Souk Al Majarra (as was in 2000), now the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization
Wednesday 5 April 2000 – Rose early to play tennis – had brekkie and lounged by pool all day! Took early dinner at hotel (La Bais restaurant) where we both had duck. I had a trio of chocolate thing for pudding. Early night.
Thursday 6 April 2000 – Rose early, played tennis and lounged by pool. Caesar salad lunch!. Gave up on pool a little early to get 4:15 Wafi bus and then taxi from Wafi to Sharjah. Got dropped off at naff Gold Centre rather than gold souk – quickly legged it to gold souk (also known as Blue souk). Bought two pairs of earrings for Daisy.
Then on to Souk Al Majarra which we thought might have old things but was mostly “fashions” in the Middle Eastern context. Then on to cricket pitch where we just walked in and saw/photographed Emirates Airline versus Mashreq Bank in the Bukhatir League!
Farcical search for recommended restaurant with dim taxi driver. We all gave up about 20 yards from the spot (it looked naff anyway as we zoomed past it in another cab) and headed for Automatic in Dubai, where I tried the mixed grill while Daisy stuck with shawarma.
You can see all the pictures from that final leg of our journey on the Flickr album linked here and below.
