in the land of swirling dust

so here's a another dream i just have to record..

I'm at a hotel with a large group of people and my family. we are all about to leave to go to some dinner/banquet/party some sort of function. the function is at the Docks, not far from the hotel. When i say a hall down by the docks, i don't mean a sketchy, suspcious place down by the docks, i guess i just call it the docks referring it to how it is in toronto, or in many major cities where there it's nice and done up by the waterfront.

So everyone is starting to file out, getting in limos and cars to head over to the hall. As i come out of the hotel, i've just missed a ride with some of my family, the limo is pulling away. Some one, a hotel concierge tells me it will be a bit until the next limo, and suggests i drive. My mom and i get into my car and she is driving. we driving no longer than 5 minutes and i'm getting frustrated and wondering why is she driving my car, I think i know how to get to the function. So i tell her to pull over, so that i can drive. We proceed to drive along this dusty dirt road. The sand or dirt and dust flying around us is a reddish colour. On the right side of the road, it's just ends, it drops off and there are big ships, many freighters in the water. We continue to drive. The traffic now is picking up. There are motorists and old motorcycles that are passing by us, one with 5 passengers all stacked and piled on top of each other, like clowns on a motorbike. There are small trucks transporting cargo, all stacked high on their flatbeds. by the type of cars and people in the traffic, i begin to think to myself, "i'm not sure if i'm going in the right diretion anymore. we should have been at the hall by now. I think i must have missed a turn." I now realize that we must be going the wrong way and we're a bit lost.

We stop at the end of the road. Were now in a city. It looks like an old city. And when i say old city, i mean, everything looks like it made of stone and clay and sand. A city like Nazereth or Bethlaham with constant swirl of dust flying around you. The clothes on the people are old and dirty, dusty like a construction worker. A lady sees that my mom and I look lost. She can tell that we are not from the area. She herself is not from the area. She is a tourist, but knows the city a little bit. Enough to know that it's a dangerous city, especially, if you don't know how to speak the language and where you're going. I explain to her that we were supposed to be at some hall, in New york, by the Docks. She pulls out a map and explains to us how far we are. How we got this far, i'm surprised, because all we did was drive down this road and not for long and suddenly we are on the opposite side to of the city, in a whole new country. We are looking at the map and she is trying to find us the best route to get us where we want to be. But some of the roads are dangerous, and all the street names are in a different language. I've never heard this language before, it's like hebrew, greek, and east indian, all as one. She's pointing out on the map the streets i need to take. I find the names of the streets difficult to pronounce, none the less, to remember. She gives us the map and wishes us luck and walks away.

Now it is starting to get dark. I know we are close, we just have to go down one street turn left, down that street turn right and then down another to get us back on some road heading back towards new york. Somehow, now, we are travelling on foot. The car is gone. I don't know where's it's gone... it's a dream, things are always full of holes...

So we start walking. we are looking at all the different things in our surroundings. I can tell the the locals are looking at us and are saying something to each other. We stick out like a sore thumb and we look lost. Suddenly there is a bright light shining down on us. I look up and it's a massive, yellow metal transformer walking by. We scamper out of his way. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was so big and tall and shiney and bright. I thought it looked so cool. At that moment, i thought to myself, i should be taking pictures. I bet i could get some really unbelievable, incredible pictures. But then i realized that i have forgotten my camera. I couldn't believe it. Then i thought to ask my mom for her camera and she gives me her bag, but by the time i fumble through it and find her camera, the transformer is gone.

Now we are down by some water. Large rocks are all disshevled, there appears to be a boat loading cargo at the dock and in the darkness, i look over and see a huge statue in the water. It seems to me that this statue, by the size of it, is the monument that represents this poor city that we are in. It is a huge metal statue of bulls. Running of the bulls. Raging bulls.

We cross this little bridge and walk along on these rocks or disshelveled boulders to get a closer look, perhaps a picture. And as i looked over at the statue in the dark, behind it in the distance i see in the horizon the statue of liberty clear as day with a bright green glow of the city behind it. Right then, i realized that we've forgotten, what we were doing and should get back onto our mission back towards New york and the hall. So, we turn around, walk along the rocks back to the bridge and it's gone. We're stuck in the middle of the water on these rocks. Then one of the men on the boat, loading cargo hollars over " the bridge is retractable, you just have to wait until it comes out again" so we wait and no longer than a few minutes, out it retracts from the rocks, stretching across to the other side. We proceed to walk across the bridge to the other side.

And then it ends... from there is gets choppy. I go in and out of this dream, I'm not quite sure, or maybe i just don't remember anymore. I just thought i was such an interesting detailed dream, i felt like i wanted to record it down before i completely forgot. Unfortunately i am not eloquant enough to really depict what i saw and felt in my brain of dreams, but I thought if I put down on paper it would be enough for me to remember.