The Palm Island, Dubai, UAE

We left home at 7.00am this morning en-route to The Maldives via Dubai International Airport, where we had a stop over and boarded a smaller plane to fly us to Male Airport in The Maldives.

The blip photo show Palm Island all lit up at night. It is the largest man made Island in the world.


The Palm Islands are two artificial islands, Palm Jumeirah and Palm Sheikh Ali, on the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. As at November 2014, only Palm Jumeirah has been completed. This island takes the form of a palm tree, topped by a crescent. When complete, Palm Jebel Ali will take a similar shape; both islands will be host to a large number of residential, leisure and entertainment centres and will add a total of 520 kilometres of non-public beaches to the city of Dubai. The creation of the Palm Jumeirah began in June 2001.