Frankies Travels Part 3

Dubai is really beautiful. in a half complete and sparkly kind of way. I am staying in a part of the city that is a mass of high rise apartment blocks. It's kinda vaguely like Central Jozi but only very slightly. The buildings are much newer and cleaner. Out the window I can see the train line (building in progress) the place where all the yatchs are parked and a corner of the new Atlantis.

We visited malls today. Including The Mall of Emirates for dinner. The malls are all fancier than Sandton City with masses of designer shops. we went past the VIP car park and... (Jo is gonna be jealous) We saw no less tahn 2 lamborginis, a McLaren SLR, a dodge viper and umm.. one other I can''t remember the name... I almosted wished to be a boy for a momnet to fully appreciete the automotive artwork infront of me. Both Shopping Centres we visited had these really high domed roofs and a lot of the inside decoration is all mosaic tiling which is really attractive as well as kind of comfortingly middle east traditional. like how the story books show it!

We also went to the beach and stared at the Burj Al Arab in all its lit up glory and then we drove out on to The Palm to look at the super fancy (still Arabian nights block building style with a token palm outside) and along on the tunnel under the sea to Atlantis. Which is a work of art too! The building has this huge curved archway in the centre. We went inside to have a look and we walked through all the way to the giant fish tank in the centre. the fish tank has these big "wrecks" in an Atlantis city scene. like space ship looking submarines and water fountains (or is it a bubble fountain if it is under water?) and the token broken steps and pillars (like the Lost City but in a water theme)It is very glossy and new - like most of the rest of the city.

Now Im pooped! It is tiring staring at everything all day long!! I am really understanding the term eyes on stalks!!