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The place is nicely themed
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With a good mix of artifical and ambient light
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Really digging this cavernous central area
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A mix of modern and aquatic feel
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The tower leading up to the overhead tower
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The mall is at most 2 floors high in most areas
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And of course, no marina mall is complete without dolphins!
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On the bus towards the palace!
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The Emirates palace hotel that is!
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Only we can't exaclty go in!
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But the exterior views is all we need. :P
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Closeup of the front facade
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We even made some new friends!
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A group we met yesterday in Dubai!
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Enroute along Sultan Bin Zayed Street
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The roundabout fountain by the palace
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The hotel entrance
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Niffy!
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Houston, seems we hav a problem with the free water bottles
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Passing by several interesting buildings alongside
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really interesting... architecture
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Reaching our highlight of the trip...
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Presenting the biggest Mosque in the UAE
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The Sheikh Zayed Mosque!
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It has a very distinctive pure white look to it
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considering it mostly being constructed out of white marble
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The right spire
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The main front entrance
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Let head in!
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The views just gets better as you near it
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And the matching left!
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It's a tranquil sea of white here
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You can almost see your face reflecting from the floors
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The view from the entrance
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And the main building beckons
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Cleaners polish the floor almost every other day
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Let get some sun!
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In the vast open courtyards
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The place is surrounded by shrill slience
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A considering that it is after all a place of worship
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The left wing of the courtyard
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Allowing you to thread each step on the open marble courtyard in pure serenity
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Looking real good here man!
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The right wing
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It's huge and it's only the world's eighth largest mosque.
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The sea of white reflecting under the sun
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Awesome sights are shaun approved!
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Which are also all nicely detailed
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Floral patterns constantly line the walls of the mosque
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Ah finally a sun shade! :P