Where in the World are You?

 
This is the view of our "neighborhood" from 1300 miles above the earth courtesy of the program Google Earth. You can see my pin cushion marker in the lower righthand corner. Jerusalem, Syria, and Jordan are in the upper lefthand corner. Iran is north of us. Click on the pic to enlarge it.


This is a closer picture of Dubai and our area of the city. You can click to enlarge. The view is from about 9700 ft above ground. The pin cushion again marks our block.

If you really want to fly over and see us you could do it with Google Earth itself. Click on the link and install it if you haven't already done that. (You'll need at least a newer computer... ~4 years old or newer, an internet connection, and Windows 2000 or XP).

Now, click on this link below and select "open with Google Earth" to fly over if your computer doesn't automatically open it.

Parks Dubai Neighborhood

Give it time to load all the hi-res photos and it will take you literally 'down into our neighborhood. (I've placed the pin cushion in a vacant lot near our home for a little anonymity!... but our home is still in the photo.)

Now zoom out with your mouse scroll wheel or the zoom out/in buttons on the Google Earth control panel. If you go out to about 20 miles above ground (see the number in the bottom right corner of the Google Earth screen) then you'll see at least two interesting things... the palm shaped islands jutting into the Arabian Gulf is called Palm Island. It's a set of manmade islands. And the two little clusters of little islands just off the coast from where we live is The World. These are manmade islands that are being built for luxury homes. The finished island cluster will resemble a map of the world.