Dubai City-Stay!

On the way home from Europe, we stopped over in Dubai again.  This time, we made sure to have extra time there so we could actually get out and see the city.  The UAE seems to be a very modern, wealthy country.  Dubai was an interesting mix of cultures and architecture.  There were modern skyscrapers (including the tallest building in the world - the Burj Khalifa), mosques, and huge malls all plopped in the middle of a desert that surrounds the city.

During our full day in Dubai we took a little cruise down the Dubai Creek, shopped at the "Old Souk" market, visited a few malls (including one with an indoor ski hill), and another with a huge aquarium and a TIM HORTONS.  Yes, that's right!  We found Timmy's in the desert.  It was pretty exciting and I think the workers there thought we were weird.

Dubai Creek

Old Souk

One of the many mosques of Dubai

Tim Hortons in Dubai... AMAZINGGG!

Anyway, next to the huge Dubai Mall is the Burj Khalifa.  Unfortunately we couldn't get tickets to go up it, but we got a nice view from the ground up at night.  There was also a large fountain show outdoors in the evening, right beside the mall and Burj.  After the fountain show, gorging ourselves at the big food court, and stuffing our faces with timbits, we saw the movie "Life of Pi" at the theatre inside the mall.

Burj Khalifa... I couldn't even fit it all in my camera frame!

In Dubai I also bought my new Iphone 5... it was comparable to prices in Canada, not like the rip-off prices in Europe and Vietnam.  Definitely a great purchase!

I really liked Dubai, even though we got just a small taste of the city.  Unfortunately, we had to say goodbye to Dubai and head back to Vietnam after a wonderful 2 week vacation.  Luckily for us, it won't be long before the next one!

Bye, Dubai!