A great day in Dubai!

We had a great day in Dubai!  It was a long busy day of sightseeing, but what an experience.  The growth in this city is astonishing… and there is no end in sight.  There are over 500 mosques in Dubai, all were closed for prayer today since Friday is their holy day. 

 

Today we saw the beach front, marina district (this is all new since our last trip) and old Dubai.  It is incredible how the new modern city and old Dubai integrate into this very international city. 

We stopped at the Mall of the Emirates to see Ski Dubai, wow people were inside skiing wearing full ski gear… it was 111 degrees in Dubai today!

 

The Marina district was quiet impressive; they are currently building the world’s largest Ferris wheel… once complete they expect millions more visitors to this city.

 

We also went to the top of the Burj Khalifa, 124 floor in 60 seconds!

 

Burj Al Arab... VERY fancy hotel!

 

Dubai Golf Course - and people were outside playing golf!

 

...and crazy people cleaning windows - NO way!

 

 

Unfortunately, our day ended with me leaving my work phone in a taxi… we were leaving the Dubai Mall and our drivers meter wasn’t working so he couldn’t take us back to our hotel.  He didn’t drive us back to where we got into the cab – instead side “No you need to get out” – I had my phone on my lap and when I got up it stayed in the cab :^(.  I realized it immediately – Cheryl and Gina ran after the cab, Kim started calling my phone immediately… and I ran back to where he made us get out of the taxi to see if it fell out there… nope no such luck.  We worked with Dubai Mall security and the Dubai police trying to find the taxi… finally had to notify work and have them send the kill command.  So much for keeping up with work email while on this trip!  :^(  We learned a lot about the Dubai police department today.

So what else did we learn… while waiting to locate my phone, Kim sat down on a bench in the Dubai mail and put her head down to take a little nap… we have had very little sleep and have been on the go!  Apparently sleeping in the Dubai Mall is frowned upon.  A guy went over to her and told her she had to wake up… of course we were all thinking he better be careful waking her up!  :^)

Fun facts:

-    United Arab Emirates is made up of 7 Cities with a total population of 8.5 Million people (and most of them were in the Dubai Mall today)

-    Well I had a ton of little fun tidbits to share… but unfortunately I was keeping notes on my phone :^(