Today we caught the local bus to Dubai. It was only 30 dirhams ($10) and was modern and air conditioned. The hour and a half trip was uneventful - got a good view of the Dubai sprawl going in.
Once there however we were met with more arrogance than encountered in Abu Dhab eg rude taxi drivers. We were booked into the Desert Sands hotel but did not realise there were several of them in the same area. We told him just to drop us at any one and it was the right one thankfully.
After checking in we decided to walk to the Metro, but it was so hot I felt really faint. Made it though and experienced the driverless train that takes you up and down the set route to various locations including shopping centres. (Neil made the mistake of briefly standing in the women's carriage)
Dubai Mall is huge, including a giant aquarium complete with sharks. After taking that in we went up the Burj Kalifa, at this moment the tallest building in the world. The 140 odd floor elevator ride was smooth and fast, but not much of excitement to see at the top apart from buildings in a sandy haze. It was fairly pricey but we had to do it!
After getting back to the room we were fairly exhausted so ordered room service then began what was to become a familiar run-in with foreign front loader washing machines.
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| In the mall |
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| Top of the Burj |
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| station entrance |
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