Dhows are everywhere in this area, much like they have been for hundreds of years.
The royal family has massive paintings and murals of themselves posted throughout the city. Many, like this one, take up the entire sides of buildings. Some stand alone and are over 10 stories high.
The skyline. That is the world's tallest building jutting up there on the left. The Burj Dubai is still under construction and now stands at 1792 feet (the final height is a tightly held secret). http://www.burjdubai.com/
Dubai is an amazing city, absolutely mind-blowing. Last year they had 30 percent of the world's construction cranes in that city alone. There are literally buildings and raods being built in all directions. It is clean, modern and growing at an amazing clip. The heat is pretty steep though. We hit the record for deployment - 133 degrees - there. Dubai has the world's tallest building (as of August) and the world's only 7-star hotel. They also built this massive building where they created a mountain and snow. It was quite a site to walk in from 130 plus temps to see people bundled up in coats, snowboarding. Thats Dubai.
Dubai is an amazing city, absolutely mind-blowing. Last year they had 30 percent of the world's construction cranes in that city alone. There are literally buildings and raods being built in all directions. It is clean, modern and growing at an amazing clip. The heat is pretty steep though. We hit the record for deployment - 133 degrees - there. Dubai has the world's tallest building (as of August) and the world's only 7-star hotel. They also built this massive building where they created a mountain and snow. It was quite a site to walk in from 130 plus temps to see people bundled up in coats, snowboarding. Thats Dubai.
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