Though we are not really technically underwater!
which serves as an alternative transport to the hotel itself
Shaun, Atlantis,Car
Overview of the Atlantis waterpark
Inside the Monorail Station
Various Yachts zooming by the waterside
Light speed in the tunnel!
On our way back!
An uncompleted monorail station
The sand storms are lighter today! :P
We can actually see buildings in the distance!
Our next stop...
The 3rd largest mall in the world
Not including the west side :3
Complete with it's own hotels
And ski resort
In the desert?
But first! Lunch!
So that's how Carl's Jr and subway look in Arabian...
Talking about Arabian, Arab food!
The Arabian fast food is rather popular here
Nomage!
With our tummies fueled...
time to check out the mall!
Remembered seeing this store on a discovery channel special on the mall
some stores are so huge, they have their own travelator!
Domes are synonymous in Arbain culture
Getting at the center of things...
The mall galleries
decked with fancy over lighting
There's even a virgin megastore!
Shaun + snowboard can only mean...
Snow! at the Ski Dubai
The front ticketing area
Niffy polar bears!
Bow to the Zorb ball
Complete with a full ski slope!
and it's own ski lift too!
The place is constantly maintained below freezing
A glass plane is all that seperates sainty and hypothermia
The entrance and suiting up point
The ski cafe
An atrium in the Emirates mall
The mall central fountain
All overlooked by the behemoth ski slope
complete with boutique stalls
ground shops and fountain in the background
Plants feeling the wrath of the heat
no wonder!
it does get as hot as 48 degrees midday