Roaming Around in Dubai

Today is a rather uneventful day. I headed to pay for the overnight desert camping trip scheduled for tomorrow. However, I was told they did not have my booking and the tour was fully booked! What stuff up! When I demanded to speak to the superior of the booking agent, awhile later I was told that they could arrange another 2 spots for me. I was thinking to imagine if I hadn’t demanded, they would have just left it as it is. This shows how much customer service they emphasize on. I roamed about the Mall of Emirates for the next 2 hours before heading over to the airport to pick up my friend who would be joining me for this phase of my journey.

Ski Dubai In Mall of Emirates

Roaming around Mall of Emirates

The glass roof in Mall of Emirates lets the sun into the mall

Arabian McDonald’s

Walking around the Mall of Emirates. This mall was the world’s largest shopping mall until Dubai Mall was completed

Dubai Mall – The Mega Shopping Mall

After meeting up with my friend, and settling him into the hotel, I brought him to the Mall of Emirates to change some local currency. Our plan for today was to head over to Burj Al Arab for high tea. Once we were at the security gate, I realised that I have mixed up the timing. We were 2 hours late and we missed the high tea. However, the staff was kind enough to rebook our high tea session to another date without penalising us. So our plan worked out fine and we are still going for high tea in the finest hotel in Dubai after all. We then went to Dubai Mall to spend the rest of our day there. As my friend had a long flight, we wanted to take the day easy.

The Burj Al Arab is a fine piece of art

The entrance of Dubai Mall

Around Dubai Mall

Dubai Mall Entrance

Inside Dubai Mall

Iranian Kebab for Dinner

After dinner, we went to watch the fountain show from ground zero. I had watched it from the tower yesterday. The show was indeed different from here, at the ground floor, I can see clearly how the water fountain danced to the rhythm of the music, while from the top, I can only see circles lighting up. After the fountain show, we went for a movie and then headed back to the hotel to rest for the night.