Here are a bunch of pictures from Abu Dhabi (for the Middle East Film Festival). Ted was speaking on a panel so I got to go as his guest for free and stay at the Emirates Palace. Highlights:
- Camels on the beach. The men that owned the camels played guitar and served us hot tea under a tent on the beach of the Persian Gulf
- Day trip to Dubai - insane. So much building going on - and it all looks like fake US buildings.
- Meeting a lot of really interesting/funny/smart Muslims
- Buckets of free champagne at all the events
- Meeting Harvey Weinstein (and his four assistants)
- Our hotel had a water slide and lazy river
- The breakfast buffet was insane - I ate mountains of hummus and nutella and rasberries with yogurt
- The Iranian Souk
- The ski slope inside the Emirates Mall in Dubai
We also went to the Woodstock Film Festival before the flight to Abu Dhabi, which was lots of fun. It was Ichibod Crane country - nice and crisp Fall weather and foliage, lots of pumpkins, although too much vegan food. Blech. Althoough, I accidentally erased my pictures from that part of the trip.
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Abu Dhabi looked fun! Love that you met Harvey.
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