We've loaded some pictures for you to see, although they don't nearly do the city justice. This is a land of wealth like we've never seen before...fortune...palaces of marble, granite, gold...a land of estimated birth around 3000 BC while the city's estimated birth was around 1977...muslim culture ~ a land of shieks. We got to see Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Outside of the Atlantis Resort on Palm Jumeriah Island.
At a traditional Lebanese Dinner, complete with a belly dancer and a Shisha pipe (aka Hookah Pipe).
In the aquarium tube.
In one of the many shopping malls ~ a wall of water.
The same shopping mall as above (with the wall of water).
Dates and figs are the candy of choice in the region.
Tapestry.
An indoor/outdoor restaurant with a local menu.
Our Hotel.
The air is filled with spices.
It's not if you will hookah, but what kind of hookah...the decorative ones on the left w/ the beading are from Lebanon.
The Burj, the tallest building in the world~ words cannot describe. This was the view from our hotel room. The buildings amonst the Burj are not small...
The Dubai airport.