Well, after the souks, we had decided to forego the Dubai Museum until tomorrow, so I had wanted to get to the Bahri Bar tonight to find the view of the Burj Al Arab our travel guide had described as “awesome”. Up until then we decided to get a taxi and go to the Mall of the Emirates. Dubai’s reputation as being the “shopping capital of the world” is well deserved, not just from the souks but also the malls. This one in particular was huge! Of special note is that on the bus ride into Dubai, I had noticed a stunted building that angled up into the air and just stopped, as if it was an incomplete freeway onramp. This was actually the indoor ski area of the Mall of the Emirates. The pictures from the various window spots of the mall show what I’m talking about. We had lunch at Apres Ski situated at the base of the indoor ski area, I had risotto with prawns, Eliz had a spicy chicken wrap, and we both shared fondue. Not exactly “roughing it” in terms of food though… Multitudes of shops, some high end ones we had never seen before, others familiar such as H&M, Tiffany’s, and Nike. It seemed to go on forever; we’d come to a common intersection, pick a direction, then come to another completely new intersections with new directions, stores and such. The mall’s view from outside hides the mall’s sheer size quite well. Perhaps the highlight of the mall (in my opinion) were the cars in valet while we were waiting for a taxi. Nice…
We took a cab to the Burj al Arab and after some walking we finally found where the Bahri Bar was. It was located inside an adjacent mall. We got a couple seats outside on the patio and saw a breathtaking view of the Burj al Arab. I had a mojito, she had a grown-up Hawaiian punch. See the pictures. That was our night, we took another taxi back to the room and went to bed.
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