A friend from uni recently moved to Dubai for a job and so he was more than willing to pick us up from the airport. We had no issues leaving, although as it was Ramadan??? As a female I had to make sure I was covered up, which was really no bother to me as we arrived there in the early evening. However unknowing of me, the temperature was a unforgiving 36 degrees Celsius, which may also sound fine but it was the humidity that really hit us. As soon as we left the cool air conditioning of the airport we were hit with a never ending blast of heat and after walking no further than 10 minutes our feet were starting to slide around in our flip flops. Far from pleasant.
However soon was all forgotten as we reached the air conditioning of Matt's car and we started to see the sights of Dubai.
It was nothing like either of us had ever seen before, it was so extravagant and rich and sparkling. All the sky scraping buildings had glittering lights on them, which we were told was to alert the planes of their precise. The city literally oozed wealth and had such a presence.
Matt then took us to the main Dubai shopping mall, which was ridiculous. We walked in on a red carpet and the shops were all high-end designers and even the shops we have in England such as; Topshop, River Island and Jack Wills seemed to fit in. We then went to the outside 'riverside' (I've put this in inverted commas as I'm not quite sure how to describe it and it's also man made) and stood below the Barj Khalifa (AKA tallest building in the world) and it was ridiculous. It was also good timing that we arrived there when we did as there was a fountain show.
This is the Barj Khalifa..
And my phone couldn't even capture it all.
This was the 'riverside'..
We then got back into Matt's car and headed towards Jameirha??? Which we drove up to and all the palm trees were covered in little gold lights. He took us to dinner at Toscana, an Italian restaurant also set around water. Luckily Matt had vouchers so the meal was reasonably priced however cokes were £4 a pop.
From here we drove around a bit further and saw the 7 star hotel, although I can't remember the name and then we parked up near the beach. Matt then treated us to a fresh juice from Pulp and I had a lemon, apple and mint juice, it was amazing.
From here we walked to the beach, my pictures aren't great as it was very dark by this point.
The temperature of the water was ridiculous, I mean crazy hot, I'm predicting around 30 degrees Celsius. If you were on the beach at midday you would not use the sea to cool down. If I was to go on holiday to Dubai, I think a hotel/apartment with a pool would be essential.
By this point it was coming up to 11.30pm Dubai time and we needed to be heading back to the airport, so we bid farewell to Matt and made our way through check in.
And now I can conclude that our adventure is pretty much over, however don't think that I will stop writing my blogs!!
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