Howard had work to do in Dubai so I went over with him from Miri to have a look see! And I must say it is quite a city. The shopping malls are amazing – complete with waterfalls, aquariums to dive with sharks in, ski slopes where you ski on or ice rinks to skate on!
The buildings are also pretty amazing. The Burg Khalifa at 828 metres is the highest building in the world and makes every other reasonably-sized sky scraper look tiny! There are also some stunning hotels, the Dubai Marina and newly constructed souqs.
However some of the the old stuff is pretty good too. You can now go dinner cruising on the Dubai Creek, the desert and the camels are not far away, and the sea is ever present and still as warm! Those beautiful dhows are there too.
In contrast Hatta is only an hours drive away and the old methods of farming are still used…..
And last but not least old friends don’t change either!
