Bike Lane | An Afternoon Walk In The City

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Off to the parking lot!

The UAE weather has already gone too hot these days but still manageable to get some steps on the pedometer and to take advantage of the free parking space in a park nearby. For a few months, I managed to save AED315 ($85.59) per month on parking fee but that meant I had to walk about 10 minutes to get there. That was fine when the weather was good. Also, it let me get some good photos of the recently developed community square. Remember the Shadow Hunters post I shared a few weeks back? A couple of the photos there were taken from one of my walks there.

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Electric scooters have recently become a preferred mode of transportation for quite a few expats here. If there's a way to avoid public transport during this pandemic, then scooters and bicycles are the way to go.

The good news is that the municipality has made a conscious effort to make the roads safer for these cyclists and pedestrians by giving designated bike lanes.

Here's a photo I had taken from one of my previous afternoon walks. The 5 o'clock sun gave these fountain grasses a great shadow too beautiful for me to pass.

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Mr. Sun was still mightily shining at 5pm but the road workers were ready to call it a day. Their bus service was waiting at the lay bay while I was just on my way to get my car so I can fetch my "passengers" too.

See those big shadows? Of course this photo was taken as a Shadow Hunters exclusive. ☺️

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After fetching my passengers, I had to again park my car at the free parking overnight. See, that's the problem in owning a car, but not having a garage (and not wanting to pay for parking!)

Below is a 6pm photograph. See how the sun was still up and gave these long shadows. These days, the sun sets at around 6:45pm. The days will still get longer as the summer progresses.

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That's how my day would normally go by. Although, for a week now, since the beginning of the Holy Month of Ramadan, I stopped leaving my car at the park. The afternoon sun is already so hot and since office hours are now shortened, that would mean I had to go out at 3pm. That's so hot, reaching up to 41°C these days. Mind you, we are just it's not even officially summer yet. The shade from this tree looks comforting though...

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How about you, how's your day?


This post is my entry to the OCD Community Boost Contest highlighting the Shadow Hunters Community. For more information about the contest, you can check out the announcement post here.



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how are you dear friend @arrliinn good afternoon
It is good to know that the municipality has worked to make it safer for cyclists and users of this type of vehicle.
excellent collection of photographs of shadows. Congratulations
I take this opportunity to wish you a splendid weekend

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Hello there @jlufer ! Thanks for passing by. Yah, I think it's a big help to these cyclists

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Being that we still use Fahrenheit to measure temperature, it took me a moment to calculate. 41 degrees c = 105.8 degrees F, now that is HOT.

The time of day at which you took the pics produced some splendid photos, I especially like the shadow of the bus and the waiting station next to it.

With those types of temperatures, I would be running from the shadow in your last picture to the next shadow just like that. 😁

I'm sure you would agree, this was a fun contest to join in on.
Have a splendid weekend!

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Hey @thebigsweed! Yes, it is really hot and dry. It yet to get worst in the coming months though when we get to 50°C (122°F) and super high humidity, you get wet just by standing outside for few minutes so I'm definitely not doing any of these parking rounds when that happens. 😂

The shadow hunting is really exciting, especially that we get a lot of sun. It's now almost becoming a habit for me to take shadow photos with the intention to share in this community.

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50 degrees and high humidity-that is torture. these days we are happy here if it gets up to 10 degrees in the afternoon.

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I can't imagine what it must feel like at 50c. I hope everyone has air conditioners in their homes as well as cars. That type of heat and humidity must make it very hard to breathe.

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This is a wonderful shadow contest post that shows us the shadows you encountered through out your extremely hot day!
Thanks for entering!

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Thank you @melinda010100! I was supposed to share it here last week, but didn't get the time. At least now I have something to share for the contest. ☺️

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Dear me, 41° is very hot and I can't imagine what the summer will be.
Shades must be much loved, especially the one from the last photo.

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Now it's hot and dry, but in a few months it will be hotter and humid. I even experience my car would be 56°C inside after I kept it parked for a few hours. I have ice packs ready to keep me cool.

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Wouldn't be nice to use bike or scooter only where the shades are? ☺

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Oh that would really be nice, but if they will use it as a mode of transportation to and fro work then that's not possible. The only refuge would be from the shade provided by the tall buildings.

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Wow! Your city is so beautiful! And even more with the brightness of the Sun!

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I loved all of them, they have the approach of highlighting the aesthetics and the artistic mix between the city, nature and its shadows.

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Yes, I agree. The municipality has worked hard to get that balance of nature and city. Glad I was able to put it across through this post. THanks for passing by.

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Wow really nice and lovely pictures you got there, thanks for sharing

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