Dubai trip

Wow, what can I say? I went to Dubai on a recruiting trip, I know, I know, tough job, but someone had to do it. Dubai is spectacular; the architecture is breathtaking and the setting is just unreal. It's a big city, has the feel of any large city anywhere, like Manhattan, except that it is all new and clean and gorgeous.

Dubai has the tallest building in the world as well as the largest mall. The building is 2800+meters, more than half mile. Pretty darned impressive. The buildings in general are stunning in design.












The Mall of the Emirates is also the largest in the world and as an added bonus, you can ski. The Gold Souk has more pretty, shiny things than you can imagine. There are jewelry stores carrying jewelry you cannot even imagine. I found these enamel pieces that were unique and really wish now I had bought some.



I happened to be there for the opening of Atlantis, the new resort. They had fireworks that were unlike anything I've ever seen.

Some of the things I wish I had pictures of, I missed. In all of the grocery stores there is a separate shop within the store called the The Pork Shop which is clearly marked for non-Muslims only. Every kind of pork product you can imagine is in there. Living in a country where pork is not available, it was like I'd gone to pork heaven. And yes, I took advantage of this and purchased bacon and chops and sliced ham and keilbasa. We are just not going to discuss how I got it all back home, but to paraphrase, desperate times call for desperate measures.