Return flight with a stop in Dubai

Trip Start Jun 29, 2008
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Trip End Aug 31, 2008


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Thursday, September 4, 2008

WOOOW!! now I am flying back to my home country by night and I arrive at Dubai early in the morning: 5:40 am to be acurate. As usual, it is incredibly hot here, although for the people here this is still kind of cold. They must be joking, no way this is cold and I wear also this stupid sweater (a remaining from Cape Town where the weather is awfully rainy and windy)! anyway, I quickly go out of the airport and take a bus to do a city tour as when I arrived for my flight to Cape Town two months ago. But it was not as nice as I expected although I had a seat at the front of the bus, the places reserved for the ladies...so I quickly ask a taxi driver for a city tour. For 200 dirhams that is approximately 30 euros, a bargain for a three-hour long journey in this booming city! I especially appreciated the nice beach, called the open beach where you could have a very clear view of Burj Dubai, that legendary 6-stars hotel, a classy place to stay where you can save all your life long for just one night without breakfast included!!! Dubai
Dubai
 ! I therefore saw mainly Jumeirah the most luxurious neighborhood of the city, but also Marina, which is a bit further and obviously the Palm Island its wide array of flats and villas at 1 millions AED (Arab Emirates Dirhams) each. The advantage of having a villa there is that you will necessarily have a bit of the sea behind or in front of your house! I felt just very compassionate for the workers (from Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and so on) who had to work by more than 40 degrees day and night while being paid peanuts. At least, if you compare it to a French payroll for the same working conditions for instance. No wonder, that a tower of 500 meters is built in 1 year time and that there are constantly other ones which are popping up. I also went to various shopping center (just to look...) and in one of them you can even do skiing if you feel like doing it! So, i was very pleased with that visit of Dubai by day, the first time I came it was only by night and I did not see much, neither did you I guess!! enjoy.
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