Emirates Park Zoo and Resort- Review

I enjoy photographing animals and unless you work for nat geo or live in a jungle you can only find Interesting animals in zoo.  Emirates Zoo Park even though small yet one of the best Zoo I have been to. The only Zoo that offers very close encounters with Animals.

 

There is a whole section where you can feed animals like Deer, Giraffe and Zebra. There are Random Zoo worker stand on the walk ways with Small animals like Snakes and Birds for you to hold and take pictures.

 

Another good thing about the facility was the number of Cafes that are there which is usually not the case generally. Also there is a resort where you can rent a room and enjoy special experience mostly with herbivore animals.

 

Entry Fee is normal which is 30Dhms and with additional 10 to 20 dirhams for the food that you can purchase inside and is optional.

 

We went there on a Rainy day so Sun was not an Issue but with the amount of Shade that's available I believe on regular days it should not be an issue as well.

 

As far as Animals are concern so they have wide range of animals from Farm Donkeys to Exotic White Tigers. To name few we saw :

• Regular Farm animals like Goat, Sheep, Donkey, Cow, Pigs
• Herbivores like Deer, Gazelle, Antler
• Predators like Crocs, Lion, Jaguar, Cheetah, White and Regular Tigers
• Quite some Range of Monkeys and Baboons
• Reptile house had impressive collection of Snake including Anaconda
• Aquarium was a bit of disappointment as it housed regular home aquarium fish only except one Sting Ray.
• Seal and I was informed there are regular Seal shows as well unfortunately It was also closed most probably b'coz of rain.
• Numerous interesting birds like Ground Crane, Flamingos, Crowned Pigeon
• Elephant section was closed due to some renovation so we couldn't see one.

Birds and Monkeys were in regular cages and Reptiles/Predators were in closed facilities with view only possible through Glass windows. Rest of the animals were pretty much in open facility and very accessible. People Living in the Resort had much better view and access to the animals though I yet to have experience that.Great fun for kids and photographers I must say.
Few of the snaps I took there

Coffee Book

Since 2012 I have not been able to update my blog but its so refreshing to see that every day I get a new visit on the old posts that are there. Photography has been on back burner when it comes to all the other things I have been doing since 2012 on personal front.


Since 2009 I have been involved with photography and been able to capture some interesting moments /stories/frames.


As I am now settled in personal front so this photography instinct is surfacing again, I believe it's a good idea to convert all my work in to one coffee book.


Will share the details a bit later when the format/content of the books are finalized.

Dubai

Well more pics from my recent Dubai trip....

Portraits

When ever i find an interesting face i try to save it , please find below some random portraits

Taken in Sialkot Pakistan

Taken in Sialkot Pakistan

Taken in Saudi Arabia

Taken in New York

Taken in Saudi Arabia

Dubai

I recently visited Dubai for work and i fell in love with the city . I wasn't seriously expecting such an amazing city. Its really amazing how Emirate Shaikh transformed desert into a most modern and futuristic city. I in fact found it better than New York. I was not able to capture the city like i wanted, as i was there for work and had very little time but  i am going back to Dubai this week again for work hope fully i will be able to capture it in a better way.

For the moment enjoy Dubai 's Concrete jungle :P

Dubai Marina in morning

Amazing view of Dubai Skyline from Deira Shopping Center

Taken while riding Dubai metro ...ideal place to shoot Spider Man movie

Dubai looks different from every angle

one of the sky lines :)

Pic taken while in metro

Dubai Marina an amazing place to stay

The new identity of Man's progress and world's tallest structure Burj Khalifa

The identity of modern Dubai Burj Arab

Houston Zoo

It was really fun shooting all these animals at Houston Zoo. i went there with my nephew and niece. It was really hot and zoo was huge plus when i am taking pics i stop a lot . I may spend 30 min in one spot, so that on top of the heat made kids really tired. so i couldn't finish the whole zoo but still the reptilian center it self was worth an experience. I wish one day i can open a small Animal shelter :)

Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Mizar-e-Quaid- the final resting place of a great man Mohammad Ali Jinnah



Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a 20th century lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam (Urdu: قائد اعظم — "Great Leader") and Baba-e-Qaum (بابائے قوم) ("Father of the Nation").

Mohammad Ali Jinnah



As the first Governor-General of Pakistan, Jinnah led efforts to lay the foundations of the new state of Pakistan, frame national policies and rehabilitate millions of Muslim refugees who had migrated from India.

Jinnah died aged 71 in September 1948, just over a year after Pakistan gained independence from the British Empire.

He was from Karachi, and his final resting place is also in Karachi. So being a Pakistani it is wrong if i go to karachi and dont pay a visit on his tomb, i know its not important from religious point of view but being a pakistani i should pay him respect by atleast going there and saying fateha for him. Plus there are so many more places associated with him which one should visit in order to connect to ones roots

so below pictures are related to Jinnah.



Me at Jinnah's Tomb known as "Mizar-e-Quaid"- Thanks khala for taking this picture



Mr. Jinnah's Birth Place known as "Wazeer Mansion"- now a Quaid-e-Azam Museum



A gaurd at Mr. Jinnah's Tomb



Same picture but in Colour



Mr. Jinnah's Grave is under this point , the door behind the gaurd you see leads to his actual grave not accessible to general public