After a short rest Ginny and
Sern took us to Al Wasl Road where
Boxpark is situated. Taken from their
website: “
Standing
long and proud on Al Wasl Road, a riot of green, yellow, orange blue and grey,
Boxpark is a mall unlike no other. It doesn’t take over its environment. It’s a
part of it. It’s a part of the very urban soul of the city.”
The idea for Boxpark originated
from the UK and is meant to be a food and retail park made out of refitted
shipping containers. It was founded by Roger Wade who described it as the
"world's first pop-up mall".
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| the parking area where Burj Khalifa is in the distance |
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| Brendan drew is favourite unicorn |
We marveled at the entire
construction of the place, and thought that refitted shipping containers never
looked so elegant and funky.
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| Cat took a fancy to the blue Rolls |
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| as the sun sets |
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| multi-coloured hue in the sky |
Brendan was fascinated with his first sight of sunset in the Middle East, and took some photos.
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| Brendan's silhouette |
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| engrossed in the sunset |
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| didn't realise his Dad stalking him |
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| from his lens |
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| lost in the landscape |
We had dinner at Markette, a
cozy place with a welcoming ambience and fresh off-the-kitchen comfort food.
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| bread basket? |
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| appetizers |
The food was amazing, the
ambiance incredible and the service top-notched so we were
surprised to
discover later that Markette along Al Wasl Road was permanently closed.
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