Bangalore 2 Dubai in style !!

Trip to dubai was planned for atleast 3 times and for some reason or other i was unable to go. even this time, just 2 days before boarding, i sprained my ankle badly while playing. apparam epdiyo with leg binders and all, i finally made it. Wow !! It was once in a lyf experience. Had a galla ten days from dec 25th to jan 4th at my uncle’s place. It was first time in flight. Boarded with little fear inside, but the travel was awesome. Fear was useless. I thourougly enjoyed the night view of this beautiful city. It was planned like this bglr-sharjah-bglr. After all those formalities at the airport ( onnume theriyame, comedya follwed ppl thr to complete the process :p ), i met my sweet 10 yr old nephew along with my uncle at the sharjah airport. The airport was not that good thou. Stage was set for fulltime roaming for the next ten days .. wooohoooo ….

Every single day was jam packed with places to visit. It was hectic, but fun. The first thing that struck me in dubai was the roads and their planning of the city. Chanceless… Almost every road was radar monitored. One can’t go below 60 or above 120 in almost all main roads, If u break the rule, kalas, A gud picture of ur car will be automatically taken and u will be fined 600Dhms (7200 indian rupees). Thou the city is small, but the planning is amazing with lots of crossovers, flyovers, roundabouts, sky scrapers all over, neat pukka roads etc.. Its sort of some machine driven lyf there. Almost all automatically monitored.

Ok let me now take u ppl around dubai (Don’t mind about the tense/grammar i use. All tenses will be mixed ). All set ??? So here We go ……….

Journey to Palm Jumeirah – which is an artificial archipelago and is in the shape of a palm tree. The islands consists of individual villas, hotels all constructed in such a way that it forms a shape of a palm tree when viewed from the top. One can travel through mono rail (one of its kind in the world) to look around the area surrounding the island. Then to the resort Atlantis.This resort is in midst of the palm islands and has two towers linked by a bridge. This happens to be one of the symbols of dubai. It was really a good start for the trip. Sunset at the islands was just superb.

Apart from visiting famous places in and around dubai, whenever time permits we go to different shopping malls. Omg the parking lots for every mall was something great. Every mall had min 10 levels of parking and i dunno how almost every time all the levels were filled with cars (engenthuthan paisa irukumo… ) .. Every mall had a minimum of 600 to 800 cars. shabbaaa…. I coudn’t find any two wheeler in the city.

Next we proceed to Dubai museum. Museum is beautifully structured and shows how this dynamic city was developed in last 50 years. Every one is aware of what will be in museum i suppose. So lets shift to next place.. hmmm. aiyo i forgot where to go next .. (thinking !! )

Yaaaa…. got it. A boat ride around the place to famous gold souk. Dubai is famous for its pure gold, a known fact. It was just a small pleasant ride in the waters between the streets of dubai. Now to this huge shop called “ikea” that took me by surprise. It has everything a house needs. The shop supplies all ready to assemble household products. It gives u lots of ideas on how a home should be constructed and designed in such a way that every single space is utilised. No matter how small your home is, one can decorate it to the core by utilising space properly.

And now to my favourite – Desert safari. One of the best evenings. 3 in the noon to 10 in the night. So what is this safari about. In a single word it is adventorous. Monstrous dune bashing, camel ride, sheesha (google it to get what it means) , ghawa (special arab coffee) , desert camp, sand skiing and belly dancing !! . The dune bashing in the land cruiser was spell bounding. quality time in the desert was totally awesome. For the first time had the oppurtunity to see belly dancing live and very near :p The climate was terribly cold in the desert during later part of the evening. Other wise its scorching sun during the day. Extremes. 100% enjoyment guranteed there.

Next is the night out at the famous global village in dubailand. Roamed in the village from 7 to 1 o clk in the night. It has stalls from various countries around the world, their culture, food, special arts, clothings etc… Every country had charm of its own. Unity in diversity. Ofcourse Indian stall was the best.

So now tired of travelling to many places. wanna take a break ?? Common… we have just few days left. Lets move to our next destination – travel in metro. Metro takes you around the city and gives the best picture of how the city is, the driverless train, pakka platforms (mind u , everything is automatic). One unique thing about the city is, various airport terminals are very nearby to the normal road. There is no such big fencing separating airports and normal roads. Few feet from where we drive, flights will be parked just like another car. Travel in metro is just to get another different feel of how the trains are there.

Time to visit the famous Sharjah cricket stadium, a 20 min drive from our house, once the stadium was the hot spot for cricket matches. Who can forget our God’s (Sachin) desert strom innigs. Wah wah !! take a bow to the little master. He is just like a preserved wine getting better day by day. Infact i did bow on the pitch and felt soooo great.

Hatta rock pools is our next place. Its a 100 km drive and the place is almost near Oman (infact while we go to Hatta, a part of the drive goes via Oman). Passport lam kepanga, namma dabaikalam, onnum pracahanai illa, athan uncle is there na. The place has a nice pool with massive rocks surrounding it. Its a very good place of scenic beauty. Really worth for nature lovers. The breathtaking mountain scenery and the peaceful atmosphere takes us away to a different world. The drive on our way back to dubai is too nice with sand dunes and rocks on either side.

Lets meet the wonderful dolphins, seals in the dubai dolphinarium. The show is a real fun for 45 mins. wow the dolphins do amazing stunts and surprisingly do what ever they are told. Dance, jump, dive, excercise, anything u wnat it to do, it will. A sweet show infact. Onto the famous jumeirah beach. Famous for its sun bath. Burj Al Arab the most famous hotel is part of this beach. The beach is a sure treat for your eyes. :p

Ha ha… enough of staying on the roads. Lets now reach for the skies. Dec 31st evening. To the top of world’s tallest building – Bhurj Khalifa. The amazing lift takes you to 124th floor in a record 64 seconds. Oh ho… The view from the top is awesome. No word to desribe. The sky is at touching heights. From earth to the skies in 64 secs. Every other sky scraper now looks small. Strange !! Scintillating fireworks at the world’s tallest building light the night sky to a huge extent. Thousands thronged around the place to watch this stunning spectacle. I was fortunate to view it and welcomed the new year with lots of hopes and brightness.

To Abu dhabi, the captial city of UAE. This city is famous for its skyscrapers and every building is very close to each other. Emirates palace is in here. To our surprise, the whole city is oddly five streets. After visiting a beach we pack off yet another eventfull day.

shabba… still there are lots of places to go – Fujairah, al ain … But unfortunately we dont have enough time. Hope enough gifts, chocks are purchased. Also we shopped hell lot in the various malls that we went around.

Overall this was a much needed outing after a long time. Thou it was just ten days, i enjoyed to the core. Thanks to my uncle and family for making this possible.

But what ever, sorgame endralum athu namma ooru pola varuma ????

PS: I will share my pictures sooner.

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