Lost, Atlantis, Found...
I recently travelled to Dubai, with my cousin and went to this awesome place called Atlantis. Its in the Palm Jumeira and it simply rocked.
The place virtually teemed with fishes and the whole place was themed around the sunken city of Atlantis. I could have been lost underground for hours, had it not been for the thought of my plane leaving in about five hours time.
I reignited my romance with the seas and these were a few of the sights which pushed me into doing that. Dear viewer, here, I give in no particular order, some of the sights that transported me to a mythical land sunken beneath the sea.
Despite feeling the dread for a lost civilisation, I envy them for seeing these sights almost every single day....
Here is my tribute to the Lost Land of Athlantis...
1. The Red Dancer.
It undulated before my very eyes, in deep shades of red. It was mesmerising, hypnotic, and simply stunning.
2. Blue Dancers.
And then there were many of them, ululating, wandering around, gently touching one another, disappearing behind one another, just like the faint whiffs of smoke, coming from a warm chimney, on a cold winter evening...
3. The Blue Dancers, in a lighter mood...
When the lights turnes upon them, they were fainter than the faintest ghosts. And then they began their dance of hypnotic serenity.
4. The Being. The God. Atlantis.
If ever there was a god in Atlantis, he would look something like this. The King of the Volcanoes, who breathes flame and snorts out tarred smoke.
5. The Five Thousand Merry-Go-Rounders.
I entered their realm, of the deep sunken city of Atlnatis, and this sight greeted my eye. About 5,000 lovely warriors with silver gills, went round and round and round and round in a pure glass chamber. Eternal, lovely, peaceful, hypnotic.
6. Follow My Leader.
To the end of the world, to the end of time. The view of fishes following one another, to the ends of Atlantis and Back, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth...
7. And The Ethereal Light Shone Down...
The clear lights from yonder shone down, and a thousand fishes answered to its creator.
8. And A Thousand Bubbles Burst Forth...
This was the most beautiful sight of all. The lights from hig above, from the heavens, shimmered down the deep blue waters above the sunken lands of Atlantis. It ignited a thousand splendid bubbles, all lapped up hungrily through a thousand hungry gills. This sight, I shall never see again. At least, not ever with the same intensity asI did before...
9. The Sting Ray That Ended A Legend...
He was Australian. And he was the greatest animal lover the world has seen. The Sting Ray which stung him should really have felt bad for years after.
10. The United Colours Of Atlantis.
Do you see the bright difference between yellow stone and blue fish. It was as fantastic, and maybe even more, than is actually depicted here. Nothing, can recreate god's natural work of art.
11. The Man Who Never Sleeps.
He's 45-years-old, weighs 150kgm, and hasnt slept over all these years. I wonder what must have kept him awake all this while? The first time i saw him, i couldnt help but stare in awe. He was a revelation, and I'll leave it at that.
EPILOGUE: All Good things in life should come to an end. I once again reached the beginning of the end. I was richer by the experience.
And one day, if by a queer chance of fate, i find Atlantis, I'll tell those fishes that I already lived the life with them, in a land high above them, for a few brief moments in time...
People come here and visit Atlantis, but I live here and I havent been there yet :(
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Lebanon... the love of my soul!
@ Who am I
I read the comment before it was deleted. Didnt understand why you deleted it in the first place. I didnt live there too. I just went on a visit. But i heard that the global recession has forced them to slash rates like crazy, to about 500 dhms per night. Thats what i heard, more qualified info would be better.
@ Osman,
Thank you.
@ Alexa,
Thanks to you too. Dubai was my first outstation trip in a long long long time. I'll take it one at a time. But thanks for the chin up anyhoo.
deleted. XD
cheers,
paul