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Burj Khalifa & High Tea

A travel blog entry by ashpiccirillo

10am We took a taxi to the Dubai Mall this morning, where we collected our tickets to go to 'At the Top' - observation deck of Burj Khalifa - 124th floor of the tallest building in the world! At the top - wow what amazing views! Although the air is quite dusty, we could see the city skyline well, as well as the World Islands. I felt dizzy being up …

Longest Day EVER, Damn You Delhi!

A travel blog entry by mrmrswiederhold

Despite the noise outside, we both quickly fell asleep. Shortly thereafter our alarms went off. 12:30am…yuck. The only saving grace was that we knew we were headed to the airport, and [hopefully] out of India. India, we love you, but you're just not our cup of tea.

On the cab ride to the airport Amber and I both found religion. …

Shu'mata

A travel blog entry by bmlevinson

... chicken. ", he mumbled through a bite. The next day we left. But that's not without a story either. Our driver, Stefan, was fantastic but not that experienced. We were told that a more experienced driver would be leading him to the spot where we would be given to our driver for the next two days. But Ole Sululu said he was going in the same direction and he would just lead Stefan to the tarmac road. He didn't. Instead he got out of his car and just pointed in the general ...

The bizarre jewel in the dessert

A travel blog entry by 2enma5ter

... mint shower gel, thought you should know that), Frances drove me to a Shawarma place where you order out of your car. Monday morning I took a bus back to Dubai, grabbed my stuff and enjoyed the free tour of the metro to the airport one more time. Though a bizarre place (skiing in a mall included), I really hope to be back here sooner than later. Thanks to Thoby, Blair, Gina, Hanno, the Frisbee crew and most of all Miss Happiness Frances for a wonderful stay. And from luxury Land I flew off to ...