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The Star Trek Enterprise parked at Burj Al Arab?

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DUBAI has this pre-occupation for building the tallest, grandest, and weirdest skyscrapers. And that’s not necessarily bad. In fact, thanks to Dubai, we derive a lot of entertainment from these structures.

Take for instance Burj Al Arab. It is easily one of the most recognizable structures in the world today. Apart from the fact that it is the only 7-star hotel in the world (and probably the most expensive coffee/tea as well), it apparently has other “secret” oddities to offer.

Now, just what do you think this weird appendage to Burj Al Arab is? Go ahead, hazard a guess? Continue reading →

Side trip: DUBAI (Window) Shopping Tour

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OUR tour operator must have thought that we still had a lot of money left from our Holy Land Pilgrimage, so much so that they found it fit to allot one full day for shopping in our 2-day Dubai side trip.

Dubai Shopping TourWe should have told them that we never really had a lot of spare money from the start.  Our 1-day Dubai shopping tour became a window shopping tour. Continue reading →

A date to remember at Dubai’s Creekside Park

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When:  November 21, 2010

Where:  Dubai Creekside Park

Who:  NO it was not me and my xxGF who went on a romantic date.  We were just the chaperons.  After all, the couple we accompanied on their date were too young to be left together alone.

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Side trip: DUBAI Desert Safari

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Camel Ride 4x4 adventure Arabian Night Belly Dancer Desert Dinner

SAND dunes, 4×4 off-road adventure, camel ride, dinner in the desert, Arabian entertainment — these are the wild experiences awaiting us on the afternoon of our first day in Dubai.

Side trip: DUBAI City Tour

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Dubai City TourAfter 12 grueling days in our Holy Land Pilgrimage we were physically wasted.  So what’s another two days?

And off we went to Dubai for some more walking, more sight seeing, and even more picture taking. Continue reading →

At the end of our Holy Land Pilgrimage

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ON the afternoon of November 19, 2010, after 12 days in Dubai (1 day, in-transit), Egypt (3), Israel (5), and Jordan (3), we left Jordan on board an Emirates flight to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, officially ending our Holy Land Pilgrimage.

Holy Land Pilgrimage

The pilgrimage have nurtured us spiritually but exhausted us physically.

Looking back, it is very difficult to imagine now how we managed to cope up with the grueling and impossible daily itineraries. Continue reading →