Dubai | Mall of the Emirates

Day 6 After we explored Old Town…. We headed back to the metro, got lost, tried to get a cab, couldn’t get a cab, then got a cab and finally made it to the metro.  We stopped for pizza at the World Trade Center before heading to the Mall of the Emirates for some uber tourism.  [...]

Dubai | Old Town

Day 6 After we made it to the metro…. Geoff’s “Dubai in a Day” itinerary took us to Dubai Museum, which, from the outside, appeared to be a sad building with artifacts scrounged up to make a “museum” but it was quite the opposite.  I was thoroughly impressed by its architecture design which led end-users [...]

Dubai | Ghost Town

Day 6 So it’s taken me a bit of time to catch up on my Dubai trip, but I’m determined to finish detailing my trip for memory’s sake. With Dave in Abu Dhabi, Geoff and I ventured out into Dubai proper for some exploring. After a taxi ride to the travel agent to book a [...]

Dubai | the journey.

Day 5 Dubai was one my only trips where I was completely free of work (well, aside from emails). I intended to work for the duration of the trip, but some bad luck in the computer department prevented that. Still, most of the time I was left to my thoughts. And, of course, as I’ve [...]

Dubai | Burj Al Arab

Day 5 On this fifth in Dubai, Geoff, Dave and I headed to a water park, Wild Wadi, which was located by the coast. On our way there, I spotted the Burj Al Arab (the picture below).  It was so beautiful and majestic.  I remembered learning about this building in my Environmental Controls class.  The lecturer [...]

Dubai | Deira

Day 4 Waking up again at a semi-reasonable/jet-lagged hour, I pulled myself out of bed and made myself some breakfast– whole wheat toast with cheese. (Boy, do I love cheese!) I continued my morning (like many mornings I’d have while on my trip) catching up on emails while enjoying the entertainment provided by Dave and [...]

Dubai | Let’s go to the mall.

Day 3. So this was the day that we went to Barracuda and Emaar Square.  Before our refreshments at the Address Hotel, we walked through Dubai Mall.  It’s massive.  When I returned to California everyone asked me about how ornate and extravagant Dubai was, and it really wasn’t too much in my opinion, but I’d [...]

Dubai | contradictions

Day 3. As Dave put it, Dubai is full of contradictions.  You’ll see Arab women dressed modestly from head to toe, then you’d see a westerner in booty shorts and a tank top.  Although it is conservative in many ways, Dubai seems as if it tolerated Western cultural practices.  Another example was the strict laws [...]

Dubai | 30 hours

Let me just start off by saying, “I have a lot of I-didn’t-really-think-this-through-moments.” I got home from Louisiana on a Wednesday and hadn’t realized I was leaving on Saturday (October 1) for Dubai.  While in Louisiana, I thought October 1 was Sunday.  Woops.  I crammed in packing, meeting with clients and catching up with one [...]