In flight entertainment is all the difference it makes in keeping sane over 9 hours
mmm sticky thingies...
The plane food is reasonably good too.
Awesome plane belly cam on the city approach
Watching the touchdown from the nose camera
And we are in Dubai!
500N of raw plane thrust. :3
In the terminals
Overview of the arrival area
Mmm shiny!
Which is also like an apartment too!
Here are are at our hotel!
Hitting the Burjuman center!
The place looks real niffy!
The main central atrium
Thank goodness for caffeine!
Looking real niffy
At Burjuman center for our Big Bus tour!
Qye, it's a big bus alright!
One with an open top too!
Downtown Dubai
The Karama Markets (Little india)
Hitting the highway with the skyline behind
The Wafi Mall
What do we have here?
Anubite statues can only mean...
An eyptian themed hotel!
That's Wafi alright!
Cool sights, but otherwise a very hot day
despite the evident Egyptian theming
A little hut by the walk
there is a mix of roman architecture too!
Got shade?
Did anyone say Wafi?
Which opens automatically opens it's doors
Uber Diamond... Mine! ALL MINE!
The Souk Khan Murjan in the Wafi basement
hidden treasures not many people know off
There's a whole array of souks (market) shops here
The escalator twine up the floors
Complete with an eyptian themed stained glass facade!
The big buses operate every 30 minutes here
Our choosen boogie ride for the day
Despite indoor airconditioning, everyone's all outside!
Wafi in all it's glory
Mmm raffles, what are they doing here? :P
The world trade center
The traffic system here in Dubai is rather organised
Visiblity is fairly good today
Offering rather decent photo opportunities