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This was written on 26th April 2012!!!
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Flying by Emirates, it is hard not to plan a stop over in Dubai, a showcase of how big money coupled with a grand vision could create a mystique that man would yearn to experience discounting the odds of nature. If not for the creation of an economy, there is no reason for such large scale human settlement in the desert. Dubai is a open challenge to nature that says “who says beauty has to be natural and cannot be created”.

Thanks to an aircraft engineering fault, our 24 hours in Dubai shorted to 18 hours minus 6 hours of sleep! 12 hours isn’t enough to experience any place. Nevertheless, a glimpse was all in agenda to plan a longer outing.

The newly developed metro made the day all the more easier and thanks to Emirates’ baggage storage service (20dhs for 12hrs). There are no coin-based local mobile calling phone booths! The only way is to purchase a 25dhs calling card. Local calls to land phones are free.

We started with a walk through the tradition spice and gold souk, followed with a short ride through the Dubai creek. Burj Khalifa, the 800+ mt tall building is crazy and literally looks to be connecting land to the sky! 100dhs takes one to the viewing deck at the top. It is not a view to die for since its similar to the view from a plane. We missed the Dubai fountain by a whisker.

Soon it was time to leave and as expected, it did seem incomplete.

My take on Dubai:

• For the super rich, its all-that-money-can-do in one place.
• For the rich, its an indication you-are-not-so-rich!
• For the commons, dont-even-try-just-enjoy-life.