Right now, I'm on a trip of a lifetime- 10 days' vacation in Dubai! It's more than I ever dreamt possible and I'm so excited to be here. I'm travelling with friends of course, it's the only way it could be afforded in the first place. Like I was earlier warned, almost EVERYTHING here costs an arm and a leg, but goodness... it's all so beautiful and exotic!
Most of the hotels here offer apartments so the four of us are currently chilling out in a nice one at THE PEARL RESIDENCE with a well equipped kitchen, a sitting room and two bathrooms! One has to simply be careful at spending and once you remember not to be extravagant, you won't have a problem. At least the breakfast buffet is free!
Dubai's lovely and the people are so nice and friendly, and you feel right at home. The architecture is breathtaking... I couldn't take pics fast enough on my mobile as we drove to the Dubai Mall today via Shuttle Bus...
We were too wiped out after the 7 hour trip from Lagos so all we did yesterday after a rest to buy groceries, mostly bread, tomatoes, oil and fruit- we brought some instant noodles, dried pepper, onions and yams and rice from home to cook on the electric stove. But today, we took the bus to the mall and what a mall!
Several restaurants and cafes....
Boutiques of almost every well known designer label in the fashion world...
A Dinosaur Fossil display; the guide there told me it was found in Wyoming in 2008 and over 150 million years old...
Toys stores... and I can't believe I saw this in one of them...
And several bookstores, in the largest one called BOOK WORLD, I found and bought a long searched for book...
Then my battery went down so I could'nt take pics of the indoor theme park with games and rides, the cinemas and other parts of the mall. I was sad to leave... but it's a day and sight to treasure!
More soon... I hope!
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