Our stay of Dubai was definitely text book tourist activities, but then again, there is not a whole lot of history to the city of Dubai. One thing we'll say for sure, they definitely know how to throw the money around. After tea at the Burj al Arab and our first failed attempt at gaining access to the new tallest building in the world, the Burj Dubai (it was sold out), we spent the following morning just lounging at the pool in preparation for our day at the biggest mall in the world followed by a tour in the tallest building in the world. Yes, Dubai seems to be taking all of Canada's selling features over. The world's biggest mall now apparently resides in Dubai. At the same time, we were still proud of our little West Ed. The mall was big, four floors of shopping, shopping shopping but sadly it lacked the entertainment of good old West Ed. Sure it had a huge indoor aquarium and a couple of waterfalls with a creek running through it, but where was the indoor water park hmmmm? The highlight for us had to be the Candylicious store. MMMMM, candy..... and supposedly the best ice cream in the world (according to who were nor sure). It was darn good. After a quick lunch we headed up the new Burj Dubai tower (which has had its name changed to the Burj Khalifa). An elevator traveling 128 floors in less the one minute whisks you up to an absolutely sensational view. On a clear day you can see 95kms. Yes, 95kms. We stuck around for sunset and then made our way to the legendary Gold Souk to window shop. Never before have we seen so much gold, gems, and jewelery. The next day we headed to Wild Wadi water park, a truly unique experience. The water-slides require no stairs. Elevators you wonder? No, the slides actually go uphill. No joke. You load yourself or you and a friend into the one and two man tubes and powerful jets push you up the slides to the top of the ride. Then, back down to the pools below. Incredible! The day was hot, the water was cool and we had fun. Then we had to prepare ourselves for the inevitable. The trip home. Yes it's official. The super tour must come to an abrupt end. Due to some difficulties with some health issues we have booked tickets and are on our way home to Canada 4 months early. We sincerely hope you have enjoyed our little tour and thank you all for your comments and emails to make us feel connected to home. As it is, this will be our last blog. We can't wait to see you all in Canada again.
Pictures:
1- first time boogie-boarder
2- Burj Dubai (aka Burj Khalifa)
3- Largest outdoor fountain in the world, located next to the largest mall in the world
4- Sunset from Burj Dubai
5 & 6- View from Burj Dubai (note the size of other sky scrapers)
7- Anelia preparing for ride to the top
8- Gold Souk
9- Dubai mall fountain
10- Best ice cream in the world
11- Candylicious. Oh yeah!
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