Dubai 24 – 25 December 2011
Posted by oeifendy on 27 December 2011
Departed from Changi Airport at 2am and arrived in Dubai at 5:30am. From Dubai airport took Metro to Union station then started walking toward Pacific Hotel (2-star hotel). It was around 20mins walk from Union Metro to the hotel. Checked in then slept for 2 hours. Around 10am walked out to find sightseeing bus stop (called the big bus). Walked here walked there asked here asked there after 30 mins finally found it. Paid 300 Dirham (abt 105 SGD) for 2 days pass …. Expensive lah! But the bus indeed took me to see all the famous landmarks in Dubai like Burj Al Arab (known as the only 7-star hotel), Burj Khalifa (tallest building in the world), Mall of Emirates, Dubai Mall and some places I never heard of. I didn’t stop over at any of the places because I have to join other tour at 3pm.
Burj Al Arab, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Waited for an hour in the hotel and finally got picked up by Yahoo Tour to have a little adventure in the desert abt 45mins drive from Dubai. Had car bashing ride, watched sunset, belly dance and also dinner at the camp in the middle of the dessert. Met a lot of people from China, Malaysians and also Singaporean couple.
Returned to Dubai at 9pm then took Metro to Mall of Emirates station then took taxi to take to Burj Al Arab again to take some night shots.
Burj Al Arab, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Burj Al Arab, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Next day, took the sightseeing bus again but this time I stopped at some places like Atlantis in the Palm Jumeirah, Mall of Emirates (to see indoor ski resort) and Dubai Mall. In Dubai Mall there is a big aquarium. Here is also the best place to see the tallest building Burj Khalifa. Guess what … the tickets for At The Top Burj Khalifa was fully booked. Luckily I already made a reservation before I flew to Dubai and it cost me 105 Dirham (ard 35 SGD). Chose 5pm ticket because the sunset is normally at 5:30pm. Took very fast lift to 124th floor and couldn’t really see entire Dubai because the sky was not so clear. Managed to see the sunset, day view and night view. Took the lift down at 7pm then watched Dubai Fountain.
 Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
 Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Dubai Fountain at Dubai Mall
Dubai Fountain at Dubai Mall, United Arab Emirates
Still got time to kill then decided to see see look look WAFI Mall. Very interesting mall coz it has Ancient Egyptian design. The timing when I arrived was good too. It was the time for sound and light show with Christmas theme. Walked walked around the mall for a while then returned to hotel at 11pm to collect my bag. Took metro to the airport checked in then slept until 3am. My flight to Johannesburg was 4:40am.
