Dubai – City in the Sand

Posted By jelly on 05, Oct, 2014

I had been looking forward to Dubai.  This was the last stop on our trip, a place that would be exotic, opulent, sunny and warm.   It was exotic, opulent and HOT but I just couldn’t connect with this place. Dubai is a manufactured city in the sand.  Built on the success of the oil trade, it strives to touch the sky defying the shifting sands beneath it.   It has a stunning skyline best viewed at night.  It’s wealth is on...