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1 Dubai city is truly an amazing and quite unique place. ...	2 It is said that more than 15-20% of the world's cranes...	3 Among the skyscrapers is the tallest building in the...	4 More views from our hotel. Note the beginning of another...	5
6	7 Another view from our hotel. Note the public...	8 View of the Wafi Mall from hotel	9	10 Dolphinarium
11 Wide streets	12 Dubai courts. Some but not all is Sharia law. Sharia...	13 Lots of traffic	14 The Dubai Creek has been dredged so that large boats can...	15
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36	37	38	39 This is the heart of Bur Dubai on the western side of...	40
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46	47	48	49 Dubai Museum. It was the Al Fahidi Fort	50 Shopping areain Bur Dubai
51	52	53 Dubai is an important port for both cargo and cruise ships.	54 Gold Souk. The souk consists of over 300 retailers that...	55
56 Although intially fueled by oil, oil accounts for less...	57 Cargo along Dubai Creek	58 Cargo along Dubai Creek	59	60
61	62	63	64	65 Grand Mosque
66 City Centre Mall	67	68	69	70
71	72 Lots of For Rent signs noted	73	74 Government Building	75
76	77 Cigarette + ? phone	78 Western dress abounds	79 Saks 5th Ave	80 Saks 5th Ave
81 Remember that every piece of green space sits on a desert	82 Elevated line and skyscrapers in background	83	84 Wafi is one of the large shopping malls. It is the site...	85 Wafi Mall entrance
86 Night scene from hotel....	87 Night scene	88	89	90
91	92 Views from Raffles Hotel.....	93	94 Raffles Hotel	95 Entrance to Wafi Mall
96	97	98	99 Elevated public transportation system and one of the...	100
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106	107	108	109 Every upscale shop is seen	110
111	112 Union House is on the site of former ruler H.H.Sheikh...	113 Reminder again that this is a desert, yet public spaces...	114 One of several mosques on Jeremiah Road which parallels...	115
116 Hilton Hotel off Jeremiah Road	117 Hilton Hotel and famed Burj Al Arab. Note the helicopter...	118 The Burj Al Arab is the world's most luxurious hotel. It...	119 The Burj Al Arab	120 The beach (Persian Gulf)......
121	122	123 Wild Wadi Waterpark situated in front of the Burj Al Arab	124	125
126	127 The Palm Jumeirah is an artificial archipelago created...	128 From the air one literally sees a palm shaped island with...	129 Large apartment buildings line both sides of the roadway.	130 The Palm Jumeirah is in the shape of a palm tree. It...
131 The feel of the whole thing is 'artificial', Disney-like....	132 Indeed so much of the population of Dubai consists of...	133 Construction is ongoing. There is a monorail that goes...	134	135
136	137	138 On the distant crescent is Hotel Atlantis seen in the...	139 One gets to the crescent by going under the water via a...	140 Atlantis
141 Atlantis	142 On the crescent looking out to the Persian Gulf	143 View of Logos Island (shape of a date palm) and the...	144 Dubai skyscapers from Palm Island	145
146	147 Dubai Pearl is another massive construction project which...	148 It consists of four mixed-use towers connected together...	149 This area is called internet city since many technology...	150
151 More skyscapers....	152	153	154	155
156	157	158 One of many giant billboards seen along some of the...	159	160
161 Mall of the Emirites	162 Foodcourt, Mall of the Emirites	163 Mall of the Emirites	164 Mall of the Emirites	165 Mall of the Emirites
166 Mall of the Emirites	167 Mall of the Emirites	168	169	170 Ski Dubai is an artifical ski slope
171 The exterior of the Mall of the Emirites showing the ski...	172 Everything necessary to ski is available for rental	173 Awaiting the chair lift	174 The slopes....	175
176 Our feet....30 minutes earlier we were outside in 90...	177 Mall interior from the ski slope	178	179	180
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186 Hotel lobby	187 Hotel lobby	188 Hotel lobby	189	190
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196 The Burj from several blocks away	197 Closer view of the Burj	198 Closer view of the Burj	199 Closer view of the Burj	200 Closer view of the Burj
201 Closer view of the Burj	202 This field attracts many of the foreign workers...	203 This is an attempt to see where the 'real' people live. ...	204	205
206	207 Sign says 'private accommodation for Dubai Electricity...	208	209 Multi dwellings	210
211	212	213	214 These are more likely the homes of ex-pats and the like.	215 Stores and restaurants in one of the residential...
216	217	218 In the past, there has been criticism of the working and...	219 This is NOT a place for woman to have a drink....its a...	220
221 Residential neighbourhoods	222	223 2 car homes and large cars are common. Gas is cheap	224 Homes of ex-pats. Notice the big cars. Gas is cheap in...	225
226	227	228 View of the Burj from nearby	229 Standing in front of the Burj	230 On site view of the Burj
231 View of a nearby building from the Burj	232 View of a nearby building from the Burj	233 Morning view from our hotel as we depart	234 Morning view from our hotel as we depart	235 Morning view from our hotel as we depart
236 Morning view from our hotel as we depart	237 Dubai from the air	238 Dubai from the air	239 Dubai from the air	240 Dubai from the air
241 Dubai from the air

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