After the park, we came home had lunch and headed to the beach. Savannah had a great time and seem intrigued by the sand...venturing into by herself. She was fully amused "raking" the sand with her fingers and trying to pick it up.
On a cultural note we have noticed that the National dress is also considered beachwear. It is not uncommon to Emirati men and women wearing abayahs (women) and dishdasha's (men) even at the beach. Recently, I was swim suit shopping and noticed that women can buy an abayah that is made out of swim suit material. You are not supposed to photograph Muslim women, out of respect, but we did sneak a picture of some men at the beach.
People often ask me if we ever feel uncomfortable in our dress or if we have to follow a certain dress code. The answer is typically no, even at the beach westerners are able to wear normal attire. If you are going to the older part of Dubai it is usually better to be on the conservative side. Whether it is more of a European tradition or an Arabic tradition I have noticed that here people tend to be a little more "dressed up", no one runs to the grocery store in their workout attire or "grubby clothes" and the women love high heels! There are signs in all of the malls that says you must be wearing respectful clothing but I have never run into an issue where I felt inappropriately dressed.
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