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Kate Spade

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Here are some pics from my Dubai trip.

You would think I didn't have a stack of work waiting here for me

Skiing at the Dubai Emirates Mall! It's a huge skiing hill inside the mall. There is a little eating area where you can watch people ski. It's really cool to see people's reactions who had never seen snow before. They had special long down parkas for the women in their jillabeeyas and abayas, so they could maintain their modesty and stay warm.

Sorry so blurry, but you can see the ski lift on the left hand side






Emirate Desert, we went racing on the dunes in SUVs and then had dinner with some Bedouins.



Camels at Bedouin Camp



Sunset in the Emirate desert





Me and friend on a camel



View from top of camel:



View of city from my hotel room





Camels! They had a camel race track right outside the city. The little thing you see with the number 3 on the came on the right is a small robotic jockey that races on the camel. They use those now to replace the small children they used to have race them due to human rights/slavery issues.



Camel racing with robot jockey in action



Up close and personal





View of Dubai cityscape from camel race tracks



-- Edited by Escrime at 20:28, 2007-04-18

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wow, escrime, amazing!

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I would love to go to Dubai-I'm so jealous!



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that robotic jockey kills me! What exactly does it do? whip them if they aren't going fast enough?

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tara, I have a video. I'll upload it and post it tomorrow, but it just continually smacks the camel to go...

We tried to get one and put it on our backs as a joke pictures, but the camel handlers thought we were crazy.

LOL

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Awesome pics, must've been an incredible experience!

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Those are great. I trip out on the skiing inside of the mall. Totally awesome.

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Skiing in a mall, who would have thought?!

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Looks like a great vacation! I am jealous, I would love to do something like that! Love the pictures, looks like so much fun! Where did you stay and how did you get there, if you dont mind me asking? I think I may suggest this to the SO for our next trip, we have been talking about doing something different! I am going to go look up flights on Lufthansa now to get an idea of the travel info.!

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Avalon, we flew direct from JFK to Dubai on Emirates. It's about a 13 hour flight.

We stayed at the Grand Hyatt Dubai:

http://dubai.grand.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp

But there are MANY hotels to choose from, including some that are crazy expensive.

The flight was about $1300, but I continued on to Sri Lanka on the same ticket.

If you need more travel info, let me know. It was really cool there, and there is a LOT to do (and a LOT of GREAT shopping).

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Sounds Great!! How was Sri Lanka? That is a good price for the airline tickets! I saw that some flights to Dubai have a layover in Frankfort and saw flights from Philadelphia to Frankfort starting at $222 on Lufthansa. I am going to look into flights from Frankfort to Dubai to see what those prices are like. I am such a bargain shopper when it comes to traveling! The hotel looks beautiful, thanks for the link. I am going to look into this a little more. Do you know what the best time of year is best to visit? and can you tell me more about the shopping?!

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avalon, Sri Lanka was amazing. Philly to Frankfurt for $222?! wow! I may just have to go to Germany! LOL

The best time to go to Dubai is actually from November to about May. It gets really hot there during the summer. Also avoid going during Ramadan because they are pretty strict about adhering to fasting in the UAE between sunrise and sunset and it's considered rude to eat in public during this time, but hotel rates are pretty low during Ramadan.

The malls they have there are HUGE, and I didn't even make a concerted effort to visit them while I was there. They aren't like American malls in that you have a lot of luxury good stores, as well as stores you can't find in the U.S.

This one was my favorite one:

http://www.ibnbattutamall.com

Also, they have the souks, which are like bazaars, where you can go and bargain for silks, gold, spices, etc., which I think is a lot of fun.

I found this on the web about the shopping there:

http://www.datadubai.com/dubai-culture/shopping/shopping-malls/

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wow amazing photos! sounds like you had a great time!

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Thanks for the links Escrime!!

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