Dubai photos

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Ice sculpture at the snow dome in Ski Dubai


Idiot tourist at the snow dome, posing as an Eskimo (a late entry for the silly pic meme)


The desert safari pictures haven’t come out well, but this is the Bedouin campsite that awaited us at the end of the safari – complete with food, drinks, tents to relax in, and a belly-dancer

(Photo of this blogger perched atop a dune bike will be sold to the highest bidder)

View from my hotel window. The Dubai Museum is in the foreground


The museum’s large underground section has some extremely well put together lifesize representations of village life in days past, with atmospheric lighting and sound effects. Given how much Dubai wants to flaunt its modern, glass-and-concrete side, it feels strange to see this stuff – and it’s almost symbolic that it’s tucked away in a basement. This is a depiction of a group of men having shisha and evening tea

Another lifesize representation, this one from the village heritage site at Hatta


Random scribblings on the rocks of the Hatta foothills. According to our tour guide, this sort of thing is done by local Romeos who want to leave their names and phone numbers for girls


The Italian-themed Mercato mall. Corridors and spaces between shops made up to resemble Venetian streets and suchlike, but the brands were the same as can be found in every other major mall in the world


The 120-boat marina at the Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club


Bonus: Idiot tourist holding snow for photograph that took very long to click. Full picture unpublishable because of expression on idiot tourist’s face


(Those delicate blogging fingers were frostbitten for an hour)