UAE - Dubai - Mish Mash

These are the last few pictures of Dubai.. If you want to see the non-postable ones drop by my house and fill out a form.. hehe.

The next three pictures are from the Gold Souk. This is not the best place to drag your son..





My sister (I won't say which one) almost had a break down bargaining for a gold bracelet.. she was not used to the local dance.



Gold is a fair bit cheaper in Dubai.. compared to Canada.. My mother's eyes light up when she's shopping for gold. She has a severe case of gold fever!!



I spent a lot of time with the benches.



This is a new residential area called the Arabian Ranches.. a few of my relatives bought houses here. They all sold like hot cakes.



This is the tag that's connected to the key of ones locker in the Wafi changing room. hehe.



I thought this was a cool picture that my sister Zahra took.



I discovered this sign in a wholesale shopping mall.. As I was taking the picture I noticed a guy standing next to me.. He was the artist!! I wanted to take his picture, but he insisted that I take a picture of his sign once more.. then he vanished.



Speaking of malls.. one cannot visit Dubai without checking out City Centre!! This is one of the biggest malls.. It's where almost everyone goes at some point during the week. A lot of the youth hang out here and try to chat to each other using their Bluetooth devices. A lot of people go just to walk around and around and around.



This is Mercato (not sure if I spelled it correctly).. I think this mall is supposed to have the Italian theme. It's also pretty popular.. near the beach.. but a bit expensive.



This is the new Dragon Mart.. it's a huge mall full of chinese vendors. It's nearly completed..



The inside is pretty much done..



No trip to the mall, with your sisters (and crazy cousin), is complete without some horrendous shoe shopping.. ugh.. what was i thinking?!



I think this is near the old part of Dubai.. They're trying to restore parts of it.. and set up art galleries, coffee places and what not..





My cousin/aunt Amal was impressed by the fish that this Kashmiri lover had hanging in the back.. hehe.



Here's Sheikh Zayed road.. there's a good shawarma place down there somewhere..and a cool coffee place called Shakespeare.. hehe.



Another good picture by Zahra..



There's so much more to Dubai, unfortunately I was a bit of a lazy bum when I was there, so I didnt see or take pictures of everything. It's a fairly cosmopolitan place.. the locals are out numbered a few times over by all the foreigners working in Dubai. It has almost anything you can think of.. and if they don't have it.. chances are they're building it. If you want some good mandazis call my cousin/aunt Amal (she does deliveries) !! Thanks Aunty!! :)