Not too long ago, during Chinese New Year, my family decided to have a family trip to Dubai. I had a great trip in Dubai, though it was kind of a rush but we covered quite a lot in such a short time. It was tiring but definitely fulfilling and worthwhile.
I’m sorry to bombard you with a lot of pictures in this post. I try to explain some of the pictures and hope I can bring you through the journey. Things in Dubai is definitely not cheap but for a desert, you will be surprise the water is very affordable. It only cost about 1-1.5 Dirham which is like 30 cents in USD. The government subsidise their water and gas.
After I visited Dubai, I do have a different perspective in a country’s development. I have a great sense of respect to their leaders. Be it that they were blessed with the “black gold” but it takes a strong and smart leader to use what they are blessed with and share the wealth with the nation. Enjoy the pictures =)
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| Dubai here I come! |
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We stayed at Novotel World Trade Center.
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Dress – Mood & Closet (similar here)
Cardigan – Mood & Closet (similar here)
Bag – Miu Miu (taken here too)
Sunglasses – Fendi (similar here)
Boots – Steve Madden (available here) |
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At the creek. This creek was widen and deepen so that more traders would trade
in Dubai and that’s how they became famous pre-oil. |
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Dubai Museum – this was built in 1799. It was used as a palace, prison, fort and in 1970
it became a museum. It show the life in Dubai pre-oil. |
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This is how a house look like back then. The square big chimney on top of the
house is actually a ventilation system. The triangle is to trap the air from all sides
and then channel it down to the house and pushes the warm air out. |
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| A lifestyle statue to showcase their Souk (market) back then. |
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| Hey, they even imported Tide back then!! Can you spot it?! =D |
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| After we left the museum, we went to The Spice Souk |
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| The famous Shisha pipes |
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Beside the Spice Souk is the Gold Souk. All their gold shops looked the same to me.
They all hang their gold outside the shops like that. LOL! |
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| Serious?! A top made of gold?!! You better believe it! |
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| World tallest building – Burj Khalifa. It’s twice the height of KL Twin Towers. |
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| We were on the observation deck at 124th floor. Such a breath-taking view don’t you think? |
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| Cam-horing! LOL! |
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| We also visited the Huge Aquarium & Underwater Zoo as well. I’ve captured some really nice pictures from the aquarium. |
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| Does this make you hungry already? =D |
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| Nautilus |
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| I stood there for 10 minutes and it finally moved! Damn…and I thought it was a fake. |
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| This aquarium is huge and it’s in the heart of Dubai Mall which is the world largest mall currently. Although, I think the aquarium in Lisbon has more stuff. |
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| Night view of Burj Khalifa. What a magnificent sight.. |
