Dubai Festival City

... sides of the roads.. so good to watch when u expected nothing but a deserted land wid occasional huge buildings.... and a shopping festival in dubai was simply awsum to watch.... gotta go there once in a year or so during the winter in UAE... climate is ...

... and also gave me 2 Decks of SQ Cards and an extra cup of Orange juice. Hotel I had booked 4 Nights at Intercontinental Dubai Festival City Hotel. The hotel is just 10 mins away from Dubai international Airport. I had booked a Club Creek View Room. This ...

... then metered from then on. Cab drivers are friendly.  Arrived at my Intercon hotel, very nice and charming attached to Festival city mall with waterways restaurant. The views include Burj AL Khalifa at the distance. My bed is super comfy....slept at ...

... room. We took showers and stopped outside to use the payphones, then headed out in search of food and amusement. "Festival City Mall! Festival City Mall!" I chanted to the GPS. It was still having a hard time adjusting to the other side of the world. ...

... horse races on at 6 in the evening, but nothing until then. Since we were in the area, we thought we'd see what "Festival City" was. Given it was the first day of the Shopping Festival, we though the Festival City could show us what it was all ...

... provide extra transport and relieve the seriously grid locked city streets. We returned towards the city and got off at the 'Festival City' shopping area, where we enjoyed a light lunch, at a restaurant overlooking the marina and its display of yachts ...

... So Ayman and I left to meet Chris at his favorite Shisha place. The place we drove to is called Wafi Mall and it's close to Festival City. Ayman was driving so it took 1 hour to get there rather than 20 minutes, damn GPS! Hahahah The Wafi mall has a ...

... and still don't know the roads" joke. After we picked up Ahmed, Chris went to work and the remaining three went to a mall called Festival City. We went trying to find a SIM card and power cord for my phone so that I had a local number here in Dubai. ...

... by a big piece of hanging metal.  Arrived at the hotel after some tough midday traffic, and quickly discovered that Dubai was not going to be a walkable city.  Bummer for me, as I like to walk.  Dubai partially opened a new metro system a ...

... east. Bur Juman Bur Juman is a fantastic mall in the centre of Dubai that houses all the designer shops. The Dubai Summer Surprises festival is on at the moment. Just to demonstrate how extravagant Dubai is, there were some ice sculpters at the mall ...

... must have been around 1400 sq/ft and had a magnificent view of the ocean, of the Jumeriah Walk and of the Dubai film festival. After catching a glimpse of the surroundings from the balcony we decided to retire for the night. The next morning we got up ...

... their mouth and nose really made up their eyes. It looks even more alluring than if they left their face uncovered. DUBAI SHOPPING FESTIVAL We decided pretty early to include Dubai on our trip. Not only is Dubai getting more press in America, it ...

... The opportunity came up for Ana, Greg (music teacher), and I to chaperon 20 of our students to a Junior Varsity Fine Arts Festival at Dubai American Academy. We didn't know what to expect when we landed, so here is our story.   Getting through ...

... the same as anywhere, many were popular UK brands, and all had sales on as we'd managed to arrive during the Dubai Shopping Festival. The Ibn Battuta Mall though beat the lot though with its architecture. Each section had a different theme, Andalucia, ...

...   On our last night we headed to Souk Madinat, which happened to be hosting the opening night of the Dubai International Film Festival. Our run-in with film festivals is sheer serendipity. The opening film was Bobby-perhaps you've seen it? ...

... we are staying. This is a large traditional Dhow which is very comfortable and had a great buffet dinner. As it is the Dubai Shopping Festival there are fireworks each night for 5 minutes at 8-30pm. We watched them from the boat and they were ignited very ...

... so you better appreciate it! Everything in Dubai is it's own city.  You have the Knowlege Village, Global Village, SmartCity, Festival City, and right next to our campus are Internet City and Media City.  They're not cities--they are ...

... all, but it really was a bit much. We didn't even want to leave the hotel again until after we took showers and naps. "Festival City. Festival City," I chanted. Mom only agreed to go if we stayed inside. That wasn't a problem with me, though it was ten ...