UAE Kitten

Today I experienced visiting the World’s largest floating book fair: “Logos Hope“. It features a complete book fair experience on a deck that is open to the public to explore. There is a good range of books for everyone – over 4000 titles, yet from what I saw, theres a bigger collection for children. Its docked right after the Iranian market in Al Mina area in Abu Dhabi, and its only here till Saturday the 19th of Feb, before it sails away to Qatar!

The all-volunteer crew and staff comprise of people representing 45 different nations who offer a unique example of unity in cultural diversity. Logos Hope sailed off from Germany around two years ago, docking in different ports and countries since then.

The entrance to the ship

The welcoming experience

lol – I was not sure why they had this in one of their walls.. Probably educating kids about some of the realities of life =p

The ship also features an International Cafe..

Ofcourse we had to have a sweet ending to such a lovely experience!

I highly recommend everyone to visit Logos Hope before it sails away from Abu Dhabi. If not for anything, then for the experience at least!

I’ve been meaning to share this for a while now.. My recent visit to Shanghai & the World Expo 2010 for 3 days back in October. Honestly, World Expo is under-rated.. It should be a MUST-VISIT for everyone interested in exploring different cultures. My only regret is not visiting it earlier & staying for a longer time when I finally did. Anyway, here are only  few of the many 100s of shots I took during my memorable visit..

Each pavilion was beautifully decorated.. this one was of Sweden

I was surprised to see that the pavilions were HUGE with cinema-sized screens..

& sky high ceilings..

Outside the Korean pavilion

This was so cool, a huge library with colorful lights & screens

Inside the Morrocon pavilion

Love this.. very creative

I wanted to steal this & put it in my room.. In the Italian pavilion.. celebrating the love & beauty of shoes <3

In one of the pavilions, sliding down instead of going down the steps.. cool huh?

Spanish dancer

Grande Italian fashion.. <3

Everywhere we went, the chinese were shooting.. Chinese papz lol

Traditional performances happen daily infront of the UAE pavilion..

Ok I am tired of posting photos for now.. Until I blog again.. take care =)