here it almost impossible. Maybe in Mall of Emirates I will find something :)

It's all for now :)