This is what $2.3 billion will buy you

Neil and I decided we better go take a tour of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque. It's usually the first things tourists do and well, I have to say, it's one of the first sights I noticed when I arrived in the city.

Here's a few shots from our day trip just down the street from our apartments.


My arrival


Lots of gold plated marbled pillars


Outside in the courtyard


Wide shot


Neil looks up, way up


Getting dressed to enter the mosque

Men laugh as I struggle to figure this thing out

Tada! I almost look local


Inside the women's prayer room



The world's largest chandler, hanging from the world's largest dome, above the world's largest carpet.


Carpet close up



More lighting


Glam outside