About Dubai.

As if I wasn’t confused enough I decided to throw some salt in the proverbial melting pot that would have been my brain if it hadn’t already melted and then hardened and then melted again into a giant green puddle with the consistency of clam chowder.

Let me make it a bit clearer: Confusion x Dubai = Confusion2

But, at the end of the day, I’m glad I did it, cuz this is probably gonna be my only chance to see an uncooked Dubai- one which is still raw in places. But its heating up hella quickly.

Surprisingly, I liked ‘old’ Dubai a lot more than new Dubai. This is most probably because nothing in new Dubai actually exists yet. Hmm, lets see: No palms yet, no world yet, no Dubailand, no Motor City, no lost city, no tallest building in the world, and not even the Dubai Healthcare city (whose TV ads mention everything except for this tiny detail) exists. Oh, and rule out the beach cuz its too cold to swim (yes, deserts have winter too, and it would have been nice to know that before arriving with 1 sweater and 30 short sleeve shirts).

So, I guess in the end I had no choice except to see the ‘old’ Dubai. And by ‘old’ Dubai I mean of course, the artificially built recreations of traditional buildings that were probably torn down to make space for that damned Healthcare city.

But apart from the recreated buildings (which, ive gotta say, are really well done) there’s still a lot of original old-ish dubai in the form of all the souks (bazaars, markets, little shops- same difference). And that would be great if I was into shopping and all… especially cuz I was lucky enough to arrive during the Dubai shopping festival (excitement was just oozing out of my pores) which meant that all hotel prices doubled.

Ok, I know I’m complaining a lot, but the truth is that it was lots of fun to get to see the Dubai that everyone is talking about, and interesting to know that the best part of it is the culture, which nobody seems to talk about.