We were sad to leave the exciting city of Istanbul and our lovely convenient apartment with it's great views. We managed to make it out to the airport without having the great taxi scam, maybe because our landlord saw us into the taxi. From Istanbul we went to Dubai for two nights and basically one whole day. It's all very glitzy, but we are not in a hurry to return.
We spent the whole day doing the two routes of the Big Bus, the hop on hop off bus.
The Dubai Creek.
There are a lot of buildings with interesting modern architecture.
There are hundreds of mosques, but they cannot be visited.
There are hundreds of fancy shopping malls where visiting is definitely encouraged. This one has an Italian theme.
The famous Burj Al Arab building.
Of course there are hundreds of fancy hotels.
The resort ones are in beautiful grounds.
One of the beaches.
These apartments are on The Palm, an artificial island shaped like a palm.
The only stop we made was at The Mall of Dubai. This is their Gold Souk.
They have an aquarium and an Olympic size ice skating rink.
Outside at the Dubai Fountains which are lit up and dance at night.
Back on the bus we see a bit of Greece...
and a bit of Egypt. These are shops.
A Tea House.
The Dubai Museum. Didn't have time to stop here, but it could have been quite interesting.
Women of Dubai.
Men of Dubai.
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