Fun in Dubai
Shopping is the reason people flock to Dubai, many for the modern malls and stores. Ask, though, at the hotels Dubai UAE offers about the souks, markets in the old parts of town. See windows full of gold jewelry at the has-to-be-seen to be believed Gold Souk one of the world’s largest gold retailing markets. Ogle stacks of everything from gaudy to nice that seem to go on forever with bracelets, necklaces, pins. You’ve never seen so much gold and diamonds. Haggling is a must and if you hold out you may get a great deal.
Tour the city in the “Big Bus Tour” where you hop on and hop off and get a great view of the city. Have them drop you off for a cruise on a wooden Dhow on Dubai Creek taking you right through the center of the city. Dinner cruises are available with the usual mid-east fare. and take in the modern skyline of this vibrant city.
Of course Dubai is in the middle of a desert so naturally one thinks of…skiing. Ski Dubai can accommodate 1500 people in artificial snowy bliss. The Dubai museum is a welcome alternative, housed in the Al Faheidi Fort which once defended the city. A big iron clad door greets the visitor and feature artifacts from excavations and recovered from graves and scenes of life before the days of oil.
Take a thirty minute airplane tour of the city from 1600 feet if you really want to understand its sheer size and bewildering skyline. Look down at the iconic Burj Al Arab building, shaped like a sail and the interesting yet odd man-made archipelagos shaped like palm trees. It’s about $200 dollars and a 40 minute cab trip out to the airfield.
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