Deira Dhow, Dubau

Against a backdrop of Dubai high rise buildings, wooden dhows still ply their trade across the Gulf. 

The dhows were originally copies of Chinese Junks, and have been around for hundreds of years.  They are still built the traditional way, but engines have replaced the sails.

In the photograph they are tied up and are loading cargo almost in the middle of the city, in the Deira area.